George FM
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| Broadcast area | New Zealand |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Dance radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | MediaWorks New Zealand |
| History | |
First air date | 1998 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Live Stream |
| Website | Official website |
George FM is a New Zealand dance music radio station, owned and operated by MediaWorks from its Hargreaves Street headquarters and relayed on Freeview[1] and radio frequencies around New Zealand. Its seventy-five regular presenters and additional guest presenters host the station's twenty-four-hour mix of house, breaks, drum and bass, dubstep, electro, soul, downbeat, jazz, funk, indie rock, hip-hop and other dance and electronic music.
The network was set up as a volunteer-run low power station based in a Grey Lynn spare bedroom in 1998. It became a commercial station with paid staff by 2003, began to be relayed to other centres in subsequent years, became a Freeview station on 1 May 2008 and was bought out by MediaWorks on 16 February 2009. It continues to retain a laid-back style: news is limited to informal news, weather, traffic and surf reports hourly during breakfast and drive shows and the choice of music and presenting style is entirely that of programme hosts.
Stations
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George FM broadcasts a network programme on full-power FM and low-power FM frequencies.[2] It also broadcasts via the Freeview and Rova platforms.
It was previously available on low-power frequencies in Whangārei, Rotorua, Taupō, Napier, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Te Anau and Invercargill.[3][4][5] The network has retained low-power broadcasts in Hamilton, Tauranga, Palmerston North, and Wellington, and has full-power broadcasts in Auckland, Nelson, Dunedin, Queenstown and Christchurch.
Frequencies
[edit]- Auckland 96.6 FM
- Hamilton 107.3 FM (low-power)
- Tauranga 107.4 FM (low-power)
- Palmerston North 107.1 FM (low-power)
- Wellington 106.7 FM (low-power)
- Nelson 95.2 FM
- Christchurch 95.3 FM
- Dunedin 96.6 FM
- Queenstown 96.8 FM
- Freeview channel 70
References
[edit]- ^ "More than 100,000 Freeview boxes sold". Archived from the original on 23 May 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- ^ "George FM frequency list". Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "The New Zealand Radio Guide Full Power FM Stations". radioheritage.net. Radio Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "About - Home - George FM". georgefm.co.nz. MediaWorks New Zealand. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ "About - Home - George FM". georgefm.co.nz. MediaWorks New Zealand. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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