New Zealand Radio

Let’s not speculate. There’s a reason the likes of Stuff have not named him/them. The same reason I don’t want to incur any legal bills for @bacco007

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looks like gold fm in nz are ramping up their visiblility i am seeing ads for them on
my news feeds more often now

Funny, I’m seeing a lot of tv and web ads for The Sound at the moment

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same i think they are competing hard out
sometimes i have the radio on and have to think what of those stations are on as
i flick bewteen the 2 the only problem is gold reception here in chch is a bit patchy so have to listen via the app

Gold’s always going to come off second best against the sound, which is a shame as it has a better playlist.

However The Sound has the benefit of being broadcast on full power FM frequencies across major markets whereas Gold is not.

An on-air host has now resigned at Mediaworks.

Everything seems to have lined up now.

Does the use of a photo of the More FM CHCH studios have anything to do with this…? Hmmmm MediaWorks staffers stood down ahead of investigation into allegations of sexual harassment - NZ Herald

Could be connected to the Breakfast Club silence down there.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300264882/mediaworks-radio-host-resigns-ahead-of-independent-investigation?fbclid=IwAR2L9xHyS_9MifyUwr3wRUbY5eaKpqGEKVT-1rx38M3WrXa-_fOQt7xuFdI

A high-profile radio host has resigned from a MediaWorks radio show, effective immediately, staff were told on Monday.

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So will we only find out who when they don’t appear on air?

They’ve been off air for a couple of weeks now.

Guessing it could be a More FM personality because the Breakfast Club website has changed.

some other website has speculated on the identity

Recommend having a listen to this if you’re interested in what Mediaworks are up to post TV3…

New CEO says he’s committed to News + Talk, MW moving away from it would give NZME “unfettered commercial pricing power”
Looking at different options for it, “whether a complimentary product with Magic or something new, potentially a news station.
Doesn’t have to be hard left/hard right, opportunity for a new contemporary model they need to test.

Also talks about “a couple of opportunities we’ve invested in but even if we were tremendously successful the results wouldn’t actually turn the dial much” their streamer ROVA?
“do we build platforms ourselves and try and control the data, or do we partner with someone who already has an existing platform overseas…”

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That’s because Newstalk ZB has both better hosts AND hasn’t been drowned in controversy for the last couple of months.

Not because the ZB brand is nearly 100 years old?

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That too but I didn’t know that until now.

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Jason Pine’s replacement as Newstalk ZB Wellington sports anchor has been confirmed:

Newshub getting good use out of the old RadioLIVE / Magic Talk studios at Flower Street for podcasting and Web content.

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They must have quite a few of those AM Show mics

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