Sounds like they will have announcers, to be announced soon.
I did see Jason Reeves tell someone on instagram that Renee Wright was going to be staying on with NZME (after briefly co-hosting Coast Breakfast)… Maybe a show on Gold?
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Yes, will have an announcing line-up. I suspect there might be some changes in Coast’s music-shift DJs to accomodate. Wouldn’t surprise me if maybe Lorna Subritzky and Rick Morin move over to Gold and maybe Renee slots in somewhere on days perhaps? Just a guess.
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might even trial them to see what the offering is like the sound are still good but playlist is a little repetitive
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i am waiting to hear that as well
Media Release Monday 29 June 2020
Andrew Dickens to host Breakfast on Gold
New Zealand Media and Entertainment (NZME) has announced one of New Zealand’s most experienced broadcasters Andrew Dickens will host the Breakfast show on Gold, NZME’s newest radio network.
Gold is NZME’s Greatest Hits network targeting a 45+ audience who love nothing but classic hits. From The Beatles to Bowie, the ‘Stones to Springsteen, Prince to The Police and thousands more, Gold will launch on 105.4FM Auckland and the current Mix network frequencies across New Zealand this Wednesday (July 1).
Gold will also be on AM with the same great music but with a hybrid talk/music format aimed at rural audiences – including the weekday Country Sport Breakfast show hosted by Lee Piper and The Country with Jamie MacKay from midday each weekday.
As well as hosting Gold Breakfast Andrew will continue to host the afternoon show on Newstalk ZB on Mondays.
“Andrew has great pedigree as a music host having started his career on student radio and then Radio Hauraki before a 13-year stint hosting the Breakfast Show on Classic Hits in Auckland. Andrew’s also had another 13 years on talk radio at Newstalk ZB. That’s a lot of hours of talk back so he’s very much in tune with Gold FM’s target audience,” said NZME Chief Content Officer Mike McClung.
Andrew says the opportunity to host a music show that’s playing the music he loves was too good an opportunity to miss. “Turning up to a studio every day knowing you’re going to be firing off banger after banger to an audience that’s as keen on the music as you are is going to be a whole lot of fun.”
NZME’s Chief Radio and Commercial Officer Wendy Palmer said the Gold network on FM and AM opens up a new opportunity for NZME’s commercial partners, “Gold sits alongside the refreshed Coast ‘Feel Good’ brand in targeting a lucrative, engaged audience, who’re 45 plus, with a high percentage of homeowners and good earners who tend to spend.”
You can check out the new Gold website at www.gold.co.nz and sample some of the Greatest Hits Gold playlist set to delight Kiwi’s all around New Zealand.
An announcement on Gold’s Daytime, Drive and Nights hosts will be made soon.
ENDS
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remember andrew from the old days on haurAKI
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Gold sits alongside the refreshed Coast ‘Feel Good’
Feel Good - Magic’s tagline…
Gold’s Daytime, Drive and Nights hosts
Interesting.
Great to see NZME finally turning up the heat against Mediaworks. Wendy Palmer was a good appointment
A quick squizz of the Coast website indicates John Dunstan has been promoted to drive and JT moved solo from drive to nights.
Perhaps Mel (Homer) and Rick Morin will find roles on Gold?
Sounds likely. So 3 hosts on Breakfast now (Coast) with only 1 on the other shows… Thought Mel & JT were quite good on Drive when I listened occasionally.
I loved Mel & JT on Coast, but am glad to see that JT has succeeded Rick Morin!
it would appear changes on the horizon everywhere i think Magic have lost some of their announcrs as well (mark smith)
I’m surprised by this too. Didn’t they only start this year??
John Dunstan does fit in with their Feel Good image. In fact their recently launched breakfast show is the one that now remarkably feels out of place!
Looks like they started together in Jan 2019 - https://www.thecoast.net.nz/news/mel-homer-joins-jt-on-drive/
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Time flies!
John Dunstan I would have thought would have been a good fit for gold
I’m really loving the coast jingles & sweepers so refreshing
Interesting that Coast still has ‘Mel Homer and Jason Tikau’ imaging at the top of the hour…
Just heard Robert Taylor say on The Sound that he only has 2 days left? Another restructure victim?
bugger…they are all getting moved on by the sounds of things
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Mix will remain as an iheartradio station after Wednesday 1st. It has reverted back to an 80’s & 90’s playlist.
Daz from Daz and Ast on Flava has also finished up on breakfast. Possibly a redundancy victim?
Will be interesting to see if his shift will actually be live. Considering the limited coverage of the station on FM I think they can afford not be live.
Interesting move, I thought a show like Mel & JT was designed to complement the breakfast show they now offer but obviously they have different ideas.
I’d say it’ll be live. Daz and Ast were live, and they were only in 3 markets.
Talking about Flava, that station needs a but of a rark up. I used to rate it over Mai FM, but over the years the show and music playlist decisions have steadily declined
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