Haven’t read it yet, but I guess it’s your chance to give some feedback before there’s nothing but static.
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Newstalk ZB has become Station of the Year for 5 years straight at the NZ Radio and Podcast Awards tonight. Heather du Plessis-Allan has won Broadcaster of the Year.
The full list of awards will be unveiled at 8:00pm tonight on the RBA website.
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Do we know we got the Blackie gong? A golden moment in radio history.
The Matt and Jerry Show’s Pinot Wahs won it this year. (Radio Hauraki)
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Not a zb listener but certainly they deserve the recognition for their success and hard work
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And probably one of the best Newstalk stations in the world. Certainly better than anything across the ditch at the moment.
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We are very lucky to have it to call on if needed
Visiting Australian navy ship causes internet outages, radio disruptions
Blenheim-based BrianFM founder Andrew Jeffries said his radio station was “blindsided” by the outage.
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New ZM Branding launching soon… Similar use of ai generated backgrounds for show backgrounds
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Ash London will be covering for Meg Mansell on The Edge breakfast when she goes on maternity leave in a few weeks.
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I’ve had a listen online recently to Mai and George on the Online Radiobox app.
I am really surprised at how good the music has become, especially on George. More mainstream dance and garage from the past 30 years. From what I heard, it’s on a par with Dance Hits and NovaNation across the ditch.
Mai FM also sounded much better. They’re not just playing new R&B, but some reggae (Bob Marley) and a lot of old skool from the 90s and 2000s which I haven’t heard on Mai before.
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I work for 1 of the major telcos and the volume of calls ws got it about it was huge was staggering to see what the cause of the outage was usually its a damaged cable by contractor of some degree but a warship is a new one
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must say I enjoy the new afternoons show on ZB. Matt & Tyler were a good choice
https://archive.ph/W7DF7
I do actually listen to National Radio on AM at my place (FM can be a bit scratchy but I’m working on it), however this sounds similar to what happened at Titahi Bay where everything was moved to one AM transmitter to replace the old 220m tower with a newer one. Just a pity that Radio New Zealand sounds to be playing hardball here.
So far they’ve tried out…
Tom Sainsbury
Chris Mac (Six60)
Jayden King (ex-The Edge)
Roger Farrelly (The Rock)
Leigh Dolbear (General Lee/George FM)
Mike McRoberts
Suzanne Paul
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I think that article has appeared in the papers today (at least it did where I live). If those broadcasters reckon there’s enough to be made of leasing the south tower, can’t they gang up and offer to buy the second site?
For those not in the know, here’s a rundown: RNZ have two AM transmission sites in Auckland, both are well past their maintainable life. Most of the local high-powered AM radio is transmitted from these sites. RNZ are proposing to replace just the north tower, meaning there’ll be less capacity. Unless RNZ replace both towers, some stations will have to find somewhere else to transmit from, or stop AM transmissions. Said stations are a tad upset.
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