Lite FM

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Lite FM
Broadcast area	Christchurch New Zealand
Frequency	94.5 FM
First air date	1997
Format	Easy Listening
Owner	MediaWorks

Lite FM was a New Zealand radio station broadcasting in Christchurch on 94.5FM. The station started as Easy Listening i94.5 in 1994 and was owned by C93FM Limited, this station was a local station operating separately from Easy Listening i98 in Auckland despite the same name. C93FM Limited was sold to Radio Otago in 1997 and Easy Listening i94.5 was rebranded as Lite FM. Following the rebranding the station was networked into Invercargill on 98.0 FM and in Dunedin on 90.2 FM. In 1999 Radio Otago was sold to The RadioWorks and the Invercargill and Dunedin stations were replaced with network station Solid Gold. Lite FM became part of Radioworks collection of local stations known as LocalWorks.

The station played easy-listening music from the 1970s to present day. The station was rebranded and replaced by The Breeze in 2004 when Radioworks decided to rebrand all their local Easy Listening stations as The Breeze. Today The Breeze in Christchurch remains a live and local station despite other The Breeze stations having their local shows replaced with Auckland based network shows.