Life FM (Radio Network)
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| Broadcast area | New Zealand |
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| Branding | Life fm |
| Slogan | "Live it." |
| First air date | 1997 |
| Format | Christian Rock/Pop/Hip-hop music |
| Class | Terrestrial/Internet |
| Owner | Rhema Broadcasting Group |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | http://www.lifefm.co.nz |
Life FM is a New Zealand Christian radio network broadcasting popular contemporary Christian music to an audience primarily 30 and under, across the country. It is part of the Rhema Broadcasting Group. Sponsorship of the Parachute music festival is the main promotional exercise of the network each year, and is a major component of its summer programming.
The network attracts international audiences by streaming networked programming over the internet by means of MMS.
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[edit] Programming
[edit] Monday to Friday
| 6:00-10:00am | The Morning Wake-Up |
| Breakfast programme presented by Bex & Burns. Features half-hourly news updates, traffic updates for the Auckland region, 1/4 After Laughter and the Two Part Joke. | |
| 10:00am-2:00pm | Work Days with Di |
| Midday request and discussion programme. | |
| 2:00-7:00pm | Afternoons with Frank and Di |
| Afternoon programme presented by Frank and Di. Music and discussion, with a countdown of the top four songs at 4:00. Also features "Girls Talk" and "Guys Talk", on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, respectively. | |
| 7:00-12:00pm | The Night Show with Asher Bastion |
| The Night Show, music, discussion and crazyness, presented by Asher Bastion. Includes a countdown of the top ten songs at 9:00 and a requests segment from 10 to 12. | |
| 1:00pm-6:00am | Life FM Overnight |
| Non-stop music without a disc-jockey. |
[edit] History
Life FM started during March 1993 on 99.3 FM in Christchurch as a station broadcasting a mix of Christian and secular music, however the frequency was leased from More FM and the station had to shut down when the lease finished. Life FM was restarted in Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty in 1997 as a 100% Christian network.
Listener contributions from around the world make up about 80% of the network's budget. Since 2004 regular "Lifeathon" live radio events have raised a large proportion of this budget. In 2005 the event featured Zed lead singer Nathan King, boxer David Tua, Christian band Mumsdollar, musician Dave Dobbyn and netball player Irene van Dyk.
[edit] Stations
Life FM, like many other New Zealand radio networks, produces a programme for the Auckland market and networked programming for other markets simultaneously. The Auckland station, Life FM 94.6 FM, broadcasts traffic reports during peak periods and includes local station idents. Other stations have a national ident, "Across New Zealand and around the world at lifefm.co.nz, this is Life FM".
In the North Island:
- Whangarei - 98.7 FM
- Auckland - 99.8 FM
- Waikato - 94.6 FM
- Bay of Plenty - 94.6 FM
- Rotorua - 88.5 FM
- Taupo - 107.0 FM
- Gisborne - 92.5 FM
- Hawke's Bay - 93.5 FM
- South Taranaki - 99.5 FM
- Opunake - 88.4 FM
- Wanganui - 107.3 FM
- Manawatu - 96.3 FM
- Marton - 88.4 FM
- Kapiti Coast - 96.7 FM
- Wairarapa - 95.7 FM
- Porirua - 99.2 FM
In the South Island:
- Golden Bay - 106.7 FM
- Nelson - 88.7 FM
- Westport - 105.3 FM
- Greymouth - 105.5 FM
- Rangiora - 106.8 FM
- Ashburton - 96.5 FM
- Timaru - 93.9 FM
- Oamaru - 97.6 FM
- Cromwell - 91.1 FM
- Wanaka - 107.5 FM
- Te Anau - 107.0 FM
- Dunedin - 94.2 FM
- Southland - 99.8 FM (Gore) and 100.0 FM (Mid Dome)
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