List_of_radio_stations_in_Northland Knowpia

The following is a list of radio stations in the New Zealand region of Northland, as of 2020^[update]. It includes the frequency, name, owner and transmitter location of each station, its first airdate on that frequency, and previous stations that broadcast on the station. Radio stations in Northland predominantly broadcast from Whangārei, Kaikohe and Kaitaia.

The commercial Northland radio market covers 112 thousand people, from the region's total population of 166 thousand. In a survey of 800 people in 2014, More FM was the most popular station with an estimated 27 thousand listeners and 17.3 percent market share.^[1]^[2]

Upper Northland edit

FM stations edit

Frequency^[3]	Name^[4]	Format^[5]	Owner^[3]	Location (transmitter)^[3]	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency^[6]
88.0	Paihia FM	LPFM		Paihia
89.2	Gold	Greatest hits	NZME	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
89.6	Coast	Classic hits	NZME	Russell
90.0	The Rock	Active rock	MediaWorks	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
91.6	More FM	Adult contemporary	MediaWorks	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
92.0	The Sound	Classic rock	MediaWorks	Kerikeri (Cottle Hill Drive)
92.4				Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)		TAB Trackside
93.2	Radio Hauraki	Active rock	NZME	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
93.6	Defunct			Kaitaia		Kaitaia Community Radio, 1KCR
93.6	Radio Hauraki	Active rock	NZME	Russell
94.0	The Edge	Hit radio	MediaWorks	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
94.4	SENZ	Sports radio	Sports Entertainment Network	Russell	2021	LiveSport, BSport, TAB Trackside
94.8	ZM	Hit radio	NZME	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
95.2	More FM	Adult contemporary music	MediaWorks	Russell
95.6	The Hits	Adult contemporary music	NZME	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
96.4	Coast	Middle of the Road	NZME	Kaikohe (Hikurangi) Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)	20/06/2021	The Hits
97.1	Te Hiku O Te Ika FM	Full service Iwi radio	Te Hiku Media	Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
97.3	RNZ Concert	Fine music	Radio New Zealand	Russell
97.5	Tautoko FM	Full service iwi radio		Kaikohe (Hikurangi)
98.3	RNZ Concert	Fine music	Radio New Zealand	Kaikohe (Hikurangi)
99.1	Ngati Hine FM	Full service	Ngati Hine	Kaikohe (Hikurangi)		Radio Ngatihine
99.5	Tautoko FM	Full service iwi radio		Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
99.9	Rhema	Christian adult contemporary	Rhema Media	Kaikohe (Browns Hill)
100.3	RNZ Concert	Fine music	Radio New Zealand	Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
100.7	The Breeze	Easy listening	MediaWorks	Kaikohe (Hikurangi)	31/03/2023	Radio Live; Jan 2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
101.1	RNZ National	Public radio	Radio New Zealand	Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)
101.5	RNZ National	Public radio	Radio New Zealand	Kaikohe (Hikurangi)
103.5	Life FM	Christian contemporary hit radio	Rhema Media	Kaitaia (Awanui)
104.3	Sunshine FM	Iwi radio	Te Hiku Media	Kaitaia (Puketutu)	2004
105.1	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	NZME	Kaitaia (Maungataniwha)	July 2022	until July 2022: Radio Hauraki
105.3	Tautoko FM	Full service iwi radio		Russell
105.9	Coast	Classic hits	NZME	Doubtless Bay (Mangonui)		The Hits
106.1	The Hits	Adult contemporary music	NZME	Russell
106.3	Life FM	Christian contemporary hit radio	Rhema Media	Waimamaku
107.3	More FM	LPFM Adult contemporary	MediaWorks	Kerikeri

AM stations edit

Frequency ^[3]	Name^[4]	Format^[5]	Owner^[3]	Transmitter^[3]	Previous stations on frequency^[6]
549	Rhema	Christian adult contemporary	Rhema Media	Kaitaia (Awanui)
837	RNZ National			Kaitaia (Waipapakauri)	RNZ National AM transmission ceased July 2022 due to the mast at Waipapakauri being in danger of collapse. A new mast was built and transmitting again as of 28 November 2022^[7]
981	RNZ National	Public radio	Radio New Zealand	Kaikohe
1026	Silent			Kaitaia (Waipapakauri)	Newstalk ZB AM transmission ceased July 2022 due to the mast at Waipapakauri being in danger of collapse. A new mast was built and transmitting again as of 28 November 2022^[8]
1215	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	NZME	Kaikohe

Lower Northland edit

FM stations edit

Frequency^[3]	Name^[4]	Format^[5]	Owner^[3]	Transmitter^[3]	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency^[6]
89.2	Gold	Greatest hits	NZME	Whangārei	01/07/2020	2016 - 30 June 2020: Mix
90.0	The Rock	Active rock	MediaWorks	Whangārei
90.4	The Wireless ^[9]		Perryscope Productions	Mangawhai
90.8	The Breeze	Easy listening	MediaWorks	Whangārei	31/03/2023	Radio Live; Jan 2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
91.6	More FM	Adult contemporary	MediaWorks	Whangārei		KCC FM
92.4	SENZ	Sports radio	Sports Entertainment Network	Whangārei	2021	LiveSport, BSport, TAB Trackside
93.2	Radio Hauraki	Active rock	NZME	Whangārei
93.6	More FM - Rodney	Adult contemporary	MediaWorks	Mangawhai	2016
94.0	The Edge	Hit radio	MediaWorks	Whangārei
94.4	More FM	Adult contemporary	MediaWorks	Tutukaka
94.8	ZM	Hit radio	NZME	Whangārei	1995
95.6	The Hits	Adult contemporary	Adult contemporary	Whangārei	20/06/2021	Classic Hits, Radio Northland
96.4	Coast	Middle of the Road	NZME	Whangārei	20/06/2021
98.0	The Sound	Classic rock	MediaWorks	Whangārei		Mai FM
98.6	Big River FM	Community radio	Community-owned	Dargaville
98.8	Life FM	Christian radio	Rhema Media	Whangārei
99.6	Ngati Hine FM	Full service	Ngati Hine	Whangārei		Radio Ngatihine
100.0	Defunct			Whangārei		Soundwaves
100.0	Defunct			Mangawhai	2013	More FM - Rodney, Times FM
100.4	RNZ Concert	Fine music	Radio New Zealand	Parahaki
101.2	RNZ National	Public radio	Radio New Zealand	Horokaka
103.6	PMN 531pi	English & Pacific Island programme	Pacific Media Network	Parakiore	Jan 2019	Niu FM
104.2	Life FM	Christian radio	Rhema Media	Dargaville
104.4	RNZ National	Public radio	Radio New Zealand	Parahaki
105.2	RNZ Concert	Fine music	Radio New Zealand	Horokaka
105.6	Smooth FM ^[10]		Infinity Media	Waipu
106.0	Flava	Urban contemporary	NZME	Whangārei	19/07/2021	Coast moved to 96.4
106.4	Heads FM^[11]		Perryscope Productions	Mangawhai

AM stations edit

Frequency^[3]	Name^[4]	Format^[5]	Owner^[3]	Transmitter^[3]	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency^[6]
621	Rhema	Christian adult contemporary	Rhema Media	Maungakaramea
729	Gold Sport	Greatest hits & Sports radio	NZME	Otaika	01/07/2020	Until 30/03/2020: Radio Sport; 30/03/2020-30/06/2020: Newstalk ZB
837	RNZ National	Public radio	Radio New Zealand	Otaika
900	Coast	Middle of the Road	NZME	Maungakaramea
1026	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	NZME	Otaika

Internet stations edit

New Zealand Net Radio, Whangārei.^[12]

Low power FM stations edit

Frequency^[4]	Name^[4]	Format^[5]	Owner	Transmitter	Previous stations on frequency^[6]
87.6	Overhype	Dance radio, alternative rock		Parihaki
88.0	TLC Radio^[13]	Country music		Te Kōpuru
88.1				Mangawhai	Heads FM^[11] on 106.4
88.1	Beagle Radio	Community radio		Whangārei
88.2	Cool FM			Dargaville
88.2	Big River FM			Ruawai
88.3	Magic Music FM^[14]			Whangārei
89.0	Defunct			Whangārei	The Zone 89
106.9	Star	Contemporary Christian music	Rhema Media	Kamo
107.1	Magic Music FM^[14]			Whangārei
107.3	Mai FM	Urban music	MediaWorks	Whangārei
107.3	TLC FM^[13]	Country music		Dargaville
107.7	The Generator ^[15]	Hard rock	Private	Whangārei

References edit

^ "Radios Northland". Radios. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ "Northland Commercial Radio Audience Measurement Survey 2/2014". TNS Research. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "The Register of Radio Frequencies".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Radio Heritage NZ Listings". Radio Heritage Foundation.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Local Radio Broadcast Stations". Radio Station World.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "FWLIST radio database". FMLIST."MWLIST radio database". MWLIST.
^ "Govt keeps AM on the air in Northland". The Beehive. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "New Zealand". Ydun's Medium Wave Info. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ The Wireless
^ Smooth FM
^ ^a ^b Heads FM
^ "NZ Net Radio". All About The Music. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^ ^a ^b "The Little Country Radio".
^ ^a ^b Magic Music FM Whangārei
^ "The Generator"."The Generator FB".

[1] "Radios Northland". Radios. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[2] "Northland Commercial Radio Audience Measurement Survey 2/2014". TNS Research. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.

[register-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "The Register of Radio Frequencies".

[prog-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Radio Heritage NZ Listings". Radio Heritage Foundation.

[RSW-5] "Local Radio Broadcast Stations". Radio Station World.

[prev-6] "FWLIST radio database". FMLIST."MWLIST radio database". MWLIST.

[7] "Govt keeps AM on the air in Northland". The Beehive. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[8] "New Zealand". Ydun's Medium Wave Info. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

[9] The Wireless

[10] Smooth FM

[Heads_FM-11] Heads FM

[NZNetRadio-12] "NZ Net Radio". All About The Music. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[TLC-13] "The Little Country Radio".

[MMFMW-14] Magic Music FM Whangārei

[15] "The Generator"."The Generator FB".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

Summary

Upper Northland edit

FM stations edit

AM stations edit

Lower Northland edit

FM stations edit

AM stations edit

Internet stations edit

Low power FM stations edit

References edit