More FM

MORE FM

Broadcast area	22 markets in New Zealand
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary music, Pop music
Ownership
Owner	MediaWorks Radio
History
First air date	1991, in Wellington
Links
Webcast	More FM webcast
Website	More FM website

MORE FM is a New Zealand radio network playing adult contemporary music or Pop music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand.

MORE FM broadcasts in 22 centres throughout New Zealand with local programming in most markets between 6am and 1pm and networked programming the rest of the day. Christchurch, Nelson and Manawatu also have their own local shows from 1pm to 7pm.

According to the MediaWorks Radio corporate website, MORE FM targets a 30-49 year-old female audience and seeks to maintain a local presence in the markets in which it operates. Sponsorship of the five Super Rugby franchises, especially by the original five stations, is an important component of the network's brand.

MORE FM History

MORE FM first began in Wellington on the 6th of May 1991 as a local radio station. In the early nineties MORE FM began broadcasting in Christchurch and Auckland both as local stations separate from the Wellington station. In the late nineties MORE FM's parent company The MORE FM Group was sold to CanWest Mediaworks who at the time were the owners of TV3 New Zealand, the sale also included The Breeze in Wellington and Channel Z. Programming was extended to Dunedin in 1997 as a local station but networked from Christchurch during breakfast and evenings. A fifth MORE FM station was started in the Waikato in 1999 as a totally local station.

In 2000 CanWest Mediaworks purchased RadioWorks which at that stage was operating 4 network brands across New Zealand and a local station in most markets across New Zealand. In 2004 MediaWorks began nationalising many of their local stations previously marketed as LocalWorks stations. Many of the easy listening stations were rebranded as The Breeze and the other stations which typically played Adult Contemporary or Hot AC music were rebranded as MORE FM, the change saw MORE FM extended to more than 15 markets with all stations initially retaining their local announcers. The number of stations was later expanded to 22 after MediaWorks purchased other independent stations and rebranded to MORE FM.

Evening and overnight network programming began in January 2005. The 'MORE FM Most Wanted' Night show was originally hosted by Dominic Bowden until the middle of 2005 and then by Tarsha Tolson until the middle of 2007 when Tarsha moved to Wellington to co-host the MORE FM breakfast show. The overnight show was originally hosted by Asher Bastion until he left to go to Life FM in June 2006 where he is currently Programme Director. Originally weekend evening and overnight programming remained local in each region but this was replaced with network based shows in late 2005. On Friday and Saturday nights MORE FM now operates a nationwide all request 'Club Classics' party mix show, hosted by professional DJ duo Sandon James and Rich Wilson - better known as the "Sweet Mix Kids". Weekend's are now seeing more network programming from Auckland, part of a growing trend for radio in New Zealand. Most stations now have no local programmes on a Sunday with the station entirely networked from Auckland across the weekend, with the exception of a Saturday morning breakfast show.

In August 2009 the first Network Drive show was created. The Wellington weekday Drive show team, 'Josh & Tom' Josh van Berkel and Tom McKenzie (ex-Classic Hits South Canterbury) were re-located to Auckland and their show was networked into 19 of the 22 MORE FM markets over the following months.

In March 2011 Josh & Tom announced they were leaving MORE FM. The structure of the day was reworked ending the traditional Breakfast/Day/Drive line up. From the 4th April 2011 the More FM stations are local in all markets with the network starting at 1pm, an hour earlier, consisting of a 1pm-4pm Afternoon show hosted by former MORE FM Waikato breakfast host Stu Tolan and a 4-7pm Drive show hosted by media personality Clarke Gayford. The main exception to this rule is the Christchurch More FM which operates as 92.1 More FM Canterbury. This station operates a live and local program from 6am-7pm every day of the week.

In October 2011, MORE FM's new breakfast show for Auckland, Waikato & Wellington was announced. The new breakfast show commencing November 7, 2011 is hosted by Marc Ellis, Amber Peebles & Stu Tolan. The 'local' host from 10am to 1pm reads local news and weather in their respective region as part of the networked breakfast show from 6am to 10am. In December 2012 Amber Peebles left the show to pursue a television project. Her replacement was Hayley Holt.

The MORE FM Network

Most MORE FM stations have their own local programming between 6am and 1pm weekdays. After 1pm almost all regions take a networked afternoon show with Dan Bernstone, followed by a networked drive show with Clarke Gayford. The network shows are based in Auckland, with the exception of the Mornings show, which is based in the Manawatu. Christchurch, Manawatu and Nelson continue with a local programme until 7pm. After 7pm all markets take a networked night show hosted by Joe Cotton and an overnight show with Aaron.

The More FM Network Lineup

The station line up is:

Breakfast	Monday - Friday 6am - 10am	Local In Most Markets with weather every 30 minutes with Angie Skerrett and local weather read by local breakfast announcers. Auckland, Hamilton & Wellington: Mark Ellis, Hayley Holt & Stu Tolan. Christchurch & Nelson: Simon Barnett and Gary McCormick. Central Otago, Queenstown & Wanaka: Margo Berryman & Henry Youngman
Daytime	Monday - Friday 10am - 1pm	Local in most markets. A Network show with Geoff Stagg is heard in selected regions
Afternoons	Monday - Friday 1pm - 4pm	Dan Bernstone (Christchurch, Manawatu & Nelson each have local afternoon shows)
Drive	Monday - Friday 4pm - 7pm	Clarke Gayford joined by show Newsreader & On Air Contributor Jen Bainbridge (Christchurch, Manawatu & Nelson each have local drive shows)
Nights	Monday - Friday 7pm - 12am	Joe Cotton Monday - Thursday, The Sweet Mix Kids with Stu Tolan Fridays
Overnights	Monday - Friday 12am - 5am	Aaron Mahon
Saturday Breakfast	Saturdays 6am-10am	Local Breakfast show
Saturday Daytime	Saturdays 10am-2pm	Dane Anderson (Network Show), Local Shows in some markets
Saturday Afternoon	Saturdays 2pm-7pm	Cam McNaughton
Saturday Nights	Saturdays 7pm-12am	The Sweet Mix Kids with Stu Tolan
Sunday Breakfast	Sundays 6am-10am	Local shows in some markets
Sunday Daytime	Sundays 10am-2pm	Dane Anderson
Sunday Afternoons	Sundays 2pm-7pm	Cam McNaughton
Sunday Nights	Sundays 7pm-12pm	Joe Cotton

MORE FM Stations

City/Town	Frequencies
Northland	91.6 MHz 92.0 MHz (Kerikeri) 95.2 MHz (Bay of Islands)
Auckland	91.8 MHz
Waikato	92.2 MHz 91.8 MHz (Paeroa)
Tauranga	93.4 MHz
Rotorua	95.9 MHz 89.2 MHz (Reporoa) 89.2 MHz (Broadlands) 89.2 MHz (Ngakuru) 89.2 MHz (Waikite Valley) 89.2 MHz (Rerewhakaaitu)
Gisborne	90.1/98.9 MHz
Taupo	93.6 MHz
Hawke's Bay	92.7 MHz
Taranaki	93.2 MHz
Wanganui	92.8 MHz
Horowhenua	104.2 MHz
Wairarapa	89.5 MHz (Wairarapa) 105.5 MHz (South Wairarapa 105.9 MHz (Castlepoint )
Manawatu	92.2 MHz
Kapiti Coast	90.3 MHz
Wellington	95.3/99.7 MHz
Nelson	92.8 MHz (Nelson) 94.1 MHz (Murchison) 92 MHz (Golden Bay)
Marlborough	92.9 MHz (Blenheim) 94.7 MHz (Picton) 89.9 MHz (Kaikoura)
Christchurch	92.1 MHz (Christchurch) 94.9 MHz (Sumner) 99.1 MHz (Akaroa)
Dunedin	97.4 MHz
Balclutha	93.7 MHz
Queenstown	92.0 MHz (Queenstown) 99.4 MHz (Wanaka) 97.2 MHz (Kingston)
Central Otago	90.3/94.3 MHz
Southland	89.2 MHz (Invercargill) 96.0 MHz (Te Anau)

Northland

91.6 MORE FM Northland is a radio station serving the Whangarei urban area and the entire Northland Region. Before the re-branding to MORE FM in 2005 this station was known famously as KCC FM.

Local Weekday Shows

• Breakfast 5:30am – 10:00am: John Markby and Angela "Flash" Gordon
• Bay of Islands Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Pete Gentil

Local Weekend Shows

• The Saturday Brunch with Charmaine Soljak 6:00 am – 7:30 am and 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
• The Saturday Sports Desk with Sevy and Tommo 7:30 am – 9:00 am Saturday

PAST ANNOUNCERS

• Lana Searle
• Jason Tikau
• Dave Nicholas
• Estelle Clifford
• Angie Skerritt

Auckland

91.8 MORE FM Auckland is a radio station serving the Auckland urban area and can be heard in parts of Waikato, such as Paeroa. MORE FM Auckland came to be in August 1993.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 5:30am – 10:00am: Marc Ellis, Hayley Holt and Stu Tolan with producer Chang Hung
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Nicki Sunderland

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Mel Homer

Previous Breakfast Announcers:

• Jeremy Corbett
• Jesse Mulligan
• Joe Cotton
• Peter Dakin
• Kim Adamson
• Hilary Barry
• Amber Peebles

Previous local non-breakfast Announcers:

• Lance Dunne
• Robert Scott
• Tarsha Tolson

Waikato

92.2 MORE FM Waikato is a radio station based in central Hamilton. MORE FM was started in the 1990s as a totally local station in the Waikato region. Waikato will be one of the first regions to take the networked breakfast from Auckland.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Steph Monks

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Stacey Wouters / Andrew Jones

PAST ANNOUNCERS

• Dave Fitzgerald
• Lana Searle
• Stu Tolan
• KM Adams
• Tauha Te Kani (Toast)
• Nick Trott
• Ronny Philips
• Blair Dowling
• Ross Flahive
• Jeff Newton
• Jan Maree

91.8 MORE FM Auckland serves parts of the Waikato that can't get the 92.2 MHz frequency

Tauranga

93.4 MORE FM Tauranga is a local radio station based in central Tauranga, broadcasting across the Bay of Plenty region. Before the re-branding to MORE FM, this local station was known as 93.4 Coastline FM. Former Breakfast hosts Vance "Vinnie" Aston and Kirstin "Kirt" Richards both left their show on 21 December 2012 with Vinnie pursuing new opportunities and Kirt moving to the station's Sales team. They were replaced by former Classic Hits Taupo breakfast host Brendon Weatherley and More FM Manawatu breakfast radio personality Bel Crawford.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Bel Crawford and Brendon Weatherley
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Jolene James

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Chris James
• Saturday Daytime 10:00am – 2:00pm: Tim Williams

Previous Breakfast Hosts:

• Vinnie Aston
• Kirt Richards
• Laura Drummond
• Hamish Denton
• Carly Shorter

Previous Non-Breakfast Hosts:

• Jesse Archer
• Nick Rutherford
• Dan Weck
• Dom Agnew

Rotorua

Rotorua's 95.9 MORE FM is a local radio station based on Ranolf Street in central Rotorua, broadcasting across the Rotorua region. It is also heard in Reporoa, Broadlands, Ngakuru, Waikite Valley and Tokoroa on 89.2 and can also be picked up across most parts of the Northern side of Taupo. This station was formerly Lakes 96FM.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 5:00am – 10:00am: The Morning Fix with Andy George

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Mornings 6:00am – 10:00am: Quentin McIntosh / Johnelle Hosking / Andy George

Gisborne/Wairoa

MORE FM Gisborne/Wairoa is a local radio station broadcasting from the heart of Gisborne City. The station was originally branded as 89FM and owned by Gisborne Media Centre, RadioWorks purchased the assets of Gisborne Media Centre in February 2005 and in May 2005 rebranded the station as MORE FM. Originally on 89.3, MORE FM Gisborne moved to 89.9 (rural coverage) and 98.9 (city coverage) in early 2007. Another repeater (also on 98.9) was set up to service the northern Hawkes Bay town of Wairoa in April 2007. The 89.9 frequency was adjusted to 90.1 in late 2010.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Bevan Chapman
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Alisha Birrell

Local Weekend Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Zoey May, and also features the More Sport Saturday Sport show between 7-8am.

Taupo

93.6 MORE FM Taupo is a radio station based in Taupo, broadcasting across the Central Plateau. The MORE FM brand replaced the previous local branded 93.5 KIS FM. MORE FM Taupo take great pride in putting a tremendous amount of focus on their surrounding community and play an extremely active role in local events such as The New Zealand Ironman & The Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge . The station has regularly made the finals at the New Zealand Radio Awards in a variety of different categories including winning Best Provincial Breakfast Show in 2010 & 2012 plus being named Provincial Station of The Year in 2007, 2009, 2011 & 2012.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Andrew Leiataua
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Christian Shearer

Local Weekends Shows:

• Weekend Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00pm: Dougal Morison
• Saturday Daytime 10:00 - 2:00pm: Dougal Morison

Taranaki

93.2 MORE FM, was formerly 93.2 Energy FM, named after the energy province. Broadcasts from central New Plymouth and broadcasts to all of Taranaki and can be heard in North Wanganui

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Ken and Anna
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Nichola Maclean

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Erin Johnston or William Johnston (not related); Including The Best of The Morning Fix with Ken and Anna 9am-10am

Hawke's Bay

92.7 MORE FM Hawke's Bay is a local radio station based in Hastings, New Zealand, broadcasting across Hawke's Bay. The MORE FM brand replaced the previous local station HOT 93FM, which began broadcasting in December 1983 as Radio Hawke's Bay 93FM.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Kevin "Waggs" and Amy Nilsson
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Amy Nilsson

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Richard Alexander and Jesse Howes (alternating)

Previous Breakfast hosts:

• Gareth Lischner
• Dave Nicholas
• Alisha Neilson
• Mark McCarron

Previous non-breakfast hosts:

• Natasha Knox
• Hayden Matthews
• Chloe Koefoed

Wanganui

92.8 MORE FM Wanganui (formerly Star FM) is a local radio station based in central Wanganui.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Jason "Jase" Granville and Sue Miller
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Sue Miller

Manawatu

92.2 MORE FM Manawatu is a local radio station based in the Hub Mall in central Palmerston North broadcasting across the Manawatu region. Before the MORE FM re-branding in 2005, this station was a very famous heritage station known as 2XS FM.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: "Mike West in the Morning" – Mike West, Gareth Pringle and Renee Pink
• Mornings 10:00am – 1:00pm: Geoff Stagg
• Daytime 1:00pm – 3:00pm: Andy Whitson
• Drive 3:00pm – 7:00pm: Justin Evans

Weekend announcers include, Gareth Pringle, Stacy Tsaclis, and Justin Evans (Battle of the Hits).

More FM Manawatu is one of two More FM stations to maintain an entirely local lineup during daytimes. The station has also been well represented in the annual New Zealand radio awards. At the 2008 awards the station won Best Regional Radio Station and were finalists for Best Regional Breakfast Show (Mike West in the Morning) and Best Regional Non-Breakfast Host (Tania Burgess, who previously hosted the 10–3 pm show. In 2010 they won Regional Station of the Year, Best Regional Non-Breakfast Show for Justin and Kendall, and Best Community Campaign for the Ron A Thon.

Horowhenua

104.2 MORE FM Horowhenua is a local radio station based in central Levin broadcasting to the Horowhenua district. Before the MORE FM re-branding in 2005 this station was named Horowhenua's 95FM. Dave Key presents the live breakfast show, and the Station's Daytime (10am-1pm) show is presented by Kelly Fox, who also presents the MORE FM Kapiti Daytime show at the same time. On 21 October 2010 the station was subject to Govt frequency change and now broadcasts from 104.2 MHz

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Dave Key

Local Weekend Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Michael Johnson

Kapiti

MORE FM Kapiti began broadcasting in the 1990s on 99.6 MHz as a relay of the MORE FM programme from Wellington but with locally generated commercial breaks. In 2004 when RadioWorks rebranded many of their local stations as MORE FM local station 2XX FM became 90.2 MORE FM and the existing MORE FM station was replaced with a relay of the Wellington The Breeze programme with locally generated commercials. 2XX once broadcast on 1377 AM as well as 90.2 MHz. In August 2010 after a government ordered frequency realignment, Kapiti became 90.3 MORE FM.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Kendall Forbes
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Kelly Fox

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday 6 am - 10am: Kendall Forbes

Wairarapa

Wairarapa's 89.5, 105.5 & 105.9 MORE FM is a radio station based in Masterton broadcasting to the Wairarapa province. The station was founded by Paul Henry in 1991 as " 89.3 TODAY FM - Never far away, the promise of today. Paul Henry hosted the breakfast show with the Breakfast Crew, Ian McNae, John Shearer & Georgina Beyer. 3 News' Anchor Hilary Barry wrote and presented local news, with former MP Georgina Beyer also a newsreader on TODAY FM. Local identity Rick Long hosted a morning talkback show and Geoff Anderson and Kevin Golding hosted the day and drive shows. Overnight More FM Wellington was simulcast on TODAY FM. In 1992 Paul Henry sold the station to PORT FM in Timaru. The station introduced a new slogan, 89 TODAY FM - The Music Leader. After six months the station moved to Masterton and was rebranded as HITZ 89FM Wairarapa's Best Music. XS Corporation in Manawatu purchased the station in the mid-1990s. This saw big changes for the station with resources, personalities and a further commitment to the region from parent station, 92.2XS FM in Palmerston North. Martin Good was introduced to the Wairarapa as host of a new breakfast show and former local Gareth Pringle was appointed to a new drive and weekend show. These changes were popular and combined with a reduction in local programming on rival station Wairarapa FM, HITZ 89FM emerged as the new market leader, for the first time, a position maintained today by MORE FM.

In 2010, the main frequency of 89.3 was adjusted to 89.5 MHz in line with government frequency requirements. The station broadcasts on 89.5 MHz from the Otahoua transmitter near Masterton, and on 105.5 MHz from the Popoiti transmitter north of Martinborough to serve the said town. MORE FM began broadcasting to the Castlepoint Beach region on 105.9 MHz in 2010.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 5:00am – 10:00am: The Brent Gare Breakfast Show, local news with Aaron Lavery, sport with Brent Gare.
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Danni Cottle

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Chris Cogdale and the Totally Serious Sport Show with Trev's Sports, from 8am, since 1992.

Wellington

Wellington is the birthplace of the MORE FM brand, with the first broadcast of a More FM station occurring there on 6 May 1991 as 99/100 MORE FM. "Not Too Heavy Not Too Soft". The station went to air with award winning Breakfast Host Simon "Swampy" Marsh and Anemarie Gold. The station later became known as 94.7/100 MORE FM following a change in frequency. Today the station is known as 95.3/99.7 MORE FM, again following a change in frequency.

In 2007 the 98.9 MHz frequency originally used by More FM Wellington was relocated to 94.7 MHz (formerly used by Channel Z) and provided coverage to the Hutt Valley area of Wellington. The more powerful 100 MHz frequency provided coverage to the majority of the Wellington urban area, and could often be heard at the top of the South Island and into the southern Wairarapa. In 2010 the 94.7 MHz frequency was relocated to 95.3 and provides coverage to the Hutt Valley are of Wellington. The more powerful 100 MHz frequency was relocated to 99.7 MHz and provides coverage to the majority of the Wellington urban area.

After its establishment in Wellington, the More FM brand spread across the country to Christchurch and then Auckland, although the programmed was not networked. This would happen several years later.

The first networked weekday drive show (hosted by Josh Van Berkel & Tom McKenzie) was originally based from this station before relocating to Auckland.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Justin Rae

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Morning 6:00am – 10:00am: Jono Manks

Nelson

92.8 MORE FM Nelson is a local radio station broadcasting from the heart of Nelson city to the Tasman District; including Motueka & Takaka on 92 MHz and Murchison on 94.1 MHz. Before the MORE FM re-branding in 2005 this station was known famously as Fifeshire FM. To this day the station broadcasts from the historic Fifeshire House however the breakfast show is currently Si & Gary (local news & weather by Daniel Tipping) fed from More FM Christchurch.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Daytime 10:00am – 2:00pm: Breffni O'Rourke
• Drive 2:00pm – 7:00pm: Blair Kiddey

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 7:00am – 9:00am: Jonathan Cloudesley or Blair Kiddey (Mostly Sports Talk)

More FM Nelson is one of the few More FM stations to not carry the afternoon networked shows however its breakfast show is networked from Christchurch.

Marlborough

MORE FM Marlborough is based in Blenheim and is the most recent addition to the MORE FM group of stations. At the end of 2007 MediaWorks purchased Marlborough Media which included two local stations, Sounds FM and Easy FM. Easy FM was rebranded as The Breeze earlier in 2008 and in August 2008 Sounds FM was rebranded as MORE FM. MORE FM Marlborough broadcasts on 92.9 MHz in Blenheim where the station is based, on 94.7 in Picton and also on 89.9 MHz in Kaikoura.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Glenn Kirby and Natasha Knox
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Josh Fogden

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Glenn Kirby

Christchurch

92.1 MORE FM Christchurch is a radio station broadcasting across Canterbury. The station was one of the original More FM stations. The station broadcasts on 92.1 across Canterbury and on 94.9 in Sumner/Redcliffs and 99.1 in Akaora.

The station was started as an adult contemporary (AC) format station and continues with that format to this day. More FM Christchurch was operated by the Frader Group Limited. The first hosts of the morning show were James Daniels and Ken Ellis who had moved from 91ZM. The show was also broadcast on Christchurch local TV station, Cry TV in its early shows.

MORE FM became one of the major radio stations in Canterbury when on 1 April 1997 the successful breakfast hosts Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford moved from The Radio Network's 91ZM to MORE FM.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Simon Barnett & Gary McCormick
• Daytime 10:00am – 2:00pm: Dave Nicholas
• Drive 2:00pm – 7:00pm: Lana Searle (Returned in 2013)

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 12:00pm: Chris Bond
• Saturday Daytime 12:00pm – 6:00pm: Dave Nicholas
• Sunday Breakfast 6:00am – 12:00pm: Luke Valentine
• Sunday Daytime 12:00pm – 6:00pm: Kieron Atkinson

More FM Canterbury is one of the few More FM stations to not carry the afternoon networked shows.

Dunedin

97.4 MORE FM Dunedin is a radio station broadcasting across Dunedin. MORE FM was originally broadcast in Dunedin on 98.2 and was locally presented, except for the Christchurch 'Si & Gary' breakfast show which was networked. In 2004 as part of the MORE FM brand roll out across the country, it moved to the 97.4 MHz frequency, and replaced Dunedin radio station 4XO, creating 97.4 MORE FM Dunedin. An integration of the former presenters of 4XO & 98 MORE FM were can now be heard on the station. The 98.2 MHz frequency is now Dunedin's Easy Listening Breeze 98.2 MHz – another of RadioWorks' networked stations.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Damian Newell & Nicky Rennie
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Gary Pointon

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 12:00pm: Trev Hill & Simon Edwards
• Daytime 12:00pm – 2:00pm: Trev Hill

Previous Breakfast hosts:

• Breffni O'Rourke
• Grant Millman

Previous Non-Breakfast Hosts:

• Tracey Chambers
• Glenn Stewart
• Gareth Lischner
• Jason "J.T." Tikao
• Aaron Simmonds

Balclutha

Local Balclutha radio station Big River Radio operates as part of the MORE FM network on 93.7 MHz. The station broadcasts locally between 6 am and 12 pm and relays Dunedin's MORE FM outside these hours. In recent years the station has been branded as MORE FM's Big River Radio during local programming. The station plays all the same songs in the same sequence as the other MORE FM stations even during local programming.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 12:00pm: Simon Edwards

Local Weekend Shows:

• Weekend Breakfast 6:00am – 12:00pm: Trev Hill & Simon Edwards (From More FM Dunedin)

Central Otago

Central Otago's MORE FM, which is based from Alexandra replaced Radio Central in 2004. The station broadcasts on 90.3 and 94.3 MHz and covers Alexandra, Cromwell and other parts of Central Otago. Following the rebrand to More FM the station remained local between 6am and 7pm, this was in line with other More FM stations at the time. In September 2008 all copywriting and audio production moved from the Alexandra office to the Queenstown "hub." More recently all local programming on this station has been replaced with programming from Q92 MORE FM in Queenstown.

Queenstown and Wanaka

Q92 MORE FM Queenstown began broadcasting in Queenstown on 99.2 MHz after local station Resort Radio was rebranded as MORE FM. More FM Queenstown also broadcasts on 99.4 MHz in Wanaka. In 2009 MORE FM traded places with Q92 The Breeze on the FM dial. The Breeze was started in Queenstown after Radioworks purchased local station Q92 FM and rebranded the station as Q92 The Breeze. The swap also saw the local breakfast announcers on The Breeze (Margo and Emma) move to MORE FM Queenstown, with The Breeze in Queenstown now taking a networked breakfast. Since this change Emma has left MORE FM. The change also saw MORE FM in Queenstown become Q92 MORE FM.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Margo Berryman and Henry Youngman
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Janey Newlands

Local Weekend Shows:

• Weekend Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Philippa Collins (Flip)

Southland

89.2 MORE FM Southland broadcasts to the Southland region. The location of transmission is the BCL site at Hedgehope. The station was originally started by a group of local investors as Foveaux Radio (4XF, 1224 kHz) in 1982, the station was bought by Radio Otago in the late 1980s and started broadcasting as "89.2 Foveaux FM" in the early 1990s.

Foveaux FM became Southland's 89.2 MORE FM in January 2005 as part of RadioWorks' move to rebrand all 'heritage' stations as MORE FM. MORE FM also continued to broadcast on 1224 AM until October 2007 when BSport launched on this frequency. The 91.6 MHz frequency that Radio Pacific (BSport's predecessor) broadcast on was used to launch The Breeze into Southland. In December 2007 Southland's More FM began broadcasting in the Te Anau area on 96.0 MHz.

Local Weekday Shows:

• Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Gretchen Blomfield and Andy Wright
• Daytime 10:00am – 1:00pm: Daryl Shuttleworth

Local Weekend Shows:

• Saturday Breakfast 6:00am – 10:00am: Cheyne Hewison

Previous Breakfast hosts:

• James McRobie

MORE FM News & Sport

A news and sport bulletin is broadcast on all MORE FM stations seven days a week. The news is supplied from the Radio Live news room and is sub edited by MORE FM. During weekday Breakfast, 6am - 9am the bulletin is every half hour. From 9am - 6pm weekdays and 6am - 6pm on weekends the bulletin in at the top of the hour only. After news, the presenter often reads out traffic and weather for Auckland listeners.

Presenters include Angie Skerrett (6am - 10am) and Jennifer Bainbridge (11am - 6pm) during the week. Geoff Bryan, Tracey Donaldson, Louise Pagonis, Jenny Marcroft and Liz Parsons present across the weekend.

Previous Nationwide Announcers

Announcer	Show	Duration	Reason for Leaving	Last known station
Amber Peebles	Network breakfast show	2011-2012	Left to pursue television project
Asher Bastion	All Nighter	2005–2006	Moved to Life FM	Life FM Programme Director
Dane Anderson	All Nighter	2006-2012	"Company cost cutting"	Remains a 10-2pm Weekend Network Host on the station
Dominic Bowden	"The MORE FM Most Wanted" Night show	January 2005 – June/July 2005	Left to focus on New Zealand Idol commitments at TVNZ	Currently employed by More FM Parent Company Mediaworks TV division to Host The X Factor New Zealand
Josh Van Berkel	Network Drive show (with Tom McKenzie)	2009–2011	Moved to Christchurch
Tarsha Tolson	Night show	2005–2007	Moved to Wellington Breakfast Show	Breakfast host on Wellington's 94.7/100 More FM until 2011
Tom McKenzie	Network Drive show (with Josh Van Berkel)	2009–2011	Moved to The Edge FM	Mai FM - Breakfast Show Producer

Defunct MORE FM stations

Hawke's Bay's 92 MORE FM was New Zealand's first franchised MORE FM radio station and began transmission from its Napier studios in 1994 and continued until the mid to late 1990s when the MORE FM name was dropped to become 'Hawke's Bay's 92FM'. The station broadcast on 91.9 MHz from studios in Hastings Street and featured Peter Mac (now The Breeze Christchurch) and Nicki Sunderland on breakfast. Other announcers included Kyllee Higgins (now Kyllee King-Turner), Scotty Mac, Nik Menzies, Cath White, James Milner, Kev Stanton and Greg Wattam. The station's slogan was 'More Music, More Variety' which was in line with the other MORE FM stations around the country at that time. The station was operated as a franchise by Radio Otago. In 1996, 92 MORE FM was relocated to Hastings where it joined fellow Radio Otago station Hot 93 in the BNZ Building. Live content was reduced around this time with the night show being fully automated. In 1997 Radio Otago sold their 7 North Island stations to Energy Enterprises, at this point the MORE FM branding was dropped and later the station was replaced with network station Solid Gold FM. Solid Gold has since been rebranded as The Sound.

Kapiti's 99.6 MORE FM began transmission across the Kapiti Coast and Horowhenua regions around 1994 and remained on air until 2004 when it was replaced by The Breeze. The station's programming was generated from MORE FM in Wellington, although it ran an entirely separate program to the Wellington station outside of breakfast. Voicebreaks were recorded in advance by the announcer in the Wellington studio. Localised weather forecasts, station IDs and jingles also helped create a local sound. Interestingly, 99.6 MORE FM played a slightly different music mix to the Wellington station where its programming originated from, although they both shared the 'More Music, More Variety' and later 'Today's Best Music Mix' slogans.

Dunedin's 98 MORE FM began broadcasting in Dunedin around 1997. The breakfast show, originally presented by Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford was a simulcast from Christchurch's 92 MORE FM. Other shows were a mixture of locally produced shows and shows prerecorded also from MORE FM in Christchurch. 98 More FM was replaced with a simulcast of The Breeze Christchurch when local station 4XO was rebranded as 97.4 MORE FM.

External links

• MORE FM's official website
• RadioWorks Information Site About MORE FM