Yes. I understand what you are saying. Oh, hang on, what are you saying?
Have you decided yet whether the Edge are rivals or not?
It is funny. You make no mention of Mai. You are clearly Pakeha and that’s cool, but that’s what’s so interesting about your comments.
Ok
I’d imagine it’s the same thing but in reverse. Flava in Rotorua is on 89.5, and most Japanese radios without band expanders only receive the 87.5-90 part of our FM spectrum. Also with band expanders, most only shift the stations by 10, 12 or 14MHz which means that anything above 104MHz cannot be received.
Most probably.
Hey whatever happened to the plans for RNZ to get a third station on FM? Another hollow Ardern promise?
Chopped
Just quietly, I’m currently listening to 2XS and they’re now playing:
Nature enter me
Whoever is programming this station is an absolute champion. This song was a #1 in 1970. I remember as a kid hearing it on 2ZA.
I even have a cassette tape that my Dad recorded from 2ZA labelled ‘Badjelly the Witch’ on which this song features.
Nice work 2XS.
The plan was to launch a youth network on the RNZ Concert FM frequencies, but their audience became vocal about that plan and of course the commercial broadcasters voiced their concerns on the idea as well so it never became a proper station, more an online online offering called Tahi.
Interesting that Sharyn leaves The Edge and the new drive show adds 10,900 listeners … while breakfast is down 16,300.
So the idea was to replace Concert with another network - and that idea was scrapped. But out of that came this:
“The news that the Government is looking at granting us a third FM network changes the
playing field as we seek to do a better job of providing relevant content for younger audiences in particular.”
RNZ board backs down, Concert to stay on FM - NZ Herald.
Might be too late to gain any real traction with TikTok and all that nowadays but a Triple J-style station could do well.
Half pakeha. Actually going by the playlists. ZMs playlist will overlap more with The Edge, The Hits and More FM than it does with Mai FM.
The Edge is a Top 40 station while The Hits and More are AC. ZM IMO straddles both demographics rather than competes with Mai FM who competes with Flava
There was a lot of too-ing and fro-ing over this (surprise surprise). To pacify the (scarily militant) Concert FM fans, the Govt. suggested RNZ could use the spare set of frequencies that sit right above the YA’s FM set.
Not sure what happened after that: if Covid got in the way; or it lost momentum; they might have done some research and decided the Youth don’t listen to radio; or priortised funds elsewhere. Either way, that set of Frequencies are still clear (and perfect for turning FM-car transmitters to without interference).
I saw even the Topp Twins got involved. Amazing scenes. Dame Helen Clarke threw her two cents in as well.
YC is a part of Aotearoa culture, and while we may not always listen to it, we always want it there.
Funnily enough as a kid I would find myself listening to YC because of sports roundup. Sure Shell sponsored the cricket, but I distinctly remember hearing lots of Mobil ads on YC because Mobil were trying to save the Kākāpō.
So glad the concert programme was saved. And as for a third network, who cares I guess. No great loss.
Yes, Helen Clark seemed to think she was still PM and made a captain‘s call.
Meant to happen…
Media Insider: RNZ to move in with TVNZ in Auckland in 2025 - NZ Herald.
I would have no issues with them collaborating more and sharing content
Make it a truely national broadcaster
At this stage (or initially, at least) they won’t be:
But Media Insider can reveal today that RNZ is also facing a wide range of rules as the new tenant - some of them unsurprising, others perhaps a little more revealing.
A ‘building rules’ draft document says RNZ won’t be able to use common areas of the building for live or pre-recorded broadcasts, or to solicit interviews or seek information from other occupants - essentially, TVNZ staff.
Effectively, that means a gung-ho RNZ reporter can’t lie in wait in the atrium to doorstop the likes of O’Donnell or any other TVNZ bosses and talent whenever there’s a newsworthy event involving TVNZ.
But, never say never.
National won’t have a bar of it, especially after cutting Radio New Zealand’s funding in this year’s budget.
From memory Labour scrapped the merger as it wasn’t a good look (given what it was going to cost) in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. I personally think this should have been looked at about 10-15 years ago - better still, TVNZ and RNZ should never have been de-merged in the first place…but I’m sure it was done for a reason (I was just a kid at the time so don’t fully remember why it was done).
That’s a good start.
Hopefully it lead to an end of duplication of back end operations.
'Cos the politicians in this country have never been able to keep their sticky fingers out of the industry, going right back to the 1920’s.