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ZM
Broadcast area	18 markets in New Zealand
Slogan	Today's Hit Music
First air date	c.1973
Format	Hit Music
Owner	The Radio Network
Website	zmonline.com

ZM, or ZMFM is a radio network. ZM is part of The Radio Network of New Zealand. The network's slogan, "Today's Hit Music", reflects the network's chart-music playlist of pop, rock, hip hop and dance music. The network has stations in 18 markets in New Zealand and is also available online. It reaches around 378,000 listeners weekly and targets the 15-39 demographic.

Contents 1 ZM History 1.1 Origin of the ZM name 1.2 ZM Stations 1.3 ZM News Service 1.4 ZM Online Website 1.5 Club ZM 2 ZM in the New Zealand Radio Awards 2.1 2008 2.2 2007 2.3 2006 2.4 2005 3 Slogans 4 ZM Music 5 ZM Competitions 6 ZM Team 6.1 Announcers 6.2 Newsreaders 6.3 Directors 6.4 Previous Announcers 7 ZM Frequencies 8 References 8.1 Citations 9 External links

[edit] ZM History

[edit] Origin of the ZM name

The ZM name derives from the original 1ZM radio station founded by W.W. ((Bill) Rodgers in the late 1920s in Manurewa, then a farming village south of Auckland, The letter Z meant a privately owned (later commercial) station, and the M stood for Manurewa.

The station was later acquired by the NZ Government and moved 26 km north to Auckland City, where it shared space in the 1941 Art Deco Broadcasting House studios of 1ZB. In April 1944 1ZM was handed overto the US AFRS military broadcasting service to provide entertainment for US troops on R & R leave in Auckland, as part of the AES Mosquito Network. The American programming, drawn from all three US radio networks (ABC, NBC and CBS) and played without commercial advertisements, proved popular not only with US troops but also with Aucklanders who appreciated the lively style of presentation and the latest American hits. After the war 1ZM was returned to the government broadcasting department, New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS) and its successor, but still state-owned, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC).

As part of a reshuffle of frequencies and call-signs 1ZM was re-named, first 1ZD and then 1YD, in line with the Wellington metro station 2YD which had opened in 1937. 1ZM /1YD was turned into a low-power non-commercial metro music station, broadcasting retro hits and oldies from 5 pm to 10 pm weeknights, and from 10 am to 10 pm weekends. Later, to help meet demand for advertising in the single State owned commercial station 1ZB, 1YD was authorised to carry low-level commercials read live at the microphone, and by the 1960s transmitter time in Auckland was leased in the mornings to a private commercial operator Radio i, which later secured its own AM channel.

The start of 'pirate' broadcasting in 1966 from Radio Hauraki, based on a barge in the Hauraki Gulf, and the consequent opening up of NZ radio to private investors led to a sharp rise in competition, and the NZBC looked to sharpen up the rather fusty image of its metro stations by re-branding the three YD stations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch) back to ZM and promoting them under the brand ZM Maxi Music.

[edit] ZM Stations

The ZM format under NZBC, and from 1975 Radio New Zealand, control evolved through several different musical forms. The network has developed from the original three AM radio stations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch (1ZM, 2ZM and 3ZM) to a nationwide radio station covering 18 markets. Since 1996 ZM has been owned by The Radio Network when the government sold the Radio New Zealand commercial operation.

91ZM Auckland
ZM started in Auckland in 1973 broadcasting on 1251 AM as 1ZM. In 1983, with the approval by the Broadcasting Tribunal to allow two new private radio stations to be the first fully commercial FM stations in Auckland, 1ZM was required to change its format to be an alternative commercial free station, largely to allow the new private stations (Magic 91FM and Triple M 89 FM) to compete successfully for the mainstream contemporary hit radio audience. This was successful, as within 2-3 years 1ZM's market share dropped significantly as young listeners were attracted by the higher quality sound of the FM stations, despite the absence of commercials on 1ZM. 1ZM at the time promoted itself as "Total Music ZM" to emphasise the commercial free format. 1ZM changed format in 1987 to "Classic Hits" to try to recover audience, but was still costing Radio NZ over $1 million per annum to operate as it was the only "commercial station" legally required to run no commercials! The change to the Classic Hits format saw 1ZM drop the ZM name and become Classic Hits Twelve Fifty One. The change in name marked the birth of the Classic Hits Network we know today however the Classic Hits brands was not rolled out to the rest of New Zealand until 1993. Subsequent liberalisation of the broadcasting warrant system (which was ultimately abolished in 1989/1990) saw Radio NZ win a licence to broadcast the station on 97.4FM in Auckland and broadcast commercials, with the 1251 AM frequency licence transferred to Christian broadcaster Radio Rhema. The move to FM saw the station change branding to Classic Hits 97FM. The name change from ZM to Classic Hits saw an absence of the ZM brand in Auckland from 1987 to 1996 when ZM made a return to Auckland as 91ZM taking over the 91.0FM frequency previously used by Magic 91FM and later The Breeze on 91FM.

2ZM/ZMFM Wellington (now known as 90.9ZM)
Originally based in Broadcasting House (Bowen Street, Wellington), the switch from 2YD to 2ZM in 1969 coincided with the arrival of a new breed of announcer (or DJ) and an increasingly diverse approach to music programming. Announcers like John Stier, Lloyd Scott, Graeme Thompson, Relda Familton and British-born Malcolm Shipley, supported by Music Directors like Midge Marsden, coincided with a shift from singles-based programming to including album tracks. From 1970-1973, 'Shipley Shakes' on Saturday nights (7pm-midnight close-down) introduced audiences to a wild mash-up of simultaneously-played records, tape loops and a dynamic and dramatic approach to announcing. The Sunday night 'Album Show', first hosted by Shipley then John Hood and John Barry, kept 2ZM's audiences in touch with the latest LP releases by artists as diverse as Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, the Doctors of Madness, Tim Buckley and Tom Waits. By 1978 however, American Top 40 style formatting had been introduced and the station slowly became more predictable. Nevertheless, the arrival of punk and new wave in the late 70's had its advocates (John Barry), and during 1981-1983 Barry Jenkins, networked from 1ZM in Auckland, hosted a midnight-to-dawn weekday show that primarily featured latest releases from the UK (e.g. Mekons, Killing Joke, Josef K, Joy Division).

Wellington's 2ZM was the first ZM network station to broadcast in FM from December 21, 1985 as ZMFM 91 (90.9), but did not cease to broadcast on AM until 1986 with the introduction of a second frequency on 93.5 to provide adequate FM coverage of the hilly Wellington region. Its AM frequency (1161 kHz) was reallocated to Maori station Te Upoko o Te Ika. Around 1996 ZMFM Wellington became known as 91ZM sharing the same name that had been used in Christchurch and the re-established ZM station in Auckland. In March 2007, ZM altered its Hutt Valley frequency from 93.5 to 90.9, to form a synchronous transmission with the signal from Mt. Kau Kau, also on 90.9. This meant that commuters no longer had to switch their radio dials between the two frequencies when driving between Wellington and the Hutt Valley.

91ZM Christchurch (now known as 91-3ZM)
ZM launched in Christchurch in 1973 on 1400AM as 3ZM. In a bid to compete against local Christchurch station Radio Avon 3ZM was rebranded as Radio Nova (coincidentally 'Avon' spelt backwards) playing an Easy Listening format similar to that of Radio i in Auckland. Listener interest was strong at first but later ratings dropped and the station was reverted back to 3ZM playing the same music format as that of 1ZM and 2ZM. ^[1] 3ZM later moved to 1323AM and then in 1986 switched to FM and ceased AM broadcasting several months later. The 1323 kHz frequency was used for Maori broadcasting by Aotearoa Radio in the early 1990s, then by Radio Liberty in the mid 1990s. It is no longer in use by any station in the region. Originally when ZM in Christchurch was switching to FM they believed they would be broadcasting on 92.9FM and printed stickers with this frequency on it. They missed out on this frequency and broadcast on 91.3FM instead with 92.9FM being allocated to C93FM. The switch to FM saw the station branded as ZMFM using the same logo as ZMFM Wellington but in 1989 the name was changed to 91 Stereo ZM followed by 91ZM, Wellington kept the ZMFM name until around 1996. Today the station is referred to as Canterbury's 91-3ZM.

93ZM Whangarei (now known as 95-1ZM)
93ZM started around 1995 as a totally local station separate from the rest of the ZM stations. 93ZM became a network station after ZM made a return to Auckland with local voice breaks prerecorded in Auckland minutes earlier, however the breakfast show on 93ZM was networked from 89.8ZM in Hamilton between 1998 and 1999. In 2006, 93ZM traded places on the Northland radio dial with Radio Hauraki, as ZM shifted to 95.1FM and Hauraki took over ZM's vacated 93.2FM frequency. This was the second frequency shift for ZM locally, the first being a change from 93.1 to 93.2FM in 2005.

91ZM Manawatu (now known as 90.6ZM)

ZM originally commenced transmission to Manawatu on 9 March 1987 on 90.6FM. The program was a relay of the Wellington ZMFM station with local commercial breaks and station identification. ZMFM Manawatu also ran its own breakfast show - "Jackson and The Morning Crew" featuring Pete Jackson. In 1989, 90.6 ZMFM re-branded as 2 Double Q, subsequently dropping the relay of ZMFM Wellington and beginning a seven year absence of the ZM name in Manawatu. The ZM brand did not return to the Manawatu market until 1996 when Classic Rock Q91FM (formerly 2 Double Q) reverted back to ZM (as 91ZM). The new ZM programme created in 1996 used a computerised automation system to provide a local programme recorded minutes before from the Wellington studio, this system remained in place until 2000 when ZM switched to a single network.

96ZM Dunedin (now known as 95-8ZM) and 96ZM Invercargill (now known as 95-6ZM)
96ZM Dunedin was the very first networked ZM station, the station began broadcasting on 95.8FM in June 1996 with a local programme being produced for the Dunedin region by an announcer in the Christchurch studio. A year later ZM came to Invercargill broadcasting on 95.6FM also based from the Christchurch studio with announcers now prerecording 3 individual voice breaks tailored to each region. While the same songs were played the 3 stations were often out of sync. With the high amount of talk on the breakfast show breakfast was kept to a single show mostly tailored to the Christchurch audience.

89.8 ZM Waikato and Bay of Plenty
ZM began broadcasting in the Waikato region around 1997 when The Radio Network acquired the 89.8FM frequency that had been previously been used by local station 898FM or Kiwi FM (no connection to the Kiwi FM stations in operation today) and later The Breeze 89.8FM. 89.8ZM Waikato was networked from Auckland using the same automated computer system to provide a local programme recorded from Auckland minutes earlier. Waikato had its own local breakfast show between 1998 and 1999 but this ceased before 2000 and the Auckland breakfast show took the shows place.

98ZM Rotorua (now known as 98-3ZM)
ZM began broadcasting in Rotorua around 1998 on 98.3FM. This frequency had previously been used by a local rock station called Classic Rock 98.3FM.

96ZM Hawkes Bay (now known as 95-9ZM)
ZM started in 1999 in the Hawke's Bay region on the frequency previously used by Greatest Hits FM96, Better Music 96FM, Classic Rock 96FM and later Radio Hauraki. The origins of this frequency date back to 1989 when a former local station 77ZK, converted to FM. 77ZK originally broadcast on 765AM and began life in 1977 as Apple Radio. 77ZK, FM96 and later Classic Rock 96FM all broadcast from studios in Hastings until the mid 1990s when operations were moved to Radio New Zealand's site in Napier. Classic Rock 96FM was rebranded as Radio Hauraki in July 1998, but after less than a year on air, Hauraki was replaced with ZM in March 1999. Radio Hauraki was eventually relaunched three months later on 99.9. 95.9ZM Hawkes Bay has always been based from Auckland, and has a relay station on 99.7FM in Wairoa which has also been on air since 1989.

98.8ZM Taranaki ZM came to Taranaki in the late nineties broadcasting on 98.8FM and originally like other ZM stations all local content was recorded minutes earlier from the Wellington studio until 2000 when ZM switched to a single network with all content coming from Auckland.

97ZM Nelson
ZM came to Nelson in 2004 replacing a local station owned by The Radio Network The Planet 97FM. Originally The Planet was an independently owned station playing Hot AC music. In 2002 The Radio Network took over The Planet FM and changed the format to match that of ZM and even took on the ZM slogan Today's Hit Music and used similar jingles to ZM. In April 2004 The Planet 97FM became 97ZM with all content coming from the ZM network and The Planet shutting down completely.

96-8ZM Wanganui and 96-3ZM South Canterbury
ZM began broadcasting in Wanganui during the middle of 2004 and in Timaru in September 2004. Both stations are provided in these regions by the Community Radio Network.

91-1ZM Kapiti
ZM began broadcasting on its own frequency in the Kapiti region in 2004. The current 'Top of the Hour Station id' actually mentions the Wellington 90.9 frequecny despite the two stations running different programmes during the day and different commercials on both stations.

90.5ZM Marlborough
The most recent addition to the ZM Network, ZM began broadcasting in the Marlborough region in 2007.

The ZM Network
ZM began networking as early as the 1980s between Midnight and 6 a.m. with the ZM All-Nighter based from the 1ZM Auckland studio and played on 2ZM Wellington and 3ZM Christchurch. The ZM All-Nighter was dropped around 1989 when all stations starting operating their own local overnight shows.

While ZM operated 3 separate networks during the late nineties some shows during this time were networked across all ZM stations, based from the Auckland studios. Some examples of shows included the ZM Essential 30 countdown show on Saturday afternoons and the Sample G Club mix show on Saturday nights. The Night show hosted by Willy Macilister on 91ZM Christchurch went nationwide in 1998 when Willy was moved to Auckland to present a nationwide show.

In 2000 ZM changed to a single network format, all ZM stations in smaller regions became part of this network based from Auckland the only regions not originally affected were Christchurch and Wellington where these stations remained local except during the evenings and overnight where ZM ran a nationwide night show. Voice breaks that were previously pre-recorded for each region and targeted towards the local audience were replaced with live voice breaks tailored to a nationwide audience. At first, these changes were not popular and many listeners chose to listen to alternative stations.

In 2001 more changes were made and this time saw Christchurch and Wellington integrated into the network. The Christchurch studio was closed all together with some announcers being moved to Auckland to produce a nationwide show for all of New Zealand. Wellington ZM remained local but the local breakfast show went nationwide broadcast from Wellington, at first some breakfast show content in Wellington varied to the rest of the country but by 2002 the ZM Morning Crew was a single show. The breakfast show on ZM still comes from the Wellington studio today.

In 2003 the amount of local content on ZM in Wellington was reduced to just during the week and after Drive-Time announcer Julian Burn left ZM Wellington he was not replaced but instead the nationwide Drive-Time show, then hosted by Iain Stables, was networked into Wellington.

In 2005 the ZM Christchurch studio was reopened and now ZM is local in Christchurch during the Daytime (10am - 3pm) show and since 2007 Saturdays are local in Wellington and Christchurch between 10am and 2pm. The Daytime announcer in Auckland produces two separate shows simultaneously, one for Auckland and another for the rest of the ZM Network. Overnight shows are currently pre-recorded from Wellington during the week and Christchurch at weekends, the overnight announcers also work as ZM Blackthunder Drivers in the area. All ZM stations play the same songs in the same sequence even when a local show is being played in Christchurch and Wellington.

[edit] ZM News Service

Like most radio stations in New Zealand ZM originally featured news on the hour every hour. In 1997 ZM stations began reducing news breaks to only play on the breakfast show, this was at time when some radio stations began increasing the amount of music played in an hour and reducing talk. In 2000 ZM started their own news service called ZM Newsbeat. The Newsbeat service is a quick News report with a beat in the background followed by a local weather forecast prerecorded from the Auckland or Wellington studio for each individual region. There used to be a local Newsbeat for Wellington during the Morning Crew's show, but this was replaced by the national edition in early 2006. Today the content is derived from the Newstalk ZB newsroom.

[edit] ZM Online Website

The ZM Online website was finally launched in March 2002 3 years after the zmonline.co.nz and zmonline.com domains were registered. 91ZM Wellington ran their own website at 91zm.co.nz prior to this but this domain pointed to the ZM Online site after 2002. 96ZM Dunedin and 93ZM Whangarei also ran their own sites at 96zm.co.nz and 93zm.co.nz between 1998 and 1999. The ZM Online website was the first radio stations websites in New Zealand to display the name of the song playing on the air.

[edit] Club ZM

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In 2002 ZM became one of the first radio stations in New Zealand to introduce a text service where listeners can send an SMS Text Message to the studio, this has become an essential way for listeners to interact with the announcers on the air as well as voting for polls and music, requests and an easy way to comment on any thing said on the air. A unique feature of the ZM text service is that listeners can use it to find out the name of the song playing on the air by texting the word SONG, currently no other radio station in New Zealand offers such a feature. The Club ZM text number is 9696.

[edit] ZM in the New Zealand Radio Awards

ZM and ZM announcers have won the following awards in recent years:

[edit] 2008

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• Best Client Promotion: 0800 New Cops - Leanne Hutchinson & Cam Bisley, ZM Network
• Best Promotional Trailer Live Rent Free - Chris Nicoll, ZM Network
• Programmer of the Year: Christian Boston - ZM Network
• Asscoiated Craft Award: Sarah Catran - ZM & Flava Sales
• Station of the Year - Metropolitan: ZM Auckland (accepted by Programme Director Christian Boston)

[edit] 2007

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• Best Music Breakfast Host or Hosts (Metropolitan): The ZM Morning Crew
• Best Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts (Metropolitan): Stables, ZM Network
• Best Promotion of a Radio Station (Networks): Live Rent Free – Christian Boston & Kate McGowan, ZM Network
• Best Client Promotion: Telecom 3 Minute Hour – Leanne Hutchinson, ZM Network
• Best Promotional Or Image Trailer for a Radio Station: Carrot Fest – Chris Nicoll, ZM
• Also Special Commendation goes to ZM Programme Director, Christian Boston in the category of Programmer of the Year.

[edit] 2006

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• Best New Broadcaster: Sarah Gandy, 91ZM Auckland and ZM Network
• Best Promotional Or Image Trailer for a Radio Station: One Hit Wonder-U2 - Chris Nicoll, ZM Network
• Station Imaging: ZM Network Imaging - Chris Nicoll, ZM
• Commercial or Trailers: One Hit Wonder, U2 - Chris Nicoll, ZM

[edit] 2005

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• Special Commendation went to announcer Sarah Gandy for the ZM Sealed Section in the category Best Daily Or Weekly Series

[edit] Slogans

ZM has used the following slogans in the past:

c1985 - c1988:

• Hit Radio ZMFM (Wellington, Christchurch and Manawatu)

c1988 - c1988:

• More Music ZMFM (Manawatu only)

c1988 - c1990:

• The Music Leader ZMFM (Wellington and Manawatu only)

c1988 - c1990:

• 91 Stereo ZM (Christchurch only)

1991 - 1994:

• Rock of the Nineties ZMFM (Wellington only)

1991 - 1994:

• Rock of the Nineties 91ZM (Christchurch only)

1994 - 1997:

• Just Great Music of the 80's and 90's

1997 - present:

• Today's Hit Music

[edit] ZM Music

ZM plays mostly pop, rock, dance music in the current Top 40. In 2003 ZM added to its playlist older (mainly 1990's) popular rock, pop and dance music tracks, in the form of the High School Hit. This being done to cater for a more diverse demographic. Also every day at midday ZM switches onto Shuffle and 10 random songs in a row from the 1990s (and at times 1980's) as well as newer music is played. In the past many listeners have had the perception of ZM being a Teeny Bopper station playing only pop music young teenage listeners would enjoy, this mainly from listeners of The Rock, however today ZM regularly plays certain tracks from rock bands such as AC/DC, Metallica, Green Day, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Guns N' Roses, Nirvana, Bon Jovi and many more, around 20% of the music played on ZM is also played on The Rock. Rival station The Edge plays similar Top 40 music but has more hip hop on their playlist where ZM has more dance music and rock music on their playlist and The Edge does not play the selection of older music that is played on ZM.

[edit] ZM Competitions

While ZM's biggest competitor The Edge has run some unique and controversial competitions ZM has also run several unique competitions in more recent years.

• The Great New Zealand Caravan Race - September 2004:

Five teams had the challenge of racing a caravan from Invercargill to Auckland, the catch was that there was no actual car attached to the caravan so the teams had to push the caravan from one end of the country to the other in just one week. Teams were allowed to have their caravan towed by a vehicle for up to one hour each day in the competition.

• Live Rent Free

Live Rent Free first began in September 2005 and now runs throughout the year each year. Entrants have their name drawn and the first person who gets through to the station when names are read out wins their rent, board or mortgage paid for a particular period usually up to a year. While this style of competition is not new this has been a very popular competition on ZM.

• Drop One Drive One - September 2006

In this competition listeners had the chance to win two cars one was worth around $20,000 the other around $200. The winner would be flown to the car yard where both cars are suspended from a crane the winner must press a button where one of the cars will be dropped from the crane. The winner ended up dropping the $200 car and taking home the good car.

• My House My Sand Castle - September 2007

With rising property prices in New Zealand making home ownership less of a reality for many New Zealanders, ZM decided to run a competition to help out. Teams had to build their own life sized sand castles to live in for a week and participate in various challenges along the way. The winner took away a $30,000 deposit to purchase a house.

• Dirty Sexy Money - February/March 2008

As part of the release of the TV series Dirty Sexy Money, ZM ran a promotion of the same name. Six Contestants were chosen to live in a Penthouse for up to two weeks. The contestants had to work in an occupation that fitted either the Dirty, Sexy or Money category. The contestants chosen in the Dirty category were a Meat Worker and a Grave Digger, in the Sexy category there was a receptionist at a Massage Parlour and a Cheerleader and in the money category a Payroll Administrator and an Inland Revenue Officer. The six contestants had to live in the house together for two weeks and like other reality TV/Radio competitions listeners voted which contestant they wanted elimated. At the end of the promotion the winner took away $10,000 to spend in New York.

[edit] ZM Team

[edit] Announcers

The ZM Morning Crew (6am - 10am) ^[7]

• Pauline Gillespie (Polly)
• Grant Kereama
• Marc Peard (known as "New hot Guy") - Show producer.
• Cam Bisley - "Out and About Guy"

Workday (10am - 3pm) ^[8]

• Sarah Gandy (Auckland & Network Regions)
• Simon O'Neill (Wellington)
• Bridget Howard (Christchurch)

Drive (Mon - Fri 3pm - 7pm) ^[9]

• Stu Tolan - Show host.
• Paul Flynn (Flynny) - Show producer.
• Jason Winstanley (Staino)

Stu and Flynny also present Saturday mornings 6am - 10am.

Night Show (7pm - 12am)

• Mark Dye (Monday - Friday)
• Paul Stenhouse (Sunday from 6pm)

Show features the ZM 20 (a Top 20 Countdown show) followed by "Mix Tape" (all request show)

Overnights (12am - 6am) ^[10]

• Lee Densem (Monday - Friday)
• Bex (Saturday - Sunday)

Friday (10pm - 2.30am) ^[11]

• General Lee mix show with DJ General Lee

Saturday (10am - 2pm)

• Aroha Hathaway (Auckland & Network Regions)
• Simon O'Neill (Wellington)
• Bridget Howard (Christchurch)

The Rump 30 Countdown (Saturday 2pm - 5pm) ^[12]

• Sarah G
• Mark Dye
• Kieran (Tintin the Intern)

Saturday (5pm - 6am) ^[13]

• Presented by Bex from 5pm-10pm, with 200 songs in a row commercial free beginning at 7:00.
• The General Lee Mix Show from 10pm, continuing the 200 songs in a row.

[edit] Newsreaders

• Glen Stuart (Breakfast)
• Bridget Hastie (Drive)
• Paul Stenhouse (Weekends)

[edit] Directors

• Programme Director - Christian Boston (Bosto)
• Music Director - Jason Winstanley (Staino)

[edit] Previous Announcers

Announcer	Show	Duration	Reason for leaving	Last known station
Sandy Antipas	ZMFM Wellington Mid dawns, 91ZM Christchurch floater while at Radio School then Wellington 91ZM afternoon drive and finally 89.8ZM Waikato Breakfast co-hosted by Jaala Dyer	1990 - 1999	Show replaced with Auckland based network product in 2000	The Breeze Wellington
Natalie Beran	Weekend Announcer	2000 - 2002	Went overseas	AM730Traffic, Vancouver, Canada
Dan Bernstone	ZM Newsbeat Reader and Fill in Announcer	2002 - 2007	Moved to More FM Christchurch	Daytime Host on More FM Christchurch [14]
Natalie Crook	91ZM Breakfast Producer then Breakfast co host with Marcus Lush in 2000	Until 2001	Moved to Classic Hits Taranaki Breakfast	TVNZ Journalist
Simon Barnett	91ZM Christchurch Breakfast co-hosted by Phil Gifford	Until 1997	Both Simon and Phil Gifford were offered a large sum of money to work on More FM Christchurch	More FM Christchurch Breakfast show [15]
Julian Burn	91ZM Wellington Drivetime show	Until 2003	Moved overseas show was replaced with network show.	Breakfast on More FM Hawkes Bay
Lana Coc-kroft	91ZM Auckland and ZM Network co-host of The Lipstick Lunch with Nicki Sunderland	1998 - 2002	Made redundant after Nicki's daytime show was axed. Continued on TV in Sports Cafe until this was axed in 2005.	Now unemployed was involved in the Celebrity Drug Scandal in 2005 along with Marc Ellis
James Daniels	91ZM Christchurch Breakfast co-hosted by Ken Ellis		Both James and Ken Ellis were offered a large sum of money to work on More FM Christchurch	Managing TRN's Flava Radio Network
Jaala Dyer	89.8ZM Waikato Breakfast co-hosted by Sandy Antipas	1998 - 1999	Show replaced with Auckland based network product in 2000
Ken Ellis	91ZM Christchurch Breakfast co-hosted by James Daniels		Both Ken and James Daniels were offered a large sum of money to work on More FM Christchurch	Newstalk ZB Christchurch local breakfast show. [16]
Phil Gifford	91ZM Christchurch Breakfast co-hosted by Simon Barnett	Until 1997	Both Phil and Simon Barnett were offered a large sum of money to work on More FM Christchurch	Left More FM in 2003 and worked on Radio Sport for some time following this.
Dallas Gurney	93ZM Whangarei Nights (1995-1996), 91ZM Wellington Nights (1996-1998), 91ZM Christchurch Drivetime (1998)	Until 1998	Left Christchurch to take a programming position at ZM in Auckland. Still filled in at weekends.	TRN Talent Manager.
Aroha Hathaway	91ZM Wellington Daytime (until 2003) and ZM Network Daytime (2003-05)	Until 2005	Left to go to Māori Television	Still a fill in and weekend presenter on ZM, also presents Advertorials on TV One's Good Morning show, and drivetime host on Waatea in Auckland.
Mark Hewlett	The Fear Factor Champion was an extra on ZM working alongside Polly and Grant.	2004
Melanie Homer	91ZM Auckland Nightshow and later 10 - 2 show	1998 - 1999	Went to live in Hong Kong	Breakfast Newsreader for Classic Hits
Tim Homer	91ZM Auckland and ZM Network Drivetime	Until 2000	Show axed due to restructuring, Jason Royal was moved to Auckland to take over this show.	Programming More FM Auckland
Pete Jackson	Host of Jackson and the Morning Crew on Manawatu's 90.6 ZMFM.	1986 - 1989	Manawatu ZMFM was rebranded as a local station called 2QQ
Jacqui Jensen	ZM Night show co-host with Stu Tolan, then sole presenter	2003-2007	Moved to Australia	Breakfast host on Sea FM in Queensland [17]
Grant Kearney (DJ Sample G)	Mixer for the ZM Clubmix (Nationwide)	1997 - 2003		Friday Nights on George FM
Marcus Lush	91ZM Auckland Breakfast and ZM Network Breakfast	1996 - 2001	Moved to Newstalk ZB after Wellington Breakfast show was made the network breakfast show	Breakfast on Foveaux FM Southland until 2004 and Radio Live from 2005. [18]
Mike McClung	91ZM Auckland and ZM Network Drivetime	Until 2000	Show axed due to restructuring, Jason Royal was moved to Auckland to take over this show.	Working for NZ On Air
Willy MacAlister	91ZM Christchurch Night show and ZM Nationwide Nightshow	Until 1999	Moved to Channel Z when it was still local in Christchurch and later to Sydney.	Programming Nova 969
Andrew Mulligan	Co-host of the "Reeves and Mull" weekend breakfast show with Jason Reeves.	2005-2006	Left when his co-host Jason Reeves moved to Classic Hits.	Presenter on Prime TV [19]
Linda Nelson	ZM Network Newsreader & Breakfast Co-host on the Marcus Lush Breakfast	Until 2003		Italy
Breffni O'Rourke	91ZM Christchurch Daytime	1998 - 2001	Moved to Classic Hits 90FM Nelson Breakfast after ZM Christchurch studio was closed in 2001.	Worked on various stations after leaving ZM such as Breakfast on 4XO Dunedin (before being rebranded as More FM) and most recently Breakfast on Nelson's More FM until 2007.
Steve Parr	3ZM/91ZM Christchurch	1977 - 1987		Most known by New Zealanders as the host of Sale of the Century between 1989 and 1995. Today selling houses in Australia. [20]
Justin Rae	91ZM Wellington day announcer (until 2000), ZM Network fill-in announcer (after 2000)	1996 - 2006	Moved back to Wellington to work on More FM	More FM Wellington Breakfast show [21]
Val Robinson	91ZM Christchurch Daytime	Until 1998
Jason Royal	91ZM Christchurch Drivetime (1997 - 2001), extra on Christchurch Breakfast show in 1998 and ZM Network Drivetime (2001 - 2003)	1997 - 2003	Moved back to Christchurch to work on More FM	Breakfast Show Producer MoreFm Canterbury
Jason Reeves	Co-host of the "Reeves and Mull" weekend breakfast show with Andrew Mulligan.	2005 - 2006	Moved to Classic Hits Network Drive	Drivetime show on Classic Hits Network [22]
Franchesa Rudkinn	Host of "The Beat Files" a short segment promoting a New Zealand single, pre-recorded and played across all ZM stations.	1999 - 2003	The Beat Files was renamed to "The Word" and is now hosted by Sarah G.
Chuckie Shearer	91ZM Christchurch Breakfast working with Rik and Katrina	1997 - 1998	Moved to Classic Hits Christchurch
Dave Smart	93ZM Whangarei Drive, then breakfast, later Network Announcer	1996 - 2004	Moved to Classic Hits Network Nights	Breakfast Host on Classic Hits 90FM Wellington [23]
Katrina Smith	91ZM Christchurch Breakfast co-hosted by Rik van Dyke	1997 - 2001	Offered a job co-hosting breakfast with Rik on Classic Hits 97.7 Christchurch after the Wellington Breakfast show was networked into Christchurch, however turned it down.	Daytime show on Nelson's Fifeshire FM (now More FM). [24]
Iain Stables	ZM Network Drivetime Show	2003 - 2008	It was reported that Stables was fired from ZM [25]
Geoff Stagg	ZM Network Nightshow	1999 - 2002	Contract Terminated due to low ratings	Drive announcer on More FM Wellington [26]
Heather Stove	Stables Newsbeat Reader & On Show Contributor	2004 -2006
Nicky Sunderland	91ZM Auckland Daytime and ZM Network Daytime	Until 2002	Went on maternity leave for six months only to find her job had been taken over by Stables.	Night time Love Songs show on The Breeze Auckland [27]
Nick Tansley	91ZM Wellington Breakfast and ZM Network Breakfast with Polly and Grant.	Until 2003	Contract not renewed due to show restructuring	Now working with sales and marketing for RadioWorks, was last on the air on Wellington's More FM as part of the breakfast show.
Rik van Dyke	91ZM Christchurch Breakfast co-hosted by Katrina Smith	1997 - 2001	Moved to Classic Hits 97.7 Christchurch Breakfast after the Wellington Breakfast show was networked in Christchurch	Classic Hits 97.7 Christchurch Breakfast and later Daytime show until 2006 and now Program Director for The Breeze Christchurch.

[edit] ZM Frequencies

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City/Town	Frequency
Whangarei	95.1FM
Auckland	91.0FM
Waikato	89.8FM
Bay of Plenty	89.8FM
Rotorua	98.3FM
Gisborne	107.4FM & 107.7FM
Taranaki	98.8FM
Hawke's Bay	95.9FM & 99.7FM
Wanganui	96.8FM
Manawatu	90.6FM
Kapiti Coast	91.1FM
Wellington	90.9FM
Blenheim	90.5FM
Nelson	97.0FM
Christchurch/Canterbury & Sumner	91.3FM & 89.2FM
South Canterbury	96.3FM
Dunedin	95.8FM
Southland	95.6FM

[edit] References

[edit] Citations

[edit] External links

• ZM Online
• Radio Network's Bio

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