The Radio Network
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The Radio Network (TRN) is a division of the Australian Radio Network (ARN), a 50/50 joint venture of APN News & Media and Clear Channel Communications. APN owns many New Zealand newspapers and other publications.
Radio networks operated by The Radio Network include:
Local stations operated by The Radio Network:
- Hokonui Gold Gore (Privately owned but currently leased to The Radio Network).
Previous stations operated by The Radio Network:
- Cool Blue 96.1FM Auckland - Stopped operation by TRN in 2004 and frequency taken over by Flava. Still available online but no longer operated by The Radio Network.
- Easy Listening i - Rebranded as Viva FM in 2005, and subsequently as Easy Mix in August 2007.
- The Planet 97FM Nelson - Played similar format to ZM and was shut down and replaced with ZM in 2004.
- Community Radio Network - stations taken over by either Newstalk ZB or Classic Hits FM.
[edit] History
The network was created in 1996 when the commercial radio activities of Radio New Zealand were divested by the New Zealand government.
The network was bought by a syndicate that included Clear Channel Communications of the United States and Wilson & Horton, a publishing company that owned The New Zealand Herald and other publications.
Wilson & Horton was soon purchased by Independent News & Media of Ireland. Independent sold it's NZ interests to APN, which it owned a majority of. ARN, as a radio focused venture of APN and Clear Channel, subsequently took over the network.
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