Indeed… the numbers were bleak. But talk radio as a whole was losing audience - the drop off in listeners post-COVID. I think ZB’s dominance will likely continue for years to come with no decent competitor to take it on.
I thought simon was going to be the main anchor hence the reason for returning to more fm unless this is his way of slowing down and less pressure
Old habits die hard when it comes to talk radio…when you have a brand people are used to ie zb it is hard for a new player to make people change hence today fm and prior to that magic talk suffered
Just listening to More Queenstown and (I might be out of the loop here) they’re got a nice ‘From Resort Radio to More FM, proudly serving the Queenstown community for however many years’ liner touching on their history.
Is this old news hah? Has anyone heard any others from around the country?
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Yep, Southland has had one mentioning Foveaux FM for a while now.
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I wonder if they do one for Fifeshire in Nelson or Sounds in Blenheim?
Kind of nice they do this, I got the feeling as soon as they were rebranded to being More FM’s that it was a case of “forget all the history of the heritage stations, networking is the only way forward now”.
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RNZ National’s new co-hosted Susie Ferguson/Mihingarangi Forbes Saturday morning show from August 31 will now do a one hour 0700-0800 news show ahead of the normal Saturday interviews and magazine’ish content.
And Country Life goes forward to 0600
We are celebrating our amazing teams nationwide on the release of the latest radio survey results! Audio consistently remains a powerful tool for reaching your customers, engaging over 3.43 million weekly listeners across Aotearoa, including 2.44m tuning in to MediaWorks.
MORE: Our Audience Insights
AUCKLAND
Channel X, 10+: 2.1
18-39: 2.6
25-44: 3.0
25-54: 3.4
Today FM (S4), 10+: 1.3
18-39: 0.3
25-44: 0.7
25-54: 1.0
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WELLINGTON
Channel X, 10+: 2.2
18-39: 4.9
25-44: 5.5
25-54: 4.2
Today FM (S4), 10+: 1.4
18-39: 0.1
25-44: 0.6
25-54: 0.4
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CHRISTCHURCH
Anthemz, 10+: 1.7
18-39: 5.1
25-44: 4.6
25-54: 3.4
Today FM (S4), 10+ 0.5
18-39: 0.5
25-44: 0.5
25-54: 0.3
holy cow Today FM absolutely sucked in the ratings department. I knew they were struggling but had no idea it was that bad.
Kinda surprised to see the station that replaced it with just music and no DJ’s rating so much better - but maybe there just wasn’t enough of an audience for Today’s content? A pity as I know the team doubtless worked very hard to make it work.
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One for our NZ EDM fans. As found in my local charity shop a ZM Clubmix 001 CD circa 1998 and published by Universal Music.
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No matter how hard today or mw tried no one would compete with zb i think radio pacific lasted a few years but even they fell behind so its nothing new
Most NZME stations (except Newstalk ZB) are broadcasting a special event for Daffodil Day 2024, this Friday from 8:30am.
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Worthy cause and good initiative
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So this will replace most of Mediaworks’ radio station websites that I’m hearing.
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Seems that way with all sites having the same article
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The brand new rova website launches on Wednesday 18th September.
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Setup of the ANZ Donation Station raising funds for the Cancer Society. “Telethon” style radio show takeover using NZME’s talent - live on ZM and on iHeart, and live video on zmonline.
Really impressive OB and the video coverage is actually really cool - they’ve been cutting to Brooke (nights host) who has been doing interviews and games during the radio commercial breaks.
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