 Among them were John Peters (who launched the station as he had done with Trent in 1975).In the late 1980s a new South Asian Indian program brought extra listenership to GEM-AM from the large South Asian Indian community that lived in Derby and Nottingham.A number of the original presenters were later to be heard on a newer oldies and easy listening station broadcasting to the East Midlands, this time on Saga 106.6 FM, which came on air in 2003, and was later rebranded as 106.6 Smooth Radio after it was acquired by GMG Radio.