There are two country music stations already: Southern Cross Country Radio and iHeartCountry NZ.
According to the sounding board facebok page there are major changes on the way
A 90’s focused format from what I’ve heard.
Isn’t that Channel X (sorta!)
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From their Facebook
The Sound Check is complete. We asked, and you told us what music you love… Now we’re rebuilding The Sound with you in mind.
The New Sound starts August 11
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Does that also mean a new lineup
If so they only changed 6 months ago??
I’ve got no intel whatsoever but screams survey stunt to me
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Say what? I really like their format at the moment! Is The Sound rating badly that it needs this change? Or this a change simply for the sake of change??
From the only survey done this year in NZ.
The station is #4 with the 45-64 demographic, and is otherwise outside top 10.
Make of that what you will.
Next survey (21 August) will only reflect 10 days of the new format, if it’s actually launched.
As a sound listener for a long time,it has become w little stale and tired so maybe a change and refresh is not a bad idea
I listened in a bit this morning and this 
rings true, they were playing the Red Hot Chilli Peppers! Was a good song mind you.
? I thought the change in format hadn’t started yet?
I don’t see how country fits into Channel X’s playlist without being an outlier.
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Me either. It’s a weird move. And CX fans don’t seem stoked lol
Country more likely to fit on The Sound if anywhere
Fortunately most of the replies are along the lines of “hell no!” 
Mediaworks Christchurch are shifting the More FM studio and other operations to the ground floor of their offices. The part of the building they are going to be using for this was up until last year used by Newshub. Studios currently being set up by the looks of it when driving past today.
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Both MW and NZME have been relocating and upgrading regional offices recently - realising that larger spaces and studios are no longer required as staffing has decreased.
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