16:21:35 Wednesday 20 August 2025

Dialling up the right wave

Listeners of three local radio stations will need to shift their dials on Wednesday, July 14 when The Radio Network alters the frequencies of Coast, ZM, and Flava in Tauranga.
ZM is moving from 89.8FM to 89.4FM, Coast is moving from 97.3FM to 97.4FM, and Flava is moving from 89FM to 90.2FM.

"With so many changes, it is important for listeners to correctly retune their radios to ensure they can continue to receive their local Radio Network stations loud and clear," says TRN's general manager Tauranga Andrew Love.
"We have a freephone listeners can call if they encounter any reception issues as a result of the changes - it's 0508 CHANGE or 0508 242643."
There will be a total of 254 frequency changes throughout New Zealand before April 2011, when the new 20 year licence management rights commence.
"In theory all frequencies could change at midnight 2 April 2011, however, in practice there is insufficient technical resource to do this," says TRN frequency engineering project manager Peter Casey.
"All licence holders are being encouraged to move as soon as possible to avoid chaos in early 2011; that's why TRN is making the changes in Tauranga now."

The radio industry in New Zealand has additionally launched a website for listeners to find the changes of their local frequencies: www.frequencyfinder.co.nz

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