Its a risk. But I can see why they’ve done it when several thousand followers would be from the Guy, Sharyn and Clint days 10 years ago who dont listen or engage with the show anymore.
They’ll have to work hard to get even half of that number back. I assume sales wouldn’t have been ecstactic about it
End of an era for that one! I remember picking up 1116 (and 1341) in the evenings when I lived on the Coast. Is ZB still on 1341 in Nelson?
I am 100% sure that Radio Scenicland had The World At Noon as late as 1993. Can’t remember the other news shows though. I just remember the midday news seemingly taking forever - they would have Tradeline at 11:50, then one song, then about 20 minutes of talk: news, sports news, weather, marine weather and then (finally) a song! 
Speaking of The Listener - is this any help? (from May 1989 - apologies for the image quality):
Edit: uploaded better quality images and just for a comparison, added a list of frequencies from December 1993 - arguably during the “golden years” for NZ radio, IMHO.
RadioLive also ran a ‘World At…’ format at those times before the Newshub era.
…and that’s Radio New Zealand news, leading the news…
What does this mean for Newstalk ZB on 1341AM and Gold Sport on 549AM?
ZB Already stopped broadcasting on 1341 in January In anticipation of this (still on 106.4FM)
Last I heard Gold Sport was going to remain but on a Rhema tower. Unsure though.
They are coming to Paper’s Past, at least the older ones will be, sometime later this year, apparently. Sadly, they might not catch the 80’s for a while.
@TV4 According to a source of information, issues of the Listener from 1939 to 1959 (a year before the arrival of television in New Zealand) will become available via Papers Past later in the year.
A 1961 issue (7 July) is available on the Internet Archive, with the 1975 issue being available as a PDF file.
While 1341 Newstalk ZB may have been off in January it is very much on now. AM listing was only removed from ZB website 19-Mar.
Agree that relocation of Gold Sport to Nelson or Richmond sites is a possibility although there’s no application for amendment to licence recorded in the RSM database.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360628391/rnzs-6pm-bulletin-fails-go-air-south-island
I didn’t even know that Radio New Zealand had a Christchurch studio (I thought it was only Auckland and Wellington) - is Mark Leishman based out of there these days?
They have a studio but I don’t think much programming originates from there - unsure on Leishman.
1341 Newstalk ZB programme ceased 26-Mar with a retune loop playing until eventual transmitter shut down
Edge Afternoon show has been locked up and about to start day 4. Theyve been live streaming on Tiktok which Ive catched some of throughout the day
Is that like the Jingle Bail thing they used to do?
Good news re Melissa Chan - she’s quite talented. Interesting to see a fair few ex-Mediaworks people turn up at Radio New Zealand lately.
Also looks like Peter Williams is still at “Reality Check” “Radio” (lol), but I note he’s listed as a “contributor” these days, so I dunno how much he does for them. I wonder how much they managed to grift take in in donations, as I’m sure he wouldn’t be cheap - and definitely would not be working for free.
Bit of history…who remembers the promo radio hauraki did in the late 90s where people had to live under a billboard in downtown auckland
…the promo lasted up to 3 months and had a bit of controversy…someone on Facebook just posted an article about it
The Spinoff did a story about it 2-3 or years ago as a documentary done on it emerged on youtube from its producer. No longer available sadly. Definitely an entertaining concept until it goes on for months and the audience and the station no longer care 
I think the article i saw was the same 1
