Every year, NZ On Air awards those stations who play more than 20 percent New Zealand music in the previous year [1], with Whakatane-based 1XX hitting 20 percent for the very first time in 2024.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A consortium of radio broadcasters plans to trial digital radio in New Zealand next year. Digital radio, already available in the US ...

New Zealand radio stations are showing growing support for domestic repertoire, with close to one record played out of five by local artists.

June 6 was the 2024 NZ Radio and Podcast Awards. NZME's Newstalk ZB won Station of the Year for the fourth successive year, alongside being No 1 in GfK Survey 1 making it 16 years in a row there too.

Radio New Zealand National – the country's only ad-free state broadcaster – has again beaten its commercial rivals to claim the most popular radio station in the country. Despite its financial ...

The second GfK Commercial Radio Survey of 2025 has been released by the NZ Commercial Radio Industry, with the latest data ...

Hard on the heels of historic high ratings for Newstalk ZB, media company NZME is top of the pops when it comes to finalists in the NZ Radio Awards. NZME has 66 finalists across all categories at ...

MediaWorks will launch a new nationwide radio station next month that will target 50-69 year-olds. 'Magic' will launch on April 20 and has secured radio veterans Mark Leishman, Bob Gentil and Mark ...

It’s time to mark some dates in your diaries! Entries open next Monday 27 January 2025 for the NZ Radio & Podcast Awards, with the industry awards night in Auckland on June 5 2025. There are also ...

Craig Hutchison’s SEN has reportedly sold off the New Zealand radio stations it bought just two years ago in an effort to reduce debt.

Disgraced pop star Michael Jackson will no longer be played on New Zealand radio stations. NZME, which owns ZM, The Hits, Flava and more - including Newstalk ZB - will no longer play Jackson's ...

Exclusive: Craig Hutchison has sold the loss-making New Zealand radio stations back to the same company he bought them from just two years ago.