New Zealand Radio

Brodie Kane’s Kiwi Yarns now a rova podcast. left Stuff at the end of last year

More FM Northland programming for today due to floodings:

  • John Markby (former Breakfast host) takes over at 3pm, replacing Sarah and Adam network drive today
  • Tyler at 7pm
  • Toast and Tarns rejoin at 5:30am tomorrow
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Cabinet has agreed to extend all current AM and FM licenses for a further 20 years past the current expiry date of 2031. In addition, licenses that were previously set aside for the proposed youth network are to be sold.

Or try from the horses mouth

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Labour should have set up the youth network when it had the chance, because those 102 frequencies will probably end up with the NZME/Mediaworks duopoly, broadcasting some generic network. Not too say the youth network would be any better though, but still..

Great so more of the same and nothing different

I see local commercial frequencies are also being phased out to becoming either full commercial or community licenses. Paves the way for Mediaworks in Christchurch to ditch the Anthemz name and local requirements in favour of Channel X.

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Speaking of Channel X, I remember their test transmissions from early May 2023 on the ex-Today FM frequencies (which is sadly now lost forever because the Radio Vault shut down, and no one else uploaded it (There is a 1 minute clip of it on a launch video, but that’s about it),

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ZM’s new Content Director is Marty Hehewerth who was previously leading Flava

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Read a piece that said nzme were launching an investigation into workplace culture