It would be interesting to know how news rates in the surveys (Opinionation etc) the music stations do. I would have thought it would be one of the main reasons for choosing radio over spotify but maybe not so?
The going underground segment on the sound on sat evening is a pleasant change
In the way if a music genre its now on the rova app
Well done to the sound for playing something a bit
Different
I noticed that NZ allows for unlicenced 1 watt Low Power FM stations, this is an interesting concept, but how does it work in practice?
Do operators play nice?
This link explains it better that I could:
They generally do, at least where I liveā¦ itās in their best interests. Everyone seems to stay about 0.3MHz apart (they tend to use the upper-end of the spectrum too, I guess thereās less chance of interfering with Emergency/Aviation Comms?).
It might be different in the big centres, I imagine they mightnāt leave enough space between each other. And in a lot of cases, the commercial networks who broadcast their less-mainstream stations (like George FM)ā¦ which I personally donāt think is really what that bit of spectrum was allocated for, but no oneās stopping them, I guess becuase their engineers make sure their signals are within spec. A lot of LP stations mightnāt be quite so compliant, but thatās the RSMās problemā¦ they do have inspectors, but itās usually up to individuals to complain about it.
Edit:
As an example, the last time I did a band-scan in Wanganui (16/5/22) bought up the following:
88.5 Absolute Live FM (seemed to be a rebroadcast of an Alexandra station)
88.8 The Edge and the rest of the Commercial Stations, 4MHz spacing untilā¦
105.6 Not sure what it is, but itās the last Commercial Station in the area
106.3 ? An Oldies Music Station (way to close
106.7 ? Music Station, no IDās
107.0 Castlecliff Radio (playing Country Music at the time)
107.3 Wanganui East Radio
107.5 Religious Talk station (didnāt listen long enough to catch what it was)
107.7 May have been same as 107.5, dodgy transmitter?
All of these broadcast within 5km of each other.
- 88.5 Absolute Live FM (is a rebroadcast of an Alexandra station)
- 105.6 The Avenue (Wikipedia)
- 106.7 Roxy Radio (Wikipedia)
The licensed full power band is 88.6 to 106.3MHz, and LPFM is 87.6 to 88.3 and 106.7 to 107.7.
The spacing from 88.8 to 105.6 for Whanganui is 0.8MHz.
106.3 is obviously not part of the LPFM general user licence. Perhaps Beach FM Kapiti (Forest Heights) at 442m asl is what you picked up from a distance.
There are a lot of interesting LPFM stations out there. Up until a few months ago, there was one being relayed from NP here in Waitara. Bascically Magic but with more variety in its playlist and no ads. then all of a sudden I couldnt pick it up.
Its a great innovation, another reason why NZ is high on the democracy index.
Lack of consultation they probably have a strong case - only 3 hours is brutal but āthe hurt and humiliation as it all unfolded live on airā ā not that you can blame them at all for doing it but erm unless Iām mistaken Mediaworks didnāt advise Tova and Garner to tell all on air? and a meeting scheduled for later in the day had to be brought forward because of this.
Mediaworks may have Grounds to take some form of disciplinary action according to one employment lawyer ā¦
Could get pretty messy.
98.9 in Wellington is now Magic with RDS updated. Still on 104.5 but would imagine will become George FM as suggested earlier by Paddy.
Just make this George FM and give it a high power frequency, as I do believe it is quite popular in Tauranga
@gordo92 Thanks for your suggestion, but itās about patience. The exact frequency change for 100.6FM in Tauranga will be confirmed by MediaWorks as soon as possible.
It appears that Mai FMās frequencies for Ashburton (90.1FM), Timaru (105.9FM) and Oamaru (100.8FM) are not listed on Maiās website, and that 90.1FM in Ashburton does not exist as Today FM never broadcast to that area.
Agree with comments for Ashburton - thereās not even a licence for 90.1 there.
Where are you getting the information about Timaru and Oamaru given itās not on the MaiFM website?
Thanks for the link. I noticed that the āToday FM Frequencies Updateā is from six days ago so someone associated with the page appears to be speculating or perhaps has some inside knowledge of what might be intended.
Mediaworks have been pretty good at updating their official websites so far except in the case of The Breeze Whakatane (jumped the gun) and Magic Wellington.
(Edit) Received message from a friend who advised in respect of Oamaru and Timaru earlier this afternoon āTheyāre not playing Mai FM yet, both in // with back-back EZL music, far removed from Mai FMās audio feed!ā
The options for both frequencies look to be Mai or George or a rearrangement that brings one of those brands into those places.
Youāre welcome, @DLK. Just recently the team from The Radio Vault (TRV) have blocked me from their Facebook page.
Iāve been keeping informed and up to date with the latest information regarding the former Today FM frequencies, but Iāve posted an excessive amount of comments and someone like you wanted to know where I get the information from as my brain appears to be overloaded.
I apologised to the TRV team for the situation, thanked them for their replies on Facebook and wished them good luck.
@Mechsta I didnāt do anything wrong whilst on TRVās Facebook page, e.g. misinformation. Just getting the facts right. And I am NOT a conspiracy theorist or activist either.
In the age of social media people seem to guess a little arse hurt when you prove them wrong 