New Zealand Radio

[Korero]

Mike Puru joining The Breeze, I hear.

[OnAir]

Short stint on that country station then…

[my_names_mr_burns]

Wasn’t he moving to France to work on/start up that country station - or something?
I fancy he was on The Breeze previously, after leaving The Edge, or have I got that wrong?

[Rod_Van_Alphen]

Wasnt he on the breeze once before

[Reece]

@Korero

Mike Puru joining The Breeze, I hear.

Is he going for the Timaru breakfast job?

@my_names_mr_burns

I fancy he was on The Breeze previously, after leaving The Edge, or have I got that wrong?

He was a weekend announcer or at least did a country show on Sunday night I think?

[PaddyTePou]

@Reece

He was a weekend announcer or at least did a country show on Sunday night I think?

@Reece When Mark Leishman left The Breeze to move to Magic, Mike Puru took over as host of The Breeze’s Sunday night ‘all country’ slot. It was known as Breeze Country.

[millsy]

The ‘station’ is still going. He must have decided that becoming a glorified podcast streamer wasnt a wise career move.

[Rod_Van_Alphen]

Had a sample listen and he is still on there for now i guess

[theGradyConnell]

Seems the former Today FM studios are being used as a podcast space.

via Wilhelmina Shrimpton‘s LinkedIn.

[crankymedia]

@radio

Nice to see that ZM was launched on the West Coast

What was on those frequencies prior to ZM?

(Gradually catching up with this thread, 2500 posts to go)

[radio]

@crankymedia

What was on those frequencies prior to ZM?

Pulling this one out of the memory vault… 89.9 Greymouth and 91.7 Westport were both Radio Sport prior to the 2020 changes.

@crankymedia

(Gradually catching up with this thread, 2500 posts to go)

Wait until you scroll down to the launch and demise of Today FM about two years later… haha

[nztv]

Can’t remember so few end of year changes for a while… aside from The Hits, seems mostly BAU going into 2024…

[Reece]

@nztv

Can’t remember so few end of year changes for a while

Very true, I guess Leon Wratt expended most of Mediaworks energy on the closure of Today FM leaving little at the end of the year for them.

[Brownshoes]

Bree’s Christmas Chaos for ZM breakfast this week with Bree and Eli Matthewson.

Used up all her annual leave so an extra week on air I guess

[OnAir]

Interesting. And Eli was on The Edge not so long ago.

[Reece]

@Brownshoes

Bree’s Christmas Chaos for ZM breakfast this week with Bree and Eli Matthewson.

I think its a revolving door of people with Bree, Laura Daniel is in tomorrow. But definitely good to have a bit of effort for another week.

@OnAir

Interesting. And Eli was on The Edge not so long ago.

Yes, filled in a few times on ZM drive this year.

[Rod_Van_Alphen]

Am picking most of the stations regulars will be finishing up for the year
Time to refresh and recharge

[Mjhnz1]

Gary McCormick has finished at Magic. He was there just four months.

[OnAir]

Incredibly odd stint.

Was it just to make him work to the end of his contract or was it a trial to see if it worked?

Never felt right for the Magic audience.

[nztv]

@Mjhnz1

Gary McCormick has finished at Magic. He was there just four months.

I thought him and Mark kind of found their groove but yeah it was a… different… listen for Magic. Is Mark staying?