Bay City Radio

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Bay City Radio was a radio station in Hawke's Bay New Zealand. Bay City Radio commenced broadcasting on the 1st of October, 1957 using the call-sign 2ZC and broadcasting on 1280 kHz AM, with the slogan Twin-City Radio, serving both Napier and Hastings. When Apple Radio commenced as a stand-alone station from the previously-shared Hastings studio, the station was re-branded as Bay City Radio. These stations were operated by the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation which later became known as Radio New Zealand.

In 1993 Bay City Radio joined the Classic Hits network and became known as Classic Hits 89FM Bay City Radio. The rebranding to Classic Hits coincided with the stations switch to FM now broadcasting on 89.5FM. Later the AM frequecy was used to broadcast Newstalk ZB into the Hawkes Bay region.