List of radio stations in New Zealand

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This is a list of radio networks and radio stations operating in New Zealand.

Contents 1 Network Stations 1.1 Radio New Zealand Stations 1.2 Commercial Network Stations 1.3 Non-commercial Network Stations 2 Local Stations 2.1 Nationwide Local Stations 2.2 Northland Stations 2.3 Auckland Stations 2.4 Waikato Stations 2.5 Bay of Plenty Stations 2.6 Rotorua Stations 2.7 Taupo Stations 2.8 Taranaki Stations 2.9 Hawkes Bay Stations 2.10 Gisborne Stations 2.11 Wanganui Stations 2.12 Manawatu Stations 2.13 Wairarapa Stations 2.14 Wellington Stations 2.15 Nelson Stations 2.16 Marlborough Stations 2.17 West Coast South Island Stations 2.18 Canterbury Stations 2.19 Dunedin and East Otago Stations 2.20 Queenstown and Central Otago Stations 2.21 Southland Stations 3 External links 4 See also

[edit] Network Stations

[edit] Radio New Zealand Stations

• AM Network
• Radio New Zealand Concert
• Radio New Zealand National

[edit] Commercial Network Stations

Current Network Stations

• BSport
• Coast
• Easy Mix
• Flava
• George FM
• Kiwi FM
• Newstalk ZB
• Radio Hauraki
• Radio Live
• Radio Sport
• Solid Gold
• The Edge
• The Rock
• ZM

Past Network Stations

• Radio Pacific - rebranded as BSport
• Channel Z - superseded by Kiwi FM
• Easy Listening i - rebranded as Viva FM
• The Wolf
• Viva FM - rebranded as Easy Mix

[edit] Non-commercial Network Stations

• Life FM
• Niu FM
• New Zealand's Rhema
• Southern Star
• Tahu FM
• UGM

[edit] Local Stations

[edit] Nationwide Local Stations

Stations that operate across multiple regions in New Zealand but with local shows in each region.

• Classic Hits FM (Local breakfast only)
• More FM (Local daytime only)
• The Breeze (Has a mixture of local and network shows in some regions)
• Tourist Information FM (Most stations now off-air, a few still broadcast on 88.2FM)

[edit] Northland Stations

Current Stations

• Big River Radio
• Kaitaia Country (KCR)
• Radio Ngaithine
• Radio Tautoko
• Sunshine FM
• Te Hiku
• The Alternator
• The Cruise
• The Zone 89X

Previous Stations

• 93ZM - Originally local
• KCC FM - Rebranded as More FM
• Radio Northland - Rebranded as Classic Hits
• Soundwaves 100FM

[edit] Auckland Stations

Main Article: Radio Stations in Auckland

Current Stations

• 104.6 Planet FM
• 91ZM - Network station with announcers producing a local Auckland and network show simulataneously.
• Apna990
• Base FM
• bFM
• Big 106.2
• Classic Hits 97.4FM - Network station with announcers producing a local Auckland and network show simulataneously.
• Fleet FM
• George FM
• GOfm 107dot1
• Mai FM
• Radio 531 P.I
• Radio Samoa
• Radio Tarana
• Real Good Life
• Ruia Mai
• Static 88.1
• Times FM
• THEFleaFM 88.2 & 107.1
• Twisted Radio
• Up FM
• Waiheke Radio

Previous Stations

• 1476 Airport Radio
• 1ZB - Rebranded as Newstalk 1ZB and then Newstalk ZB
• 1ZM - Rebranded as Classic Hits 1251 creating the very first Classic Hits station and a 9 year absence of the ZM brand in Auckland
• 89 Stereo FM and later Triple M and 89X
• Beach FM
• Cool Blue 96.1FM
• Country 94.2 and later Country 100FM
• Keywest
• Magic 91FM
• Oasis 94.2FM
• The Breeze 91FM - Completely separate product to current The Breeze station in Auckland.
• Radio Liberty
• Red FM 95.4 - Ran by Mai FM in the early 2000's
• Reo Atu Motu
• Retro Hit Radio (Manukau)
• Soul FM
• Today 99.8FM

[edit] Waikato Stations

Current Stations

• Backbeat FM
• Community Radio Hamilton
• Contact 88.1 FM
• Maniapoto
• Nga Iwi FM
• Radio Tainui

Previous Stations

• 1ZH and later ZHFM - Rebranded as Classic Hits 98.6 ZHFM
• 898 FM and later Kiwi FM (no connection to current Kiwi FM network)
• Contact 89FM (frequency sold by the Waikato Students' Union and became UFM and The Generator, now succeeded by Backbeat)
• Blue Skies FM
• Buzzard 98FM
• King Country Radio (Taumarunui) - Rebranded as Classic Hits King Country Radio
• Radio Forestland (Tokoroa) - Rebranded as Classic Hits Radio Forestland
• Radio Liberty
• Radio Waikato
• The Breeze 89.8FM - Completely separate product to current The Breeze station in the Waikato.
• The Edge 97.8 FM - Original home of The Edge, station moved to Auckland in 2001.

• The Rock 93FM - Original home of The Rock, station moved to Auckland in 1999.
• UFM
• Y99.3 FM - Rebranded as The Breeze
• 89.8ZM - Ran local breakfast until 1999 now networked.

[edit] Bay of Plenty Stations

Current Stations

• One Double X - 1XX (Whakatane)
• 92.9 Kiwi FM (Te Puke) - No connection to Kiwi FM network.
• Bayrock (Whakatane)
• BOP 105.4FM - New station no connection to Classic Hits station with similar name.
• Coromandel FM
• Tahi FM
• The Difference
• Village Radio 1XT

Previous Stations

• 1XM (Mount Maunganui)
• 93 Splash FM
• BOP FM - Originally 1ZD, Rebranded as Classic Hits 95BOP FM
• 99.3 Cadbury Moro FM
• FM 90.7 - New Zealand's very first FM station a temporary station operated by 1XX during the summer of 1982.
• Classic Rock 92FM
• Coastline FM - Rebranded as More FM
• Triple X 99FM - Ran from 1997 until mid 1998 by the NZ Radio Group
• Mix 100FM
• The Bay's Good Time Classics - Ran by the NZ Radio Group
• 100 FM Country - Networked from FM Country in Auckland but run through Radio Bay Of Plenty Limited (1XX) in Whakatane

[edit] Rotorua Stations

Current Stations

• Pulse 99.1 FM
• Pumanawa FM

Previous Stations

• Classic Rock 98.3FM
• Lakes 96FM - Rebranded as More FM
• Radio Geyserland - Rebranded as Classic Hits 97FM
• Rock 99FM

[edit] Taupo Stations

Current Stations

• Ski FM
• Triple T
• Tuwharetoa FM
• Evergreen FM
• 107.7 FM

Previous Stations

• 94.3 The Fish
• Kis FM - Rebranded as More FM
• Radio Lakeland and later Lakeland FM - Rebranded as Classic Hits Lakeland FM
• Radio Taupo

[edit] Taranaki Stations

Current Stations

• Te Korimako O Taranaki
• The Most FM

Previous Stations

• Easy 98FM
• Energy FM - Rebranded as More FM
• Radio Taranaki and later QFM - Rebranded as Classic Hits
• The Rock 95.6FM - Originally local but joined The Rock Network in 1997.

[edit] Hawkes Bay Stations

Current Stations

• 94FM Wairoa
• Central FM, independent commercial network covering Central Hawke's Bay, based in Waipukurau
• Radio Kidnappers (access station)
• Bay FM (local commercial station)
• Magic FM (Napier) LPFM station
• Radio Kahungunu, Hawke's Bay Iwi station
• M R S Radio Hastings LPFM station
• Soundwave FM (Napier) LPFM station
• Instrumental FM (Napier) LPFM station
• Wairoa 88.5 FM

Previous Stations

• 92 More FM - Local More FM station that operated during the 1990's, not affiliated to current More FM station in Hawkes Bay, and subsequently replaced by Solid Gold
• Apple Radio, later 77ZK, originally on AM, became Greatest Hits FM96 and then 96FM Classic Rock - Station was then rebranded as Radio Hauraki (with local programming), and finally replaced with 96ZM (networked)
• Bay City Radio - Rebranded as Classic Hits Bay City Radio
• The Wireless Station and later Gold 1530AM followed by Jammin' Oldies 1530 - Station was finally rebranded as the very first Coast station, but still on AM
• The Alligator - later Easy Listening i90FM followed by Easy 90FM and finally Cool 90.3FM before being replaced with Easy Listening i which was rebranded as Viva FM, now called Easy Mix
• Radio Hawkes Bay known as 93FM, then Hot93 - Rebranded as More FM
• The Beat LPFM station
• Xtreme 100 and later 99.9 Kick FM - Station was replaced as Radio Hauraki

[edit] Gisborne Stations

Previous Stations

• 2ZG - Rebranded as Classic Hits ZGFM
• 89FM - Rebranded as More FM
• B96 Classic Gold - replaced with Solid Gold

[edit] Wanganui Stations

Current Stations

• Ski FM

Previous Stations

• 2ZW and later River City Radio - Rebranded as Classic Hits River City Radio
• Ruapehu Radio - Rebranded as Ski FM
• Star FM - Rebranded as More FM

[edit] Manawatu Stations

Current Stations

• Access Manawatu - Community Access Radio
• Radio Control
• Te Reo Irirangi O Rangitane
• Vision 100FM

Previous Stations

• 2QQ and later Q91 FM - Replaced ZMFM in 1989 and reverted back to ZM in 1997.
• 2XS FM - Rebranded as More FM
• 2ZA and later 98FM - Rebranded as Greatest Hits 98FM and later Classic Hits 97.8 ZAFM
• 93 Country FM and later 91.4 Country FM
• Magic 828 & 98.6FM - Rebranded as The Breeze
• Manawatu Sounz AM999 - Rebranded as Access Triple Nine and now Access Manawatu
• Radio Massey
• ZMFM 90.6 - Simulcast of Wellington ZMFM with local breakfast, replaced with local 2QQ during late 1980's

[edit] Wairarapa Stations

Current Stations

• 2ZE (Eketahuna)

Previous Stations

• 2ZD and later Radio Wairarapa - Rebranded as Classic Hits Wairarapa FM
• Today FM
• Hitz 89FM - Rebranded as More FM

[edit] Wellington Stations

Current Stations

• THE VBC 88.3FM Wellington Student and Community Radio Station.
• 90.9ZM - The ZM nationwide breakfast show originates from this station. Originally local 24/7.
• Atiawa Toa FM
• Classic Rock KIX-FM
• Fleet FM
• George FM
• Groove 107.7FM
• Human FM
• Mix FM
• MUNTfm
• Newstalk ZB - Runs local morning talk show.
• Radio Active
• Samoan Capital Radio
• Te Upoko O Te Ika
• Up FM
• Wellington Access Radio INC

Previous Stations

• 2YB
• 2ZB - Rebranded as Newstalk ZB
• B90 FM - Rebranded as Classic Hits 90FM
• Channel Z - Original home of Channel Z replaced with Auckland based network product in 2001.
• Greater Wellington FM and later renamed to Fox FM
• Pirate FM
• Radio Windy - Rebranded as The Breeze
• The Heat 91.7FM, later renamed to as The Box 91.7 followed by 92 Hitz FM
• The Quake 97.5

[edit] Nelson Stations

Current Stations

• Fresh FM
• Impact 100
• Mainland FM
• Radio Robot

Previous Stations

• Cadbury Moro FM
• Fifeshire FM - Rebranded as More FM
• Radio Nelson - Rebranded as Classic Hits 89.8 & 90.4FM
• The Planet 97FM - Replaced with ZM
• Boulder Radio - Merged with Harvest Radio to form Fresh FM
• Harvest Radio - Merged with Boulder Radio to form Fresh FM

[edit] Marlborough Stations

Previous Stations

• Easy FM - Rebranded as The Breeze
• Radio Marlborough - Rebranded as Classic Hits 96.9
• Sounds FM - Rebranded as More FM
• X-Static 89FM - Became Sounds FM

[edit] West Coast South Island Stations

Current Stations

• Coast FM - (no connection to Coast Radio Network.
• Z102 102.5FM

Previous Stations

• Radio Scenicland and later Scenicland FM - Rebranded as Classic Hits Scenicland FM.

[edit] Canterbury Stations

Main Article: Radio stations in Christchurch

Current Stations

• Country 88FM
• Newstalk ZB - Local morning show all other shows from Newstalk ZB network.
• Plains 96.9FM
• Port FM (Timaru)
• Pulzar FM
• Radio Ferrymead
• RDU-FM

Previous Stations

• 3ZB - Rebranded as Newstalk ZB
• 3ZE (Ashburton) - Rebranded as Classic Hits 92.5 ZEFM
• 91ZM - Originally a local station in Christchurch until 2001 when station was replaced with Auckland content. Local during the day 2005 - 2009.
• Canterbury On Air
• Channel Z - Operated local Channel Z station until 2001 when station was replaced with Auckland based network product.
• Easy Listening i94.5 - Operated independently from Easy Listening i in Auckland and later rebranded as Lite FM.
• Fox FM (Ashburton) - Rebranded as Port FM
• 99 Life FM - Original Life FM station
• B98 FM - Rebranded as Classic Hits B98 and later Classic Hits 97.7
• Lite FM - Rebranded as The Breeze
• Radio Avon and later C93FM
• Radio Caroline (Timaru) - Rebranded as Classic Hits 99FM
• Blush 96.1 - Christchurch NZBS "Live Sexy"

[edit] Dunedin and East Otago Stations

Current Stations

• Big River Radio (Balclutha)
• Country Radio 88.7
• Ear107
• GoldRush1440 (Lawrence)
• Hills AM
• Radio Clutha (Balclutha)
• Radio Dunedin
• Radio One
• RushFM (Lawrence)

Previous Stations

• 4XO - Rebranded as More FM
• 4ZB and later ZBFM - Rebranded as Classic Hits 89FM
• 93Rox
• Radio Waitaki (Oamaru) - Rebranded as Classic Hits Radio Waitaki
• Whitestone FM (Oamaru) - Rebranded as Port FM

[edit] Queenstown and Central Otago Stations

Current Stations

• 96.7 Blue Skies FM (Alexandra)
• Burn 729AM (Ranfurly)
• The Studio FM (Queenstown)
• Radio Wanaka (Wanaka)
• Wanaka Rox (Wanaka)

Previous Stations

• Radio Central (Alexandra) - Rebranded as More FM
• Resort Radio (Queenstown) - Rebranded as More FM
• Q92FM (Queenstown) - Rebranded as Q92 The Breeze

[edit] Southland Stations

Current Stations

• Country Radio 105.2
• Hokonui Gold (Gore)
• Radio Southland 96.4

Previous Stations

• 4ZA - Rebranded as Classic Hits 98.8 ZAFM
• 4ZG Radio Hokonui - Sold to private owner and became Hokonui Gold
• Foveaux FM - Rebranded as More FM
• eFM ^{[disambiguation needed]} - Southern Institute of Technology student radio station that operated in 2001.
• Summa FM (temporary Summer Station)

[edit] External links

• FMLIST worldwide database of FM stations (see NZL section)
• FMSCAN worldwide reception prediction
• MWLIST worldwide database of MW and LW stations
• MWSCAN worldwide MW and SW reception prediction

[edit] See also

• List of New Zealand radio station callsigns

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