Village Radio is going FM and moving to a 24/7 broadcast format in a partnership with Access Community Radio in Hamilton.
The current Village Radio building in the Historic Village is to be redeveloped into new studios, and a radio museum.

Russ from Village Radio.

"This is going to be huge for the community and over the next six months will establish itself to be an important asset to the Bay of Plenty," says Village Radio chairman Colin Beere.
Village Radio has broadcast on 1368AM for 26 years from 9am-5pm.
The Village Radio Charitable Trust is also the owner of one of the largest collections of historic records in New Zealand and an extensive collection of irreplaceable radio broadcasting and recording equipment.
The Village Radio trustees are negotiating an arrangement with Access Community Radio to take their entire transmission and rebroadcast it over Village Radio's FM frequency, except for during Village Radio's current hours.
"The opportunity to introduce Access Radio to the Bay of Plenty is simply massive and the plan is that as our own region begins to embrace this powerful community tool the local station will accordingly reduce the Waikato transmission and replace it with our own local content," says Colin.
The FM frequency is yet to be established.