ZM Auckland

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Coordinates: 36°50′54″S 174°45′44″E / 36.8484°S 174.7621°E / -36.8484; 174.7621
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ZM Auckland
Hit Music
Ownership
OwnerNew Zealand Media and Entertainment
History
First air date
1997
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
36°50′54″S 174°45′44″E / 36.8484°S 174.7621°E / -36.8484; 174.7621
Links
Websitezmonline.com

ZM Auckland is a

ZM network, and is owned and operated by New Zealand Media and Entertainment
.

Several stations have been set up since 2002 to carry ZM programmes from Auckland with local advertisements – ZM Gisborne in 2002, ZM Wanganui in 2004, ZM South Canterbury in September 2004, ZM Blenheim in January 2007, ZM Wairarapa in 2010, ZM Taupo in 2013, ZM Queenstown in 2014, ZM Wanaka in May 2016, ZM West Coast in July 2020 and ZM Coromandel in December 2021.

History

Classic Hits
branded station creating a 10-year absence of the ZM brand in Auckland. Wellington and Christchurch ZM stations carried on as two separate local stations, switching to FM and spawning their own regional networks.

In July 1996 the

Australian Radio Network.[1]

ZM made a return to the Auckland market in February 1997 as a local station broadcasting on 91.0 MHz as 91ZM. This move was made by The Radio Network after purchasing stations in Auckland and the Waikato previously owned by Prospect Media. TRN closed Auckland station

The Breeze on 89.8
was closed and replaced with a network feed of Auckland's 91ZM branded as 89.8ZM. The Waikato station did contain its own local breakfast show between 1998 and 1999.

In 2000 ZM was consolidated into a single network feed with all programming on the networked ZM stations now originating from the 91ZM Auckland station. Between 2001 and 2014 the ZM breakfast show presented by Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama was networked from Wellington to a nationwide audience including Auckland. In recent years the 10 am – 3 pm the announcer produced a localised show for Auckland with local voice breaks for Auckland listeners and then a generic voice break for the rest of New Zealand. As of 2013 all ZM stations contain the same content.

Local programming

The following list of shows were heard on 91ZM Auckland as local shows, after each listed time period the content heard on 91ZM Auckland was the same as the

ZM
network.

  • Breakfast 6 am– 9 am
    • 1997–2001: Marcus Lush (show ran from 6 am–9 am)
    • 1997–2001: Natalie Crook (show producer)
    • 2001-2014: Networked from Wellington (6am – 10am)
    • 2014 onwards: Networked from Auckland to all regions
  • Daytime 9 am– 3 pm
    • 1998–1999: Melanie Homer
    • 1999–2000: Nicki Sunderland and
      Lana Coc-kroft
    • 2000 onwards: Networked from Auckland to all regions
  • Drive 3 pm– 3 pm
    • 1999–2000: Mike McClung and Tim Homer
    • 2000 onwards: Networked from Auckland to all regions
  • Night Show 7 pm–midnight
    • 1997–1998: Melanie Homer
    • 1998 onwards: Networked from Auckland to all regions

References

  1. The Christchurch Press
    . 21 September 1996. p. 29.
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