B.net
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bNet is a network of current and former student radio radio station
s in New Zealand
. The network co-ordinates national advertising sales and shares ideas and programming between the member stations. It began as a loose grouping of university student radio stations in major centres (the Student Radio Network), but is now a commercial network that includes both student union
stations and former student union stations in six markets. bNet stations broadcast local independent news and current affairs, and have provided a platform for new or independent New Zealand artists such as Fat Freddys Drop, Kora
, Jordan Reyne
, Dimmer
, Jet Jaguar
, Shocking Pinks
, The Enright House
, and some underground and electronica
acts. Until 2007 the network held the annual bNet New Zealand Music Awards.
In 1986 member station Radio One launched the Rad-One Card, a low-cost discount and loyalty card
with on-air competitions, to raise funds. Similar schemes have now been launched by other bNet stations, such as the Active card by Radio Active and the bCard by bFM and Bank of New Zealand
.
, New Zealand
on Schedule 7 (educational purposes) semi-commercial licence. The station is based in the Student Union Building at the University of Auckland
, is owned by a trust on behalf of the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA), and broadcasts its signal to greater Auckland at 95.0 on the FM
dial. It is the promoter of the b. Net New Zealand Music Awards (along with the other b. Net stations) and the popular Summer Series live events in nearby Albert Park.
The station has developed into New Zealand’s leading alternative music broadcaster, with (an estimated) 100,000 listeners, and in recent years has attracted considerable attention through its current affairs content. During the 2005 general election campaign, it was the station's news and editorial director Noelle McCarthy who conducted the interview in which then National Party leader Don Brash
admitted that he had forewarning of a controversial leaflet campaign conducted by the Exclusive Brethren sect. Labour Party leader Phil Goff
and other key New Zealand political figures continue to be interviewed every week by hosts Zac and Ethan on the station's breakfast show.
The centrepiece of the bNews operation is The Wire, a music and current affairs show which airs every weekday from 12-1pm. The Wire hosts are: News and Editorial Director Will Pollard, Jon Armistead, Talia Blewitt, Imogen Barrer and Lucas Jensen-Carey. The Rock n Roll Wire (now from 1-4 Friday) is hosted by Troy Ferguson. Angus Thunder currently hosts the Sunday Best Of show. Daily "bCasts" (a stored mp3 audio file) are available on the station's website along with a full schedule of DJs/Shows. The station's website was finalist at the 2006 South by South West Web awards. A key part of the station's culture, and a feature distinguishing it from most commercial radio - is its award-winning creative department. It operates a creative policy that in most cases means it creates its own broadcast advertising, rather than using supplied agency material.
student radio station, broadcast from a boat - which ran aground in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour
- and played illegally on speakers around the University. The iconic ‘b’ originally stood for "bosom" in honour of a capping week graduation stunt
. The station was originally run as an AUSA club but by the mid eighties had seven staff (paid a nominal wage) and 100+ volunteers. All staff were voted into their position by collective vote - the collective being the staff and volunteers of the station at the time, with the appointments ratified by the AUSA. The AUSA formed Campus Radio BFM Limited in 1989, at which point the station was expected to run at break-even, having run up significant losses in previous years. That was not popular with many staff and volunteers, some of whom resigned when new station manager Simon Laan took over and started implementing changes recommended in a report titled "Saving BFM" by Kerr Inkson and Kelly Grove Hill (from the Auckland University School of Business). Their report had been commissioned by previous station manager Jude Anaru. Laan was the last station manager to be elected to that position, after he lobbied the Board to change its appointment processes and dispense with the voting system.
It transferred permanently from the AM to FM band (originally to 91.8FM, now the frequency of More FM
) in the late 1980s, after a long legal application process (opposed by all other commercial radio stations operating in Auckland) begun in 1984 by station manager Debbi Gibbs, daughter of prominent New Zealand businessman Alan Gibbs, and completed by her successor Jude Anaru in 1988. The station initially broadcast on the FM band by applying only for a temporary short term broadcasting warrant, and then applying for another one when that one expired. This upset commercial radio stations who were also trying to make the switch from AM to FM, but were delayed by the New Zealand Government who were slowly auctioning off commercial frequencies to commercial broadcasters. By 'drip feeding' commercial frequencies onto the market the Government found it could maximise auction prices. In holding a Schedule 7 (educational purposes) semi-commercial licence bFM did not have to pay for its frequency.
During the 80's the station changed its name from Radio B to Campus Radio (1404 AM), then back to Radio B, and then finally bFM. Its hours expanded and it eventually became a 24-hour station operating on a permanent warrant in 1989. Most show hosts are volunteers. The distinctive 95bFM 'b' logo was designed by Johnnie Pain (at that time the bass player for Hallelujah Picassos
, later in the Nudie Suits) in the early 1990s - he was asked by then station manager Liz Tan to design it. The previous logo had been chosen through a vote by station staff and volunteers from a selection of entries in a public logo competition run by previous station manager Simon Laan.
, was previously streamed online, is overseen by the Taranaki FM Trust and is operated by volunteers with the support and assistance of two expert paid employees. The station began in 1995, originally only broadcasting one month out of the year, but by November 1997, it was broadcasting full time. It operated for almost a decade on 92.3 MHz, being run by a willing and enthusiastic pool of students and volunteers. As a result of a bureaucratic glitch, Most FM lost its original license in early 2008. The resulting public outcry caused by Most FM going off air led to the formation of the Taranaki FM Trust, a consortium of local businessmen and well-wishers who vowed to get the station back on air. In March 2008, after a two month break in transmission, Most FM began operating on 107.6 FM, but on a very localised frequency range. However, on Friday 15 August, Most FM 'powered up' on the new frequency of 100.4 FM, moving up from 100 to 900 watts. The Most has a wide range of alternative and specialist shows, reflecting the eclectic tastes of its show hosts and DJs.
In April 2010 the station began relaying on 88.3 MHz to the town of Oakura
which was previously out of range. Internet streaming also resumed.
, Manawatu campus of Massey University
, Massey University Student Association operates Radio Control on 99.4 FM.
broadcasting in Wellington
, New Zealand
on 88.6FM (formally 89 FM) as well as www.radioactive.fm. It began as the student radio station for Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association
(VUWSA) but was sold to Radio Active Limited in 1989. VUWSA's decided that radio active could not make anymore losses and found by passing it to radioactive ltd that it could be run more effectively and still runs at no cost to the VUWSA which its does to this day. Today radioactive.fm has a very strong hold and following over the capital and very strong listener ship of around 45000 weekly plus a huge on line audience www.radioactive.fm .
operating from the University of Canterbury
in New Zealand
. It broadcasts on a frequency of 98.5 MHz and (since late 2006) through online streaming, but began in 1976 on 1413kHz which is now occupied by Radio Ferrymead
. in 1986 the station converted to FM and changed its name to Radio UFM. Long running shows include Girl School, The Mixtape Sessions, The Joint, Guitar Media, Dollar Mix, Hauswerk and Vintage Cuts.
Wammo and Spanky became an infamous duo on the RDU Mornings show, most notably coaxing Don Brash
into answering inappropriate love letters live on-air, and upsetting listeners by playing distasteful games poking fun at cancer victims. Sadly Wammo was scouted by Kiwi FM
and was replaced by Kate Gorgeous, who hosted the show for a year till the end of 2007. After much searching for a new host, Spanky has returned to host the show solo under the new show title Breakfast with Spanky.
In 2007, the University of Canterbury Students' Association
controversially agreed to sub-licence the RDU frequency to a newly formed company, RDU98.5FM Ltd and students against the sale selectively leaked information to the Press stating the station was sold for the price of $1. Actually the stations assets including broadcast equipment and transmitters were sold at market (book) value, a market level rental agreed for the space occupied and an annual licence fee agreed. Various arrangements were debated over the preceding three years following the previous limited liability company (controlled by minority shareholders) trading insolvently which forced UCSA to inject funds and restructure the organisation.
operating from the University of Otago
in Dunedin
, New Zealand
. It broadcasts on a frequency of 91.0 MHz.The impetus for the station began with an open letter to the President of the Otago University Students' Association
(then Phyllis Comerford) from Alastair Thomson, who had worked on the Waikato University student radio station. This letter brought together other interested parties including members of the bands Netherworld Dancing Toys
and The Verlaines
. With a grant from the OUSA of approximately $12,000, the station first went to air in early 1984 broadcasting from the OUSA's former boardroom. The station ran on a part-time basis during the university year until the mid-1990s, from which time it has been operating round-the-clock throughout the year in a new annex to the Student Union building which was specifically designed to house the station, the OUSA's offices, and the university's student newspaper Critic
. The station celebrated its 25th birthday at the beginning of 2009.
In the station's early years, Radio One was broadcast from a 100-watt ERP transmitter atop the 11-storey Hocken Building (now Richardson Building) - then the tallest building on the university campus. In the late 1980s, the station moved their transmitter to Dunedin's main FM radio transmitter atop Mount Cargill
, north of the campus. This gives the station a range which covers much of coastal Otago
, from Oamaru
to past Balclutha
. Radio One can now be heard anywhere in the world as it streams all content in 128 kbit/s stereo mp3 over the internet.
The station is run largely by volunteer announcers, with a small paid staff. It runs a wide variety of general interest and specialist shows, many of them catering for audiences not covered by Dunedin
's other radio stations, such as The Local which plays only New Zealand content and Overgrown which is New Zealand's only Cannabis Law Reform themed radio show.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The network co-ordinates national advertising sales and shares ideas and programming between the member stations. It began as a loose grouping of university student radio stations in major centres (the Student Radio Network), but is now a commercial network that includes both student union
Students' union
A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...
stations and former student union stations in six markets. bNet stations broadcast local independent news and current affairs, and have provided a platform for new or independent New Zealand artists such as Fat Freddys Drop, Kora
Kora (band)
Kora is a New Zealand five-piece music group, which consists of four brothers from the Kora family. The band, which originally began in Whakatane, New Zealand fuses elements of reggae, rock, dub, roots, funk, and more recently space funk and dub step elements.-Early years: 1991–2002:Kora brothers...
, Jordan Reyne
Jordan Reyne
Jordan Reyne is an experimental musician from New Zealand, who has been variously described as "industrial-tinged folk“ and "antipodean Steampunk“ yet defies any cut and dried description. She combines the two usually disparate genres of folk and industrial, bringing in celtic vocal melody,...
, Dimmer
Dimmer
Dimmers are devices used to vary the brightness of a light. By decreasing or increasing the RMS voltage and, hence, the mean power to the lamp, it is possible to vary the intensity of the light output...
, Jet Jaguar
Jet Jaguar
is a fictional character who appears in the Godzilla film Godzilla vs. Megalon .-History:In Godzilla vs. Megalon, Jet Jaguar is a robot created by the protagonist, Goro Ibuki. He is initially depicted as a mindless automaton, and is controlled by the evil Seatopians for most of the film...
, Shocking Pinks
Shocking Pinks
Shocking Pinks are a band formed by Nick Harte and based in Christchurch, New Zealand.Nick Harte has been in New Zealand bands such as CM Ensemble, Hiatus, The Incisions, Montessouri, Laudanum, Luxor Dance Ensemble, Urinator, Solaa, The Brunettes and Pig Out. The band has been signed to New York...
, The Enright House
The Enright House
The Enright House was the moniker under which Mark Roberts wrote, recorded and performed music. The project began in Chicago in 2001, and, after Roberts moved to New Zealand, was based in Christchurch from 2004 until 2009. After touring the United States in early 2009, Roberts relocated back to...
, and some underground and electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
acts. Until 2007 the network held the annual bNet New Zealand Music Awards.
In 1986 member station Radio One launched the Rad-One Card, a low-cost discount and loyalty card
Loyalty program
Loyalty programs are structured marketing efforts that reward, and therefore encourage, loyal buying behavior — behavior which is potentially beneficial to the firm....
with on-air competitions, to raise funds. Similar schemes have now been launched by other bNet stations, such as the Active card by Radio Active and the bCard by bFM and Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand is one of New Zealand’s largest banks and has been operating continuously in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861...
.
bFM
bFM operates in AucklandAuckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
on Schedule 7 (educational purposes) semi-commercial licence. The station is based in the Student Union Building at the University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
, is owned by a trust on behalf of the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA), and broadcasts its signal to greater Auckland at 95.0 on the FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
dial. It is the promoter of the b. Net New Zealand Music Awards (along with the other b. Net stations) and the popular Summer Series live events in nearby Albert Park.
The station has developed into New Zealand’s leading alternative music broadcaster, with (an estimated) 100,000 listeners, and in recent years has attracted considerable attention through its current affairs content. During the 2005 general election campaign, it was the station's news and editorial director Noelle McCarthy who conducted the interview in which then National Party leader Don Brash
Don Brash
Donald "Don" Thomas Brash , a New Zealand politician, was Leader of the Opposition, parliamentary leader of the National Party from 28 October 2003 to 27 November 2006 and the leader of the ACT Party for 28th April 2011 - 26 November 2011...
admitted that he had forewarning of a controversial leaflet campaign conducted by the Exclusive Brethren sect. Labour Party leader Phil Goff
Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goff is the current Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. During the Fifth Labour Government, he served in a number of ministerial portfolios, including Minister of Defence of New Zealand, Minister of Corrections, Minister of Foreign Affairs and...
and other key New Zealand political figures continue to be interviewed every week by hosts Zac and Ethan on the station's breakfast show.
The centrepiece of the bNews operation is The Wire, a music and current affairs show which airs every weekday from 12-1pm. The Wire hosts are: News and Editorial Director Will Pollard, Jon Armistead, Talia Blewitt, Imogen Barrer and Lucas Jensen-Carey. The Rock n Roll Wire (now from 1-4 Friday) is hosted by Troy Ferguson. Angus Thunder currently hosts the Sunday Best Of show. Daily "bCasts" (a stored mp3 audio file) are available on the station's website along with a full schedule of DJs/Shows. The station's website was finalist at the 2006 South by South West Web awards. A key part of the station's culture, and a feature distinguishing it from most commercial radio - is its award-winning creative department. It operates a creative policy that in most cases means it creates its own broadcast advertising, rather than using supplied agency material.
History
Founded in 1969, bFM was a piratePirate radio
Pirate radio is illegal or unregulated radio transmission. The term is most commonly used to describe illegal broadcasting for entertainment or political purposes, but is also sometimes used for illegal two-way radio operation...
student radio station, broadcast from a boat - which ran aground in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour
Waitemata Harbour
The quite famous Waitemata Harbour is the main access by sea to Auckland, New Zealand. For this reason it is often referred to as Auckland Harbour, despite the fact that it is only one of two harbours surrounding the city, and is crossed by the Auckland Harbour Bridge. The Waitemata forms the north...
- and played illegally on speakers around the University. The iconic ‘b’ originally stood for "bosom" in honour of a capping week graduation stunt
Capping stunt
A capping stunt or capping is a New Zealand university tradition of student pranks wherein students perpetrate hoaxes or practical jokes upon an unsuspecting population...
. The station was originally run as an AUSA club but by the mid eighties had seven staff (paid a nominal wage) and 100+ volunteers. All staff were voted into their position by collective vote - the collective being the staff and volunteers of the station at the time, with the appointments ratified by the AUSA. The AUSA formed Campus Radio BFM Limited in 1989, at which point the station was expected to run at break-even, having run up significant losses in previous years. That was not popular with many staff and volunteers, some of whom resigned when new station manager Simon Laan took over and started implementing changes recommended in a report titled "Saving BFM" by Kerr Inkson and Kelly Grove Hill (from the Auckland University School of Business). Their report had been commissioned by previous station manager Jude Anaru. Laan was the last station manager to be elected to that position, after he lobbied the Board to change its appointment processes and dispense with the voting system.
It transferred permanently from the AM to FM band (originally to 91.8FM, now the frequency of More FM
More FM
MORE FM is a New Zealand radio network playing adult contemporary music or Pop music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand.MORE FM broadcasts in 22 centres throughout New Zealand with local programming in most markets between 6am and 1pm and networked programming the rest of the day...
) in the late 1980s, after a long legal application process (opposed by all other commercial radio stations operating in Auckland) begun in 1984 by station manager Debbi Gibbs, daughter of prominent New Zealand businessman Alan Gibbs, and completed by her successor Jude Anaru in 1988. The station initially broadcast on the FM band by applying only for a temporary short term broadcasting warrant, and then applying for another one when that one expired. This upset commercial radio stations who were also trying to make the switch from AM to FM, but were delayed by the New Zealand Government who were slowly auctioning off commercial frequencies to commercial broadcasters. By 'drip feeding' commercial frequencies onto the market the Government found it could maximise auction prices. In holding a Schedule 7 (educational purposes) semi-commercial licence bFM did not have to pay for its frequency.
During the 80's the station changed its name from Radio B to Campus Radio (1404 AM), then back to Radio B, and then finally bFM. Its hours expanded and it eventually became a 24-hour station operating on a permanent warrant in 1989. Most show hosts are volunteers. The distinctive 95bFM 'b' logo was designed by Johnnie Pain (at that time the bass player for Hallelujah Picassos
Hallelujah Picassos
Hallelujah Picassos were a reggae, rap, ska, thrash, jazz, pop crossover band from Auckland, New Zealand. They started life in 1988 as a garage punk band The Rattlesnakes...
, later in the Nudie Suits) in the early 1990s - he was asked by then station manager Liz Tan to design it. The previous logo had been chosen through a vote by station staff and volunteers from a selection of entries in a public logo competition run by previous station manager Simon Laan.
Staff
Current and former staff include:- Aroha Harawira
- Jeremy WellsJeremy WellsJeremy "Newsboy" Wells is a New Zealand television personality, most famous as the host of TVNZ's satirical news show, Eating Media Lunch. He is also a co-host of The Saturday Special radio show with Steve Simpson on New Zealand radio station bFM.Wells was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the son of...
(Newsboy) - Marcus LushMarcus LushMarcus Lush is a television and radio presenter in New Zealand.He made his first forays into television in the 1990s as a reporter co-presenting TV2's Newsnight alongside Simon Dallow and Alison Mau, but it was a 2003 episode of travel show, Intrepid Journeys, that set him on a new broadcasting path...
(Radio Live) - Mikey HavocMikey HavocMikey Havoc , also known colloquially as Havo is a New Zealand media personality.-Music:Roberts was the lead singer of the New Zealand glam metal group Push Push, best known for its 1991 number one singles "What My Baby Likes" and "Trippin'". He is now a house music DJ...
- Nick Dwyer (George FM)
- Rob Herrick (WIN News Canberra)
- Russell BrownRussell Brown (New Zealand)Russell Brown is a well-known New Zealand media commentator, and the owner of the Public Address community of blogs, and writes Hard News Hard News the blog is based on the Hard News radio slot spoken by Brown from 1991 to 2002 on bFM, an Auckland student radio station...
- Simon GriggSimon GriggSimon Grigg is a New Zealand music businessman, writer, radio host, publisher, producer, DJ and archivist. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, he attended Palmerston North Boys High, Auckland Grammar and the University of Auckland.-Punk rock:...
- Troy Ferguson
- Andrew Dickens (Classic Hits)
- Andrew Hawthorne
- Andrew Boak
- Andrew Topping (producer Newstalk ZB)
- Brent Impey, MediaWorks New Zealand CEO
- Camilla Martin
- Charlotte Ryan
- Chris Forster (Sport Editor, Radio Live)
- Darryl "DLT" Thompson
- Florence "Fluff" Sogno
- Gary Pearson
- Gemma Gracewood
- "Ursula Williams"
- Graeme HillGraeme HillGraeme Hill is a New Zealand broadcaster. He has been a weekend and fill-in host for Radio Live since the station's inception, and currently hosts a 10:00 to 14:00 talk show with a focus on music and science. He was previously an announcer on Radio Sport...
- Hannah Sarney (3 News)
- Hugh Sundae
- Jackson Hunter
- Jim "Stinky Jim" Pinckney
- Jude Anaru
- Jules Barnett
- Kim Choe (3 News)
- Mark "Slave" Williams
- "Big" Matt Watson
- Matt Heath (Radio Hauraki)
- Matt "Automatic" Hodgson
- Mike Brady
- Nigel Snowden (Cream TV)
- Noelle McCarthy (Radio New Zealand)
- Olivia Kember
- Otis Frizzell
- Patrick "Dubhead" Waller
- Paul Casserly (Eating Media Lunch)
- "DJ Sirvere" Philip Bell (C4)
- Rebecca Wright (TV3 News)
- "DJ Sicoff" Simon Coffey
- Toni "AllCity" Cooper
- Wallace Chapman (Kiwi FM, TVNZ 7)
- William Pollard
- Sarin Moddle
- Julian Rushton
Programmes
- Tuxedo Dogs
- Up Close Live
- Border Radio
- The Wire
- The Rhythm Selection
- Freak the Sheep
- The Cryptoid Factor
- Bloody Sunday Drive
Most FM
Most FM broadcasts in Taranaki on 100.4 FMFM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
, was previously streamed online, is overseen by the Taranaki FM Trust and is operated by volunteers with the support and assistance of two expert paid employees. The station began in 1995, originally only broadcasting one month out of the year, but by November 1997, it was broadcasting full time. It operated for almost a decade on 92.3 MHz, being run by a willing and enthusiastic pool of students and volunteers. As a result of a bureaucratic glitch, Most FM lost its original license in early 2008. The resulting public outcry caused by Most FM going off air led to the formation of the Taranaki FM Trust, a consortium of local businessmen and well-wishers who vowed to get the station back on air. In March 2008, after a two month break in transmission, Most FM began operating on 107.6 FM, but on a very localised frequency range. However, on Friday 15 August, Most FM 'powered up' on the new frequency of 100.4 FM, moving up from 100 to 900 watts. The Most has a wide range of alternative and specialist shows, reflecting the eclectic tastes of its show hosts and DJs.
In April 2010 the station began relaying on 88.3 MHz to the town of Oakura
Oakura
Oakura is a small township in Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 45, 15 kilometres south-west of New Plymouth. Okato is 12 km further south-west. The Oakura River flows past the town and into the North Taranaki Bight...
which was previously out of range. Internet streaming also resumed.
Programmes
- Loud in Yer Living Room!
- The Migraine
- Kiwiana
- Pandora's Box
- Taranaki Sounds
- Audio Waste Disposal
- First Edition
- Out The Back Surf Show
- The French Art-Ty Show
- The Weekender
- Eternal Groove
- Drum & Bass Arcade
- Jurassic Tracks
- Music Without Frontiers
- The Soul Fire Hour Of Power
- Bell Street Blues
- Fresh Cuts
- Jeezus and Lucyfur Show
Staff
Former and current staff include:- Timothy von Smythe
- Craig Gunn
- The General
- The Nose
- Dave Haskell
- Graham Donlon
- Paul Bazeley
- Fred Laud
- Karl Iveson
- Wazza
- Matt Hardy aka Ballistics
- Matty K
- Wayne 'Arch' Arthur
- Murray McEwen
- Peter Bennett
- Nick Boheimer
- Mark O'Connor
- Holly ShanahanHolly Shanahan-Television:-Films:-External links:...
- Lisa Mules
- Wanda Somervell
- Erin Bartlett
- Corey Ladbrook
- "Supa Dave" Hopkinson
- Bevan Chapman
- Shannon Castell
- Adam Yates
- Natalie Wiseman
- Sarah Crowe
- Nate Rush
- Phillip Oldfield
- Genevieve Martin
- Boltme B Boltme
- Todd "thet shady Finn fella" Spencer
- Nico "Jeezus" James
- Leon "Lucyfur" Von De Vril
Radio Control
On the Palmerston NorthPalmerston North
Palmerston North is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is an inland city with a population of and is the country's seventh largest city and eighth largest urban area. Palmerston North is located in the eastern Manawatu Plains near the north bank...
, Manawatu campus of Massey University
Massey University
Massey University is one of New Zealand's largest universities with approximately 36,000 students, 20,000 of whom are extramural students.The University has campuses in Palmerston North , Wellington and Auckland . Massey offers most of its degrees extramurally within New Zealand and internationally...
, Massey University Student Association operates Radio Control on 99.4 FM.
Radio Active
Radio Active is an alternative radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
on 88.6FM (formally 89 FM) as well as www.radioactive.fm. It began as the student radio station for Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association
Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association
The Victoria University of Wellington Students' Association is the official students' association at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand...
(VUWSA) but was sold to Radio Active Limited in 1989. VUWSA's decided that radio active could not make anymore losses and found by passing it to radioactive ltd that it could be run more effectively and still runs at no cost to the VUWSA which its does to this day. Today radioactive.fm has a very strong hold and following over the capital and very strong listener ship of around 45000 weekly plus a huge on line audience www.radioactive.fm .
RDU
RDU 98.5FM is a student radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
operating from the University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...
in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It broadcasts on a frequency of 98.5 MHz and (since late 2006) through online streaming, but began in 1976 on 1413kHz which is now occupied by Radio Ferrymead
Radio Ferrymead
Radio Ferrymead is a radio station operated by the Radio Preservation Society in Christchurch, New Zealand. The RPS is a non-profit incorporated society based at the Ferrymead Heritage Park whose aim is to collect, preserve and display radio and radio related historical items...
. in 1986 the station converted to FM and changed its name to Radio UFM. Long running shows include Girl School, The Mixtape Sessions, The Joint, Guitar Media, Dollar Mix, Hauswerk and Vintage Cuts.
Wammo and Spanky became an infamous duo on the RDU Mornings show, most notably coaxing Don Brash
Don Brash
Donald "Don" Thomas Brash , a New Zealand politician, was Leader of the Opposition, parliamentary leader of the National Party from 28 October 2003 to 27 November 2006 and the leader of the ACT Party for 28th April 2011 - 26 November 2011...
into answering inappropriate love letters live on-air, and upsetting listeners by playing distasteful games poking fun at cancer victims. Sadly Wammo was scouted by Kiwi FM
Kiwi FM
Kiwi FM is a New Zealand Radio Network playing 100 percent New Zealand music both nationally and to the world via its 24/7 live stream. The network was designed specifically to showcase the best New Zealand music across the broadest range of genres, enabling greater access to an international...
and was replaced by Kate Gorgeous, who hosted the show for a year till the end of 2007. After much searching for a new host, Spanky has returned to host the show solo under the new show title Breakfast with Spanky.
In 2007, the University of Canterbury Students' Association
University of Canterbury Students' Association
The University of Canterbury Students' Association is a student organisation associated with the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, established in 1894. All current students of the University have automatic membership. It is funded by students and is governed by a constitution through 12...
controversially agreed to sub-licence the RDU frequency to a newly formed company, RDU98.5FM Ltd and students against the sale selectively leaked information to the Press stating the station was sold for the price of $1. Actually the stations assets including broadcast equipment and transmitters were sold at market (book) value, a market level rental agreed for the space occupied and an annual licence fee agreed. Various arrangements were debated over the preceding three years following the previous limited liability company (controlled by minority shareholders) trading insolvently which forced UCSA to inject funds and restructure the organisation.
Radio One
Radio One, or The One, is a student radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
operating from the University of Otago
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university with over 22,000 students enrolled during 2010.The university has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of A rated academic researchers it...
in Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It broadcasts on a frequency of 91.0 MHz.The impetus for the station began with an open letter to the President of the Otago University Students' Association
Otago University Students' Association
The Otago University Students' Association is the Students' Association of the University of Otago, New Zealand.OUSA provides "representation, welfare, advocacy, recreation, fun events and media" for its members...
(then Phyllis Comerford) from Alastair Thomson, who had worked on the Waikato University student radio station. This letter brought together other interested parties including members of the bands Netherworld Dancing Toys
Netherworld Dancing Toys
Netherworld Dancing Toys is a New Zealand band from Dunedin formed in 1982.-History:The group formed at the University of Otago. The band members included Malcolm Black, Nick Sampson, Graham Cockroft, Brent Alexander and later Annie Crummer, Kim Willoughby...
and The Verlaines
The Verlaines
The Verlaines are a rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand. Formed in 1981 by Graeme Downes, Craig Easton, Anita Pillai, Phillip Higham and Greg Kerr, the band went through multiple line-ups before going on an extended hiatus after their 1997 album Over The Moon. In 2003 a career retrospective, You're...
. With a grant from the OUSA of approximately $12,000, the station first went to air in early 1984 broadcasting from the OUSA's former boardroom. The station ran on a part-time basis during the university year until the mid-1990s, from which time it has been operating round-the-clock throughout the year in a new annex to the Student Union building which was specifically designed to house the station, the OUSA's offices, and the university's student newspaper Critic
Critic (magazine)
Critic is the official magazine of the Otago University Students' Association of the University of Otago. It is freely available around both the university's campus and selected sites in Dunedin city weekly during term time. It was tabloid in size until 2002, when it went quarterfold...
. The station celebrated its 25th birthday at the beginning of 2009.
In the station's early years, Radio One was broadcast from a 100-watt ERP transmitter atop the 11-storey Hocken Building (now Richardson Building) - then the tallest building on the university campus. In the late 1980s, the station moved their transmitter to Dunedin's main FM radio transmitter atop Mount Cargill
Mount Cargill
Mount Cargill is a 680 metre high volcanic outcrop which dominates the skyline of northern Dunedin, New Zealand. It is situated some 15 kilometres north of the city centre....
, north of the campus. This gives the station a range which covers much of coastal Otago
Otago
Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...
, from Oamaru
Oamaru
Oamaru , the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin, on the Pacific coast, and State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connects it to both...
to past Balclutha
Balclutha, New Zealand
Balclutha is a town in Otago, it lies towards the end of the Clutha River on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is about halfway between Dunedin and Invercargill on the Main South Line railway, State Highway 1 and the Southern Scenic Route...
. Radio One can now be heard anywhere in the world as it streams all content in 128 kbit/s stereo mp3 over the internet.
The station is run largely by volunteer announcers, with a small paid staff. It runs a wide variety of general interest and specialist shows, many of them catering for audiences not covered by Dunedin
Dunedin
Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...
's other radio stations, such as The Local which plays only New Zealand content and Overgrown which is New Zealand's only Cannabis Law Reform themed radio show.
Staff
Previous and current staff include:- Shayne CarterShayne CarterShayne Carter is best-known for being the Straitjacket Fits' principal singer/songwriting/guitarist in the late 80s/early 90s, and later on a founding member of Dimmer.Carter comes from a musical family...
- Wallace ChapmanWallace ChapmanWallace Chapman is a New Zealand radio and television host.His shows include:* Back Benches * The Wallace Chapman Drive Chapman began his broadcasting career while a student at the University of Otago with student radio station Radio One...
- Andy Flyboy
- Charlotte GlennieCharlotte GlennieCharlotte Glennie is an award-winning New Zealand journalist, who became the first Asia correspondent for Television New Zealand. She reported on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that followed, and won the Supreme and Best...
- Samantha Hayes
- Jan HellriegelJan HellriegelJan Hellriegel is a singer/songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand.Her first recorded appearances were in Dunedin band Working With Walt in the mid-1980s when Jan studied at the University of Otago in Dunedin...
- Lesley ParisLook Blue Go PurpleLook Blue Go Purple was an alternative pop/rock band from Dunedin, New Zealand, together from 1983 to 1987, recognised as part of the Dunedin Sound.-Members:* Kathy Bull — bass* Norma O'Malley — keyboards, flute* Lesley Paris — drums...
- David PineSneaky FeelingsSneaky Feelings were a 1980s New Zealand pop/rock band, led by Matthew Bannister, who recorded on the Flying Nun label. Initially recording with the line-up of Bannister , David Pine , Kat Tyrie and Martin Durrant , Tyrie was replaced by John Kelcher early in the band's career...
- Richard Wain