List of radio stations in Wellington

This is a list of radio stations in the Wellington Region of New Zealand.

Note: Several FM stations changed their frequency during October 2010, as broadcast licenses were renewed and spacing standardized to 0.8 MHz. AM stations were also moved in 1978 when New Zealand switched from 10 kHz frequency spacing to 9 kHz spacing.

Wellington, Porirua and Hutt Valley

FM Stations

As a general rule, full-power FM frequencies in Wellington are spaced 0.8 MHz apart, starting from 89.3 MHz

Some Hutt Valley "infill" frequencies with transmitters at Towai or Fitzherbert have been allocated to the 0.4 MHz "gap" in between other stations.

Frequency	Name	Format	Transmitter	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous station(s) on frequency
88.6	Radio Active	Student radio	Tinakori Hill	1981 on 89FM
89.3	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Kaukau
90.1	The Hits 90.1	Adult contemporary	Towai Haywards Kaukau	1993	Broadcast on 90.0FM prior to 2010 1990–1991 2ZB 1991–1993 B90 FM (same station but rebranded) 1993-2014 Classic Hits 90FM (same station but rebranded)
90.9	91ZM originally ZMFM	Hit music	Kaukau Towai	1985
91.7	The Edge	Pop music	Kaukau Fitzherbert	2007	1990s - 1991 Fox FM renamed from Greater Wellington FM 1993–1995 The Heat 91.7FM 1995–1997 The Box 91.7FM 1997–1998 92 Hitz FM 1998 99-100 More FM (temporary simulcast) 1998–2005 Channel Z 2005–2006 Kiwi FM 2006-2007 More FM Wellington (temporary simulcast)
92.5	RNZ Concert	Classical music	Kaukau
93.3	Radio Hauraki	Classic rock	Kaukau	2010	Broadcast on 93.1FM prior to 2010
93.7	Mix	1970's - 1990's	Hutt Towai	2016	Broadcast on 93.5FM prior to 2010 1986 - 2007 91ZM 2008 - 2012 Easy Mix Radio Sport 2012 - 2016
94.1	The Breeze (formerly known as Radio Windy)	Easy listening	Kaukau	1993	1992–1994 Radio Windy/Windy FM
94.9	Atiawa Toa FM		Porirua	1990s
95.3	More FM Wellington	Adult contemporary	Hutt Fitzherbert	2010
95.7	Coast	Middle of the Road	Kaukau	2011
96.1	RNZ Concert	Classical music	Hutt Towai
96.5	The Rock	Active rock	Kaukau Haywards	1999	Station broadcast on 96.3FM prior to 2010 1993-1998 Pirate FM
97.3	The Sound	Classic rock	Kaukau Haywards	2012	Stations broadcast on 97.5FM prior to 2010 1992 2XX Kapiti 1992–1993 Cadbury Moro FM 1994-1995 The Heat 91.7FM (temporary simulcast) 1995–1997 The Quake 97.5FM 1997–1999 Solid Gold 2000–2008 The Edge 2008-2011 Solid Gold
98.1	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Porirua	1993	1992–1994 Radio Windy/Windy FM 1994–2010 The Breeze (New Zealand)
98.5	The Breeze	Easy listening	Hutt Towai		1995–1996 Kix FM 1996–2004 Channel Z
98.9	Radio Live	Talk radio	Kaukau Haywards		Station broadcast on 98.7FM prior to 2010 1991–2004 More FM
99.7	More FM Wellington	Adult contemporary	Kaukau Haywards	1991	Station broadcast on 100.0FM prior to 2010 1990-1991 Windy FM
100.5	Mai FM	Urban Contemporary	Kaukau	2012
100.9	Atiawa Toa FM		Hutt Towai	2010
101.3	RNZ National		Kaukau
101.7	RNZ National		Hutt Towai
103.7	Niu FM	Urban contemporary	Kaukau	2002
104.1	Niu FM	Urban contemporary	Hutt Fitzherbert	2010
104.5	George FM	Dance	Kaukau	2015	Stations broadcast on 99.4FM prior to 2010 2005 Radio New Zealand National (Hutt Valley) 2005 - 2011 Coast 2011–2013 Radio Sport 2013 - 2015 Flava
105.3	Wellington 105.3	Contemporary Indian Radio	Kaukau	2011	2009–2010 Hit Radio X105
106.1	Wellington Access Radio	Access Radio	Kaukau	2017	2010 - 2016 Hutt Radio

AM Stations

Frequency	Name	Format	Transmitter	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous station(s) on frequency
567	Radio New Zealand National	Public radio	Titahi Bay	1978	Broadcast on 570 kHz from 1927–1978
657	AM Network (Parliament) and Star	Parliament Public radio and Christian radio	Titahi Bay	1999	1978–1986 Concert Radio (broadcasting on 660 kHz prior to 1978)
711	TAB Trackside	Horse Racing	Horokiwi	2007	1992–2007 Radio Pacific and Radio Trackside
891	Magic	Oldies	Horokiwi	2015	1978 – 1993 Radio Windy broadcasting on 1080 kHz between 1973 and 1976 and 890 kHz between 1976 and 1978 1993 - 2015 The Breeze
972	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Horokiwi	1992
1035	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Titahi Bay	1993	1978–1993 2ZB (previously broadcasting on 980 kHz between 1937 and 1978)
1161	Te Upoko O Te Ika	Iwi radio	Titahi Bay	1986	1978–1986 2ZM (previously broadcasting on 1130 kHz between 1969 and 1978 and using callsign 2YD between 1937 and 1969)
1233	Radio Live	Talk radio	Horokiwi	2008	1990–1994 BBC World Service 1995–1996 Radio Liberty 1996–1997 BBC World Service 1997–1999 Southern Star 1999–2008 Solid Gold
1503	Radio Sport	Sports talk	Horokiwi	1998	1982–1992 Radio Rhema 1997–1998 Sports Round Up

Decommissioned Frequencies

The following frequencies were previously used in the Wellington region, but most were decommissioned in the reallocation of frequencies in October 2010.

It is unlikely that most of these FM frequencies will be re-used as most do not fit within the current band spacing plan. Possible exceptions are 102.1 FM and 96.9 FM that fit the band plans for Wellington and Hutt Valley respectively.

Frequency	Status	Previous stations on frequency	Area served	Replacement frequency (if applicable)
89.0	Decommissioned	?–2011 Radio Active	Wellington	88.6 (Radio Active)
89.4	Decommissioned	?–2010 Radio Sport	Upper Hutt / Hutt Valley	93.7 (Radio Sport - Hutt Valley transmitter)
90.0	Decommissioned	1990–1991 2ZB 1991–1993 B90 FM (same station but rebranded) 1993–2010 Classic Hits 90FM	Greater Wellington	90.1 Classic Hits 90FM
93.1	Decommissioned	2004–2010 Radio Hauraki	Greater Wellington	93.3 (Hauraki)
93.5	Decommissioned	1986–2007 ZMFM/91ZM 2007–2010 Easy Mix	Hutt Valley	Easy Mix moved to 93.7 MHz & closed June 2012, replaced by Radio Sport
94.7	Decommissioned	1995–1996 Kix FM 1996–2004 Channel Z 2004–2010 More FM Wellington	Hutt Valley	95.3 (More FM - Hutt Valley)
95.6	Decommissioned	1980s–2010 Radio New Zealand Concert	Hutt Valley	96.1 (RNZ Concert - Hutt Valley)
96.3	Decommissioned	1990s Pirate FM 1999–2010 The Rock	Greater Wellington	96.5 (The Rock)
96.9	Decommissioned	1990s–2010 Atiawa Toa FM	Wellington & Hutt Valley (excluding Porirua)	100.9 Atiawa Toa FM
98.7	Decommissioned	2004–2005 More FM (moved from 98.9FM) 2005–2010 Radio Live	Greater Wellington	98.9 (Radio Live)
99.2	Decommissioned	2006–2010 Life FM	Porirua	98.1 (Life FM - Porirua)
99.4	Decommissioned	2005–2010 Coast	Greater Wellington	95.7 (Coast)
100.0	Decommissioned	1991–2010 More FM Wellington	Wellington / Porirua	99.7 (More FM)
100.7	Decommissioned	2002–2010 Niu FM	Hutt Valley	104.1 (Niu Fm - Hutt Valley)
102.1	Decommisioned 2015 Crown Reserve Youth	2006 - 2015: Kiwi FM	Greater Wellington
783 AM	Decommissioned 2017	1981 - 2017: Wellington Access Radio (original call sign 2YB) Samoan Capital Radio	Greater Wellington	106.1 FM Wellington Access Radio
1323 AM	Decommissioned	1988 - 1994: Aotearoa Radio	Greater Wellington

Low Power FM

There are a number of Low Power FM stations that are operating, or have operated, in Wellington whose broadcast range may be less than that of the full-power FM stations.

Wellington

• Arec FM, 87.6, Tawa, coverage evaluation 13th,17th March 2018
• Calvary Chapel Radio, 106.9 stereo, near Newtown, Christian Radio
• Critical Analysis Broadcasting 107.1 FM, broadcasting to Kilbirnie, Melrose and Miramar, was on 107.5 til march 08 Talks of left-green persuasion.
• Family Radio - Karori, 106.9 FM, Stereo, Bible centred and God glorifying broadcast. Bible readings, music, studies, and talkback discussion
• Fleet FM, 107.3FM Wellington from July 2003 until May 2010
• George FM, 106.7, stereo, lots of adverts, feeding audio and adverts from Auckland (replaced July 2017 by Rova 1067)
• Groove FM, 106.8, mono, located at Trades Hall, used for uplink to 107.7 transmitter 41°17′42.61″S 174°46′35.25″E
• Groove FM, 107.7, mono, some adverts, broadcasting from the CBD area
• High-Fi FM - Wellington High School radio station
• Human FM, 88.1 stereo, eclectic music, poetry, Christian, broadcasting from Victoria University Anglican Chaplaincy (started May 2007)
• Kix FM 87.6 stereo, CBD, Capital Rock
• Kool FM, 107.3 stereo, adverts, NZ Radio School, Cuba Street
• Live Wire Radio - Wellington High School, 107.1, stereo,
• Maranui FM, 106.7FM Lyall Bay School since 2008
• Matrix 107.5 FM mono, music and educational material
• Mix FM 87.7 MHz stereo, Grenada Village, Churton Park, Johnsonville, northern suburbs, Pop/rock music ranging from the 80s to today's hottest tracks.
• MUNTfm, 88.5 stereo, broadcasting from old Museum, now Massey University, music mix incl. NZ music (monitored to have played Half a Bat Cat) 41°17′59.54″S 174°46′37.13″E
• Muse Radio, 87.9FM, Student radio Wellington Central
• only around Oriental Bay, 107.3, nice jazz, low power
• Radio Brooklyn, 106.9 mono, 0.5 Watts but superior location, opened 12. Feb 2008, plays copyright free speeches and university lectures, at 7pm relays Radio Netherlands Newsdesk and Democracy Now.
• Radio Island Bay 107.5 FM mono, broadcasting from Island Bay
• Radio Karori, 107.5 mono, political talks
• Radio Melina 107.4 MHz FM, stereo 1W output, broadcasting from Seatoun, 41°19′29.36″S 174°50′14.17″E.
• Radio Rainbow, 107.6
• Rova 1067, 106.7FM down town Wellington "The Rova All Day Breakfast with Polly & Grant" live and then replayed, started July 2017 (Stuff)
• Up FM, 88.1FM Wellington, dance music launched October 2006
• Salient FM Wellington's Student Radio Station. Mono, 0.5 W output. Broadcasting in Central City Wellington from Kelburn and streaming at www.salient.org.nz/fm/ worldwide.
• Tawa College FM, 97.0, Tawa only, plays rock songs apart from 1:20 - 2:15 on weekdays when there is a talk show.
• The Sound FM, 88.7, Plays all your hit music and your favorite jams from the 70s to today with shows that cater for everyone.
• The Wedge 88.1 FM, Newtown, weekday evenings
• TLC Radio, 88.0 FM, country music broadcasting for Wellington CBD, Mt Vic & inner hill suburbs
• Tourist Information, 88.2, (near Duxton Hotel) plays an old tape loop with obsolete info

Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt and Petone

• 107.2 Secret FM, 107.2FM Lower Hutt Central, Youth radio established 2012
• andHow.FM 107.5, Stereo, Mangaroa Valley, Indie Rock
• Boom FM, 88.7, Electronica interspersed with classics and kiwi sounds
• Calvary Chapel Radio, 106.9, Christian Radio
• KIX-FM was a fully commercial rock radio station with studios in central Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. First going to air in 1993, it filled a gap in Wellington for a rock station when the former Radio Windy reformatted to an easy listening format as The Breeze in 1993. All the on-air staff on KIX FM were volunteers and new to radio. After the station went off-air in 1996 many of the original staff went on to work at some of the New Zealand's biggest radio stations including Mike Currie (Thrasher) on Radio Hauraki & The Sound, Spiros Foundoulakis went to More FM Wellington, Kris Miller worked for The Breeze in Wellington and David Cunningham (deceased) moved to Port FM in Timaru. After going off-air it was resurrected in 2001 as a low power FM radio station and is completely commercial free. Originally on 106.7FM, then 88.7 FM and now 87.6FM since 2010. The station now streams on the internet and is completely automated.
• Robot FM, 107.5 mono, Lower Hutt, broadcasting political talks (started May 2006)
• Supernova, 107.0, mellower music mix + NZ
• The Cheese FM, 87.9, Stereo, Lower Hutt. Broadcasting to Central Lower Hutt and the CBD Area. Hits of the 80's 90s and Today!. Also available on TelstraClear Digital TV Channel 511
• The Hutt Valleys River FM 88 Upper Hutt and 87.6 Central Hutt, The station has been broadcasting since Feb 2009. We are a community station broadcasting live morning shows Mon-Fri with community & up to date commuter information as well as a wide range of music. Totally local the Hutts Best Music River FM and also on shoutcast.com, Radio Tuner App

Porirua

• Genesis FM, 88.1, mono, Porirua, Bible preachings
• S-FM, 88.3, stereo, Broadcasting from Pak'nSave, Porirua, Top 40, Urban, no broadcasts 13th,17th March 2018
• World FM, 88.2, stereo, Tawa, World Music plus relays of WRN & Radio Six International

Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Trial in Wellington

Kordia operated a DAB test service between October 2006 and 30 June 2018. At the conclusion the trial transmissions were from Mt Kaukau in Band III on 192.352 MHz. The multiplex delivered a mix of DAB and DAB+ programmes over nearly 12 years. The programmes at the conclusion of the trial were:

Programme	Format	DAB/+	Bit rate kb/s
KDAB	Pop music	DAB+	96 stereo
Base FM	Freeform Urban contemporary	DAB	128 stereo
BBC World Service	Talk radio	DAB	64 mono
Brian FM	Adult Hits	DAB+	96 stereo
RNZ Concert+	Classical music	DAB+	112 stereo
George FM	House music	DAB	128 j/stereo
NBR Radio	Talk radio Finance	DAB+	32 mono
RNZ National	Public radio	DAB	128 j/stereo
Rhema+	Christian radio	DAB+	96 stereo
Spice+	Punjabi radio	DAB+	96 stereo
Radio Tarana	Contemporary Indian radio	DAB	128 stereo
The Flea FM	Pop music	DAB+	96 stereo

Kapiti Coast Stations

Frequency	Name	Format	Transmitter location	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency
88.7	Reo FM (Otaki)		Forest Heights
89.5	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Forest Heights
90.3	More FM	Adult contemporary	Forest Heights
91.1	ZM	Hit music	Forest Heights	2004
91.9	The Rock	Active rock	Ngarara until Dec 2014 then Forest Heights
92.7	The Hits 92.7	Adult contemporary	Forest Heights	2004	2004 - 2014 Classic Hits 92.7 (Same station but rebranded)
93.5	TAB Trackside	Sports talk	Waikanae Downs then Forest Heights
94.3	The Sound	Classic rock	Forest Heights	2012	Solid Gold FM
95.1	Magic	Oldies	Forest Heights	2015
95.9	Coast	Middle of the Road	Forest Heights
96.7	Life FM	Contemporary Christian Music	Forest Heights
97.5	The Edge	Pop music	Ngarara until Dec 2014 then Forest Heights
98.3	Radio New Zealand Concert	Classical music	Forest Heights
99.1	Radio Live	Talk radio	Ngarara until Dec 2014 then Forest Heights
100.7	The Breeze	Easy listening	Forest Heights
101.5	Radio New Zealand National	Public radio	Forest Heights
103.9	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Forest Heights
104.7	Coast Access	Access Radio	Forest Heights
106.3	Beach FM	Community radio	Forest Heights
107.5	Triple X FM	Classic Rock	"Paraparaumu". Low-power FM station	2016
1377 AM	Radio Sport	Sports talk	Te Horo

• Radio Kapiti, (frequency not recorded) holiday broadcaster

Wairarapa stations

Frequency	Name	Location	Format	Years
88.7 FM	Life FM	Masterton	Christian radio
89.5 FM	More FM: Hitz 89FM (later known as Hitz 89.3FM), Today FM	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)	Adult contemporary
90.3 FM	The Hits: Classic Hits Wairarapa, Radio Wairarapa, 2ZD	Masterton (Otahoua)
91.1 FM	TAB Trackside: Live Sport, BSport, Radio Pacific-Trackside	Masterton (Otahoua)	Sports radio
91.9 FM	Radio Sport	Masterton (Otahoua)	Sports radio
92.7 FM	Arrow FM	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)	Access Radio
93.5 FM	The Sound: Solid Gold FM	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)
94.3 FM	ZM	Masterton (Otahoua)
95.1 FM	The Rock	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)
95.9 FM	The Edge	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)
97.5 FM	Radio Rhema	Masterton	Christian radio
98.3 FM	Radio Live: Radio Pacific	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)	Talk radio
99.1 FM	RNZ Concert	Masterton (Otahoua)	Classical music
99.9 FM	The Breeze	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)
100.7 FM	Star	Masterton	Christian radio
101.5 FM	RNZ National	Masterton (Otahoua)	Public radio
105.5 FM	Magic	Wairarapa Valley (Popoiti)	Adult contemporary
105.9 FM	More FM: Hitz 89FM (later known as Hitz 89.3FM), Today FM	Castlepoint	Adult contemporary
106.5 FM	Radio Eketahuna: 2ZE FM	Eketahuna (Mount Bowen)	Local Radio
846 AM	Newstalk ZB: 2ZD	Masterton (Waingawa)	Talk radio
1071 AM	RNZ National	Masterton (Waingawa)	Public radio