List of radio stations in Waikato

This is a list of radio stations in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.

Most Waikato stations originate from Hamilton, Thames and Taupo.[1]

Hamilton

The following stations broadcast in the Hamilton area.

FM stations

Frequency [1][2]	Name[3]	Format[4]	Transmitter[1][4]	Broadcasting on frequency since[5]	Previous stations on frequency[5]
89.0	Free FM	Access radio	Waikato Ruru	2012	Free FM previously known as Community Radio Hamilton re-launched on 89FM - a full power FM frequency after 21 years of broadcasting on 1206AM and 106.7FM 1986 - 1998 Contact 89FM; 1998 - 2001 UFM; 2001 - 2007 The Generator; 2007 - 2010 Backbeat 89FM; 2010 - 2011 Rush 89FM
89.8	ZM	Hit Music	Waikato Ruru	1997	1984 - 1993: 898 FM and later known as 898 Kiwi FM 1993 - 1997 The Breeze on 89.8
90.6	Raukawa FM	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Waikato Ruru
91.4	RNZ Concert	Classical	Waikato Mt Te Aroha	1984
92.2	More FM Waikato	Adult Contemporary	Waikato Ruru	1999
93.0	The Rock	Active Rock	Waikato Ruru	1992
93.8	The Sound (formerly Solid Gold)	Classic rock	Waikato Ruru	1997	1993 - 1997 Blue Skies 93.8FM
94.6	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Waikato Mt Te Aroha	1997	1992 - 1997 94.6 FM Country June 1997 Fieldays Radio (Temporary during Fieldays)
95.4	Radio Tainui	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Waikato Mt Te Aroha	1989	1989 - 1993 Te Reo Irirangi O Tainui; 1993 - 2000 Tainui FM; 2000 - 2011 Radio Tainui; 2011 Tainui FM
96.2	Radio Hauraki	Classic rock	Waikato Ruru	1999
97.0	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Waikato Ruru	1999	1992 - 1993 Easy Listening 97FM 1993 - 1999 Easy Listening i97FM
97.8	The Edge	Pop Music	Waikato Ruru	1994	1991 - 1994 Buzzard 98FM (same station but rebranded to the very first The Edge station in 1994)
98.1	Raglan Community Radio[6]	Community Radio	Raglan Te Hutewai Rd[7]	2006	from 1994[8] was on 96.6[7]
98.6	The Hits	Adult contemporary music	Waikato Mt Te Aroha	1990	formerly ZHFM, Classic Hits 98.6 ZHFM
99.4	The Breeze	Easy Listening	Waikato Ruru	2003	1997 - 2003 Y99.3 (Same station but rebranded as The Breeze and format changed from Adult Contemporary)
100.2	MagicTalk	Talk radio	Waikato Ruru	Jan 2019	1993 - 1994 Radio Waikato (not to be confused with Radio Waikato station operating in the 1980s) 1995 - 1997 Radio Hauraki; 1997 - 2005 Radio Pacific; 2005 - 2019 Radio Live
101.0	RNZ National	Public radio	Waikato Mt Te Aroha
103.4	PMN 531		Waikato Mt Te Aroha	Jan 2019	- Jan 2019 Niu FM
105.0	Coast	Classic Hits	Waikato Ruru	2011
105.8	Mai FM	Urban	Waikato Ruru	2014

AM stations

Frequency [1][2]	Name[3]	Format[4]	Transmitter[1][4]	Broadcasting on frequency since[5]	Previous stations on frequency[5]
576	Star	Christian Radio	Hamilton Greenhill Rd		2008 - 2015 The Word 1993 - 1994 Radio Waikato (no connection to Radio Waikato station operating in the 1980s) 1995 - 1996 Radio Liberty 1996 - 1997 Sports Roundup 1997 - 2007 Southern Star
792	Gold AM[9][10]	Greatest hits	Hamilton Eureka	30/03/2020	1997 - 1998 Sports Roundup 1998 - 30/03/2020: Radio Sport 30/03/2020 - 30/06/2020: Newstalk ZB
855	Radio Rhema	Christian Radio	Hamilton Greenhill Rd	1988	1985 and 1988 Ag Week Radio (temporary during Fieldays)
954	Vacant		Hamilton Newstead		1978 - 1986 Radio Waikato (originally on 930AM from 1971 - 1978) 1986 - 1988 Country Gold Waikato 954 (same station but change of format) 1988 - 2005 Radio Pacific 2005 - 2007 Radio Pacific and Radio Trackside 2007 - 2010 BSport and Radio Trackside 2010 - 2015 LiveSport and Radio Trackside 2015 - 2020 TAB Trackside
1143	RNZ National	Public radio	Hamilton Eureka	1978	Station broadcast on 1140 prior to 1978
1296	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Hamilton Eureka	1993	1978 - 1993 1ZH (Station broadcast on 630 from 1931, 770[11] from 1933 and 1310AM from 1949 - 1978)
1494	AM Network (Parliament)	Parliament Public radio	Hamilton Eureka	2007

Low power FM stations

Frequency	Name	Format[12]	Broadcast area[12]	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency
87.8	Switch FM Radio	Community Radio		2010
88.1	Contact FM	Student Radio		2005
106.7	More FM	Adult contemporary	Te Aroha
106.7	The HUM	New Zealand and Hamilton-made alternative and indie music	Hamilton	2014	Free FM (Hamilton Community Radio)
107.1	The Yak FM	Student Radio		2004	formerly Max FM, rebranded in 2011
107.3	George FM	Dance radio	Hamilton
107.5	Twisted Radio
107.7	RAG-FM[13]	Rock & Roll	Raglan	2008

Coromandel Peninsula

The following stations broadcast in the Coromandel Peninsula region.

FM stations

Frequency [1][2]	Name[3]	Format[4]	Owner	Transmitter[1][4]	Broadcasting on frequency since[5]	Previous stations on frequency[5]
89.0 FM	The Rhythm 89FM			Waihi Beach	1997
89.1 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Coromandel
89.9 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Whangamata
90.3 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Whitianga
90.6 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Waihi
90.7 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Mediaworks	Pauanui
90.8 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Mediaworks	Thames
92.2 FM	Nga Iwi FM	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Hauraki Māori Trust Board	Coromandel	1991
92.4 FM	Nga Iwi FM	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Hauraki Māori Trust Board	Thames
92.8 FM	Nga Iwi FM	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Hauraki Māori Trust Board	Waihi
93.1 FM	The Edge	Contemporary hit radio	Mediaworks	Whangamata
93.2 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Paeroa
93.8 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Waihi
93.9 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Pauanui
94.0 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Matarangi
94.0 FM	CFM	Contemporary Hit Radio	Radio Coromandel Ltd	Thames Coromandel Paeroa	Aug 2019
95.1 FM	CFM[14]	Contemporary Hit Radio	Radio Coromandel Ltd	Whitianga	Nov 2018
95.1 FM	CFM	Contemporary Hit Radio	Radio Coromandel Ltd	Whangamata	Sep 2019
95.1 FM	CFM	Contemporary Hit Radio	Radio Coromandel Ltd	Pauanui	Dec 2018
96.4 FM	Gold FM		Gold FM Ltd	Coromandel
96.4 FM	Gold FM		Gold FM Ltd	Waihi
96.7 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Mediaworks	Whitianga
97.2 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Thames
97.5 FM	Yesterday FM			Whitianga
97.9 FM	Coast	Classic hits	NZME	Whangamata		2000: Kool FM
99.1 FM	Gold FM		Gold FM Ltd	Whitianga
99.4 FM	Gold FM		Gold FM Ltd	Waihi Beach
99.5 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Mediaworks	Whangamata
99.6 FM	Nga Iwi FM	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Hauraki Māori Trust Board	Paeroa
100.3 FM	The Hits	Contemporary Hit Radio	NZME	Pauanui	2017	2015-2017: SEA FM Coromandel
100.3 FM	The Hits	Adult contemporary music	NZME	Whangamata
104.2 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mediaworks	Waihi Beach
104.4 FM	Magic Music	Oldies	Mediaworks	Thames
105.5 FM	The Rock	Active rock	Mediaworks	Whitianga

Low power FM stations

Frequency	Name	Format[12]	Broadcast area[12]	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency
88.2 FM	LFM		Whitianga
106.7 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary	Opito Bay
106.9 FM	The Hits	Contemporary Hit Radio	Whitianga	2017	2015 - 2017: SEA FM Coromandel
107.1 FM	The Hits	Contemporary Hit Radio	Thames	2017	2015 - 2017: SEA FM Coromandel
107.4 FM	LFM		Whitianga

Taupo and Turangi

Stations broadcasting in the Taupo and Turangi areas.

FM and AM stations

Frequency [1][2]	Name[3]	Format[4]	Transmitter[1][4]	Broadcasting on frequency since[5]	Previous stations on frequency[5]
88.8 FM	The Edge	Pop Music	Taupo Whakaroa	2000
89.6 FM	Lake FM		Taupo Aratiatia		Cool Blue Taupo
90.4 FM	ZM	Hit Music	Taupo Tuhingamata	2013	Radio Sport
91.2 FM	Vacant		Taupo Whakaroa		2014: Mai FM TAB Trackside
92.0 FM	Tuwharetoa FM	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Taupo Aratiatia & Turangi Tuwharetoa FM Studio
92.4 FM	licence previously expired/cancelled				1989: The Hits Turangi Classic Hits Lakeland; Lakeland FM; Radio Lakeland
92.8 FM	Radio Hauraki	Active rock	Taupo Tuhingamata	2000	1997 - 2000: The Fish
93.6 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary radio	Taupo Tuhingamata	1990s	KIS FM
94.4 FM	The Rock	Active Rock	Taupo Whakaroa	1998	1995 - 1997: 94.3 The Fish
95.2 FM	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Taupo Whakaroa
96.0 FM	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Taupo Tuhingamata
96.8 FM	The Hits	Adult contemporary radio	Taupo Tuhingamata	1989	Classic Hits Lakeland; Lakeland FM; Radio Lakeland
97.6 FM	Tuwharetoa FM	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	Turangi Pihanga
98.4 FM	RNZ Concert	Classical music	Taupo Tuhingamata	1990
99.2 FM	Magic Music	Oldies	Taupo Whakaroa	Jan 2019	2005 - 2019 Radio Live
100.0 FM	The Sound	Classic rock	Taupo Whakaroa		Solid Gold
100.6 FM	licence previously expired/cancelled				Tuwharetoa FM Turangi
100.8 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Taupo Whakaroa
101.6 FM	RNZ National	Public radio	Taupo Whakaroa
104.0 FM	PMN 531		Taupo Whakaroa	Jan 2019	- Jan 2019 Niu FM
104.8 FM	RNZ National	Public radio	Taupo Acacia Bay
105.6 FM	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Taupo Whakaroa
106.4 FM	Timeless Taupo[15]	Community radio	Taupo Aratiatia
1386 AM	licence previously expired/cancelled				TAB Trackside on 91.2 FM

Low power FM stations

Frequency	Name	Format[12]	Broadcast area[12]	Broadcasting on frequency since
87.6 FM	Ski FM	Contemporary hit radio	Turangi
87.6 FM	Bitter FM
87.8 FM	Ski FM	Contemporary hit radio	Taupo	2011
88.3 FM	Star	Christian radio	Taupo
106.8 FM	106.8FM	Hot Adult Contemporary	Taupo	2003
106.9 FM	Star	Christian radio	Taupo
107.2 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary	Kinloch
107.7 FM	Gold AM[9][10]	Greatest hits & Sports radio	Taupo	01/07/2020; previously Newstalk ZB 30 Mar - 30 Jun 2020; previously Radio Sport

References

"The Register of Radio Frequencies". Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
"Database of radio". FMLIST."MWLIST radio database". MWLIST.
"Radio Heritage". Radio Heritage Foundation.
"Local Radio Broadcast Stations". Radio Station World.
"Welcome to The Radio Vault". The Radio Vault. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
"Raglan Community Radio". www.raglanradio.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016.
Maki (27 September 2012). "Fulltime radio station boss emerges from under radar". Raglan Net | Travel & Visitor Information. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
"Raglan Community Radio – Broadcasting from Raglan, Waikato on the west coast of New Zealand, to entertain, to inform and to support all of the people within our community". Retrieved 11 May 2020.
"NZME eyes powerful demographic with launch of Gold radio station". The New Zealand Herald. 22 June 2020.
Gold frequencies list
"Grid Bias" (30 November 1933). "New Wavelengths 1-Dec-1933". The Evening Post. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020.
"New Zealand Low Power FM Radio Station Database". The New Zealand LPFM Radio Station Network. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
RAG-FM Raglan
CFM Coromandel
http://timelesstaupo.co.nz/

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[register-1] "The Register of Radio Frequencies". Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Retrieved 5 April 2015.

[Database_of_radio-2] "Database of radio". FMLIST."MWLIST radio database". MWLIST.

[Radio_Heritage-3] "Radio Heritage". Radio Heritage Foundation.

[Local_Radio_Broadcast_Stations-4] "Local Radio Broadcast Stations". Radio Station World.

[Welcome_to_The_Radio_Vault-5] "Welcome to The Radio Vault". The Radio Vault. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)

[RCR-6] "Raglan Community Radio". www.raglanradio.com. Archived from the original on 23 December 2016.

[:0-7] Maki (27 September 2012). "Fulltime radio station boss emerges from under radar". Raglan Net | Travel & Visitor Information. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[8] "Raglan Community Radio – Broadcasting from Raglan, Waikato on the west coast of New Zealand, to entertain, to inform and to support all of the people within our community". Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[Gold-9] "NZME eyes powerful demographic with launch of Gold radio station". The New Zealand Herald. 22 June 2020.

[GoldFreq-10] Gold frequencies list

[1933_Changes-11] "Grid Bias" (30 November 1933). "New Wavelengths 1-Dec-1933". The Evening Post. Archived from the original on 23 May 2020.

[NZLPFMRSN-12] "New Zealand Low Power FM Radio Station Database". The New Zealand LPFM Radio Station Network. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

[13] RAG-FM Raglan

[14] CFM Coromandel

[15] ttp://timelesstaupo.co.nz/