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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
Network Stations
Radio New Zealand Stations
Commercial Network Stations
Current Network Stations
Past Network Stations
Radio Pacific - rebranded as BSport
Easy Listening i - rebranded as Viva FM
Easy Mix - Closed down in 2012
Solid Gold - rebranded as The Sound
Non-commercial Network Stations
Local Stations
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)
Northland Stations
Current Stations
Magic Music FM 88.3 fm and 107.1 Whangarei
Previous Stations
93ZM - Originally local
KCC FM - Rebranded as More FM
Radio Northland - Rebranded as Classic Hits
Auckland Stations
Main Article: Radio Stations in Auckland
Current Stations
HUMM 106.2 FM - Auckland's Only Hindi FM Station
TyFM - Internet streaming
91ZM - 91.0 FM - Network station with announcers producing a local Auckland and network show simultaneously.
The Breeze 93.4 FM - Network station with announcers producing a local Auckland and network show
Classic Hits 97.4FM - Network station with announcers producing a local Auckland and network show simultaneously.
Previous Stations
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
Country 94.2 and later Country 100FM
The Breeze 91FM - Completely separate product to current The Breeze station in Auckland.
Red FM 95.4 - Ran by Mai FM in the early 2000s
Retro Hit Radio (Manukau)
Waikato Stations
Main article: List of radio stations in Waikato
Current Stations
Previous Stations
1ZH and later ZHFM - Rebranded as Classic Hits 98.6 ZHFM
1ZW Radio Waitomo
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, The Generator and Backbeat, now succeeded by Free FM)
Buzzard 98FM - Rebranded as The Edge 97.8FM
King Country Radio (Taumarunui) - Rebranded as Classic Hits King Country Radio
Radio Forestland (Tokoroa) - Rebranded as Classic Hits Radio Forestland
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.
Bay of Plenty Stations
Current Stations
One Double X - 1XX (Whakatane) 90.5FM & 1242AM, 92.9FM Ohope Beach and 89.0FM Te Puke
Bayrock 97.7 & 99.3 (Whakatane)
Gold FM 96.4 (Waihi Coromandel)*Coromandel FM
Moana 98.2FM (Formerly Tahi 98.2FM) (Tauranga)
Previous Stations
1XM (Mount Maunganui) 702AM
BOP FM - Originally 1ZD, Rebranded as Classic Hits 95BOP FM
BOP 105.4FM - New station no connection to Classic Hits station with similar name. Closed in 2011
92.9 Kiwi FM (Te Puke) - No connection to Kiwi FM network. Became Kiwi 89FM for a short time but now the 89.0FM frequency broadcasts 1XX.
99.3 Cadbury Moro FM Whakatane/Ohope (Summer of 92/93)
99.8 Cadbury Moro FM Tauranga/Mt Maunganui (Summer of 92/93)
FM 90.7 - New Zealand's very first FM station a temporary station operated by 1XX during the summer of 1982.
Classic Rock 92FM Rebranded as Soild Gold
Coastline FM - Rebranded as More FM
Triple X 99FM - Ran from 1997 until mid-1998 by the NZ Radio Group Rebranded as Easy Mix
Mix 100FM - Rebranded as The Edge
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
Rotorua Stations
Current Stations
Previous Stations
Lakes 96FM - Rebranded as More FM
Radio Geyserland - Rebranded as Classic Hits 97FM
Taupo Stations
'Current Stations
Previous Stations
Kis FM - Rebranded as More FM
Radio Lakeland and later Lakeland FM - Rebranded as Classic Hits Lakeland FM
Taranaki Stations
Current Stations
Previous Stations
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.
Hawkes Bay Stations
Current Stations
94FM Wairoa
Central FM, independent commercial network covering Central Hawke's Bay, based in Waipukurau, 99.4, 105.2, 106FM
Radio Kidnappers Hawke's Bay 1431AM, 104.7FM (access station)
Bay FM Hawke's Bay 100.7FM (local commercial station)
The Wireless Station Hawke's Bay 1530AM
Radio Kahungunu, Hawke's Bay Iwi station, 765AM, 94.3FM
Music 106.9 FM Various Locations in Hawkes Bay.
Soundwave FM 87.8 & 107.7(Napier) LPFM station
Instrumental FM 87.6 & 107.4(Napier) LPFM station
Wairoa 88.5 FM
Previous Stations
92 More FM - Local More FM station that operated during the 1990s, not affiliated to current More FM station in Hawkes Bay, and subsequently replaced by Solid Gold, now The Sound.
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 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
Gold 1530AM followed by Jammin' Oldies 1530 - Station was finally rebranded as the very first Coast station, but still on AM, now 1584
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
Gisborne Stations
Previous Stations
2ZG - Rebranded as Classic Hits 90.9FM
89FM - Rebranded as More FM
B96 Classic Gold - replaced with Solid Gold
Wanganui Stations
Current Stations
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
Manawatu Stations
Current Stations
Access Manawatu - Community Access Radio
Previous Stations
2QQ and later Q91 FM - Replaced ZMFM in 1989 and reverted 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
ZMFM 90.6 - Simulcast of Wellington ZMFM with local breakfast, replaced with local 2QQ during late 1980s
Wairarapa Stations
Current Stations
2ZE (Eketahuna)
More FM - Local daytime only
Newstalk ZB - Local Saturday morning sports show
Arrow FM - Local access radio
Previous Stations
2ZD and later Radio Wairarapa - Rebranded as Classic Hits Wairarapa FM
Wellington Stations
Main article: Radio stations in Wellington
Current Stations
Hutt Radio 106.1 FM Community and Access Station
Newstalk ZB - Runs local morning talk show.
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.
Previous Stations
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
Radio Windy - Rebranded as The Breeze
The Heat 91.7FM, later renamed to as The Box 91.7 followed by 92 Hitz FM
Hi-Fi FM - Wellington High School radio station.
Nelson Stations
Current Stations
Previous Stations
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
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
West Coast South Island Stations
Current Stations
Previous Stations
Radio Scenicland and later Scenicland FM - Rebranded as Classic Hits West Coast.
Canterbury Stations
Main Article: Radio stations in Christchurch
Current Stations'
[Compass FM 104.9 24 hour music and news Community station for North Canterbury
'Radio Redwood 107.5FM'(Good Music FM)
JUST FM 107.7 Community radio Information, Entertainment www.justfm.co.nz
The Attic 96.1 - Community based Radio, run by New Zealand Broadcasting School.
Newstalk ZB - Local morning show all other shows from Newstalk ZB network.
Port FM (Timaru)
Raceway FM 107.2 Community radio Information, Entertainment www.racewayfm.co.nz
Tahu FM 90.5 - Formerly Mai FM 90.5
Previous Stations
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"
Radio U and later Radio UFM - Canterbury University Students Assn. Became RDU
Dunedin and East Otago Stations
Main article: Radio stations in Dunedin
Current Stations
Big River Radio (Balclutha)
GoldRush1440 (Lawrence)
Radio Clutha (Balclutha)
Previous Stations
Radio Waitaki (Oamaru) - Rebranded as Classic Hits Radio Waitaki
Whitestone FM (Oamaru) - Rebranded as Port FM
Rock it 107.5 Dunedin
Queenstown and Central Otago Stations
Current Stations
Burn 729AM (Ranfurly)
The Studio FM (Queenstown)
Radio Wanaka (Wanaka)
Roy FM 94.6 (Wanaka)
Previous Stations
96.7 Blue Skies FM (Alexandra)
Ice FM (Cromwell)
Radio Central (Alexandra) - Rebranded as More FM
Resort Radio (Queenstown) - Rebranded as More FM
Q92FM (Queenstown) - Rebranded as Q92 The Breeze
The Fusion FM (Wanaka)
Wanaka Rox (Wanaka)
Southland Stations
Main article: Radio stations in Southland
Current Stations
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 - Southern Institute of Technology student radio station that operated in 2001.
Summa FM (temporary Summer Station)
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