Pulzar had also previously operated from the same address as NZME in Christchurch around the time their licence for 105.7 was transferred to NZME.
Yes, Pulzar have certainly had a unique arrangement in recent years. I believe they moved to Mediaworks when NZME reloacted into the central city last year.
Must have been ususual for NZME and MW have a fully local station operating on their premises, it’s not really a specialty for them.
Yep, spot on. It’s the only thing noted in the RSM’s Monthly Update:
The result of Auction 25 is as follows:
- Transmit Location: Southshore (Christchurch City)
- Frequency (MHz): 94.1
- Reserve Price (incl. GST): $6,448
- Sale Price (incl. GST): $256,100
- Winning Bidder: Rhema Media Incorporated
- Licence number: 298785
Source: RSM
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1-May: 106.7 2XSFM simulcast has replaced Coast on 1548kHz in Palmerston North. Nothing yet on official website or linked Facebook page.
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Just tuned into 104.5 in Welly and they’ve changed from the retune advisory to some loop with short random clips from all MW brands & other samples. Have they changed to this for any of the other unbranded frequencies?
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Same rubbish on 96.0 Nelson. Cannot understand why Mediaworks didn’t start the brands intended back at the end of March.
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Apparently, Rova has added a new station to it’s list. It’s the same audio that’s playing under the former Today FM frequencies including Auckland’s 106.2. New station to launch?
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Audio loop has also been updated. Lots of 90s related clips, possible indication of playlist perhaps?
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Very interesting… You’d assume not considering all the cuts that they’re making, along with the reason Today FM was taken off air. They’ve really thrown a wrench into the mix here.
There doesn’t seem to be any positions on MW’s careers website for announcers or backend staff for a new station at the moment, unless the new station is going to be announcer-less (like a rova+ station) or ex-Today staff were reassigned. Personally it would be a bold move to launch another brand, especially in this economy. Not to mention they cover most mainstream formats with their existing brands.
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What a fascinating bit of audio, a bit of effort has gone into that and with heavy 90’s and some 00’s references. Of course it could all be just for fun and nothing comes of it. Since Christchurch got George FM when it could have been an 90’s & 00’s station I hope that is the case 
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Wee bit of bully doing the rounds that some of the extra frequencies will be spun into More FM’s High School Hits, possibly with same MORE FM hosts but different music…
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So same as they are doing on 100.6 in Dunedin then?
One of my favorite Rova-exclusive stations so this is a nice plus.
Yeah like that…
I tuned to 92.1FM briefly and it appears that, although The Breeze’s Whakatane frequency is listed on its website, the 92.1FM signal (from the Putauaki/Mt Edgecumbe transmitter) has been switched off.
There may be a possibility of moving the 92.1FM signal from Putauaki to the Manawahe transmitter (where 1XX, Bayrock and Q97 are being broadcast, as does LifeFM) so that The Breeze (on relay from Tauranga) could be broadcast in FM stereo to listeners in Whakatane and the Eastern Bay of Plenty.
Mike Hosking will be NZ’s only media representative for Newstalk ZB when the Coronation of King Charles III and Camila happens Saturday.
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Looks like it’s almost certain that the spare Today FM frequencies are going to be a new station. Audio loop has what’s possibly the new logo of “Channel X”.
Did a WHOIS lookup on channelx.co.nz and found it was registered April 15th 2023 to someone named Amanda Midgley. Doing a Linkedin search, she seems to be the Head of Marketing of MediaWorks.
TheRadioVault has information and a screenshot of their findings on their latest Facebook post
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Channel X… it’s almost a shame they didn’t recycle Channel Z
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