They also do two for tuesdays which is good but they do need to plsy some deep tracks instead of the tried and tested
So C93FM! Hey The Sound, the 90âs are calling!
So are there any AM transmitters left at Horokiwi, or are they all decommissioned now?
And if the latter, have the transmitter towers actually been removed as well?
Yup. There is one AM frequency left, i.e. 1233AM, at the Horokiwi transmitter. Only 711AM and 891AM are now decommissioned.
There are two Horokiwi AM broadcast sites with licences allocated as follows:
| licence | Freq | LocationID | Licence_Holder | Programme | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205772 | 711 | 42050 | Entain New Zealand Ltd | Sport Nation | was off-air 16/17-Jan; returned 18-Jan |
| 205795 | 891 | 42050 | Mediaworks Radio Limited | Magic ceased during June 2024 | |
| 205798 | 972 | 4836 | Rhema Media Incorporated | Rhema | |
| 205776 | 1233 | 4836 | Mediaworks Radio Limited | Sport Nation | |
| 205790 | 1503 | 4836 | NZME Radio Limited | Gold Sport | |
| 295224 | 1566 | 4836 | Radio Tarana (NZ) Limited | not activated |
Licenceholders may have changed in respect of 891 and 1233 but transfers have not been registered. Incumbents may be holding licences until later transfer or until April 2031 expiry as cost to hold is only $150/year.
Interesting, I always thought that 1503 was located in Titahi Bay, along with all the other RNZ and NZME (ie, ex-RNZ Commercial) transmitters, and Horokiwi was solely for independents (mostly Mediaworks)?
Wow surprised More FMâs still giving offpeak hours a hosted slot, good for them.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360565868/changes-coming-threenews-anchor-lineup
If I read this right, Laura Tupou is going to move from weekend newsreading, to weeknight weather presenting. So whatâs happening with Heather Keats? Is she going back to The Sound?
Heather has moved onto a role at the Metservice.
Dallas Gurney (ex-Today FM & Newstalk ZB head of content) and his wife Donna (ex-Warner Bros. Discover senior sales director) on what life is like after leaving media, ditching Auckland and becoming grocers at a general store instead. Sounds very idyllic.
A heart attack prompted Dallas to resign from his role leading Today FM, but before heâd even left the building, parent company Mediaworks dramatically shut the station.
The couple decided even if they could continue to hold senior roles in an industry where job security is fraught, the prospect was no longer appealing.
âOur whole lives would be cutting, cutting, cutting, and pulling money out of budgets, and frankly, making people redundant, and neither of us wanted to do thatâ
Spent many a summer holiday up there the store is a lovely shop its across from the area school and footbridge wish dallas well
Had a listen to Edge Drive today, not my station of choice but what I heard of the new show sounded decent for day 1. I think 2026 move them to Edge Breakfast and Clint Meg and Dan to More FM Drive
I had no idea Brian FM had so many transmitters covering all of Marlborough - are they based in Blenheim? Who operates it? (A guy named Brian?)
Originated in Blenheim and its owner Andrew Jeffries lives there. Ironically spent a lot of his career programming âtraditional stationsâ in the UK and the USA for Iheart Media.
Watching you tube last night and i stumbled across the duncan garner podcast where he interviewed simon barnett very moving and sad but brave as well wish simon and his family well after whst he has been through
He seems like a solid guy. I remember when he ran Today FM, there was an earthquake or similar, I want to say during the summer holiday, and he was there producing emergency shows (and maybe presenting as well?). He seems that rare example of a media manager with a soul.
That wouldâve been the Auckland floods. both Chris Reeder (CD) and Dallas were broadcasting rolling coverage through till early morning - then Cyclone Gabrielle hit a few days after.
It was a really great example of how immediate radio can be - bloody shame it ended weeks later
