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Radio Live and Radio Live Sport (previously Radio Pacific and BSport) are nationwide Auckland
Auckland
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...

-based 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...

 talkback
Talk radio
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...

, news
News Radio
News Radio can refer to:* NewsRadio, the NBC sitcom which aired from 1995–1999.* News radio, the all-news or news/talk radio format....

 and sports
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...

 radio network
Radio network
There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...

s owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. They were formed by the 2005 split of talk and racing network Radio Pacific into a dedicated talk network which prioritised breaking news coverage (Radio Live) and a talk network which broadcast live horse racing
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

 and greyhound racing
Greyhound racing
Greyhound racing is the sport of racing greyhounds. The dogs chase a lure on a track until they arrive at the finish line. The one that arrives first is the winner....

 commentaries (now Radio Live Sport). The networks compete directly against The Radio Network
The Radio Network
The Radio Network is the wholly owned New Zealand division of radio company Australian Radio Network, a partnership of Clear Channel and APN News & Media. It is the owner and operator of the Newstalk ZB News service and nationwide Newstalk ZB, Classic Hits, ZM, Coast, Hauraki, Easy Mix, Flava and...

's Newstalk ZB/Radio Sport
Newstalk ZB
Newstalk ZB is a nationwide New Zealand talk radio network operated by The Radio Network of New Zealand . It is available in almost every radio market in the country, and has news reporters based in many of them...

 group.

History

The networks began as one, Auckland
Auckland
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...

's Radio Pacific station, in 1978. Radio Pacific became a New Zealand Stock Exchange listed company, with the Totalisator Agency Board as major shareholder. The company also owned a group of North Island music stations known as Energy Enterprises and merged with the South Island radio company Radio Otago
Radio Otago
Radio Otago was a radio company that operated a group of local radio stations in radio markets around New Zealand from the 1970s to the late 1990s...

 in 1999. The company was purchased by a subsidiary of CanWest Global Communications
CanWest Global Communications
Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate brand Canwest, was a major Canadian media company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place...

 and changed its name to RadioWorks, and CanWest later sold off the company as part of MediaWorks New Zealand. During the 1990s Pacific became one of the first stations to be networked across the country. Although ownership of the network changed, live races and live betting odds continued to be broadcast on the network in pre-determined, limited periods during the race day under a contract with the New Zealand Racing Board
New Zealand Racing Board
The New Zealand Racing Board is a statutory body for New Zealand sports betting, including betting on horse racing and greyhound racing. It was established under the Racing Act 2003 to operate the TAB, promote the racing industry and maximise the profits of the industry...

. Between 2001 and 2005, this was complemented by a trial Radio Trackside station in the Southland market which simulcast Trackside TV and Radio Pacific
Radio Pacific
Radio Pacific was a New Zealand talkback radio station. The station also broadcast an extensive selection of horse racing commentary.-History:The station was originally started in Auckland in 1978 on 1593am...

 as a dedicated racing station.

At 05:30 11 April 2005, MediaWorks
MediaWorks
MediaWorks may refer to:* MediaWorks New Zealand, runs two television channels and many radio stations across New Zealand* MediaWorks , a Japanese book and magazine publisher, child company of Kadokawa Shoten...

 launched the Radio Live talkback network with newsreader Sarah Bradley
Sarah Bradley
Sarah Bradley is a TV presenter and the daughter of the controversial former naval officer Captain Ian Bradley....

 and talk host Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin is a New Zealand broadcaster, specialising in sports broadcasting. He is a former panellist and current host of Game of Two Halves on TV ONE. He also hosts Weekend Sport on Radio Live. He has previously presented Radio Sport Drive, Radio Live Devlin Live, Radio Sport Breakfast and...

, making it the first New Zealand radio network to begin broadcasting nationwide on the same day. It launched the station, "the new voice of talk radio", as a sister network to Pacific, "more stimulating talk radio". The new network gained many of Radio Pacific's frequencies and presenters, including Michael Laws
Michael Laws
Michael Laws is a New Zealand politician, broadcaster and writer/columnist. He served two terms as a Member of the New Zealand Parliament, representing the National Party and New Zealand First . He was elected as Mayor of Wanganui in 2004, was re-elected in 2007 but announced his retirement from...

, Kerry Smith
Kerry Smith
Kerry Lois Smith was a New Zealand actor and broadcaster. She was a presenter on the radio station The Breeze from 2006 to 2011. She was also a presenter for Radio Pacific and Radio Live. On television she was known for her role as "Magda" in the 1980s drama series Gloss...

 until 2006 and Paul Henry
Paul Henry
Paul Henry may refer to:*Paul-Pierre Henry , French astronomer*Paul Henry , Northern Irish artist*Paul B. Henry , U.S...

 until 2007. Live was a dedicated talkback network that could prioritise breaking news coverage, while Radio Pacific continued as a talkback and racing network on new frequencies. John Banks, Alice Worsley and Martin Crump remained behind on Radio Pacific to present morning talkback, while a Trackside TV simulcast, branded as Radio Trackside, was broadcast in the afternoon. On 29 October 2007 the station changed its morning format to sports radio
Sports radio
Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas, sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and...

 and introduced new presenters. It was initially branded as "BSport, the station you can bet on" and it was rebranded again as Radio Live Sport in January 2010.

Radio Live

Radio Live broadcasts news updates, breakfast/midday/drive current affairs, open-line talkback, and weekend lifestyle and sports coverage. News, sports and weather updates are broadcast live half-hourly during current affairs programmes and hourly at other times, through a partnership with MediaWorks
MediaWorks
MediaWorks may refer to:* MediaWorks New Zealand, runs two television channels and many radio stations across New Zealand* MediaWorks , a Japanese book and magazine publisher, child company of Kadokawa Shoten...

's twenty-four-hour 3 News
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...

 service and 3 News at 6
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...

 is simulcast live every night.

During the network's breakfast progamme, Marcus Lush Live (06:00-09:00), Marcus Lush
Marcus Lush
Marcus 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...

 interviews a range of contributors and newsmakers, Auckland
Auckland
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...

-based newsreader Hilary Barry
Hilary Barry
Hilary Barry is a TV3 personality in New Zealand who currently presents the 6 pm 3 News with Mike McRoberts.-Education:Barry completed a BA in Linguistics and a Certificate of Journalism....

 provides half-hourly updates with Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin is a New Zealand broadcaster, specialising in sports broadcasting. He is a former panellist and current host of Game of Two Halves on TV ONE. He also hosts Weekend Sport on Radio Live. He has previously presented Radio Sport Drive, Radio Live Devlin Live, Radio Sport Breakfast and...

 (Sport) and Live Sport hosts Nathan Rarere, Ian Smith and Dean Lonergan
Dean Lonergan
-Playing career:Dean represented the New Zealand Kiwis from 1986 to 1991 and also represented Auckland. He played for the Glenora Bears and City Newton Dragons in the Auckland Rugby League competition and the Canberra Raiders in the NSWRL Premiership....

 discuss sports. During the day Michael Laws
Michael Laws
Michael Laws is a New Zealand politician, broadcaster and writer/columnist. He served two terms as a Member of the New Zealand Parliament, representing the National Party and New Zealand First . He was elected as Mayor of Wanganui in 2004, was re-elected in 2007 but announced his retirement from...

 hosts conservative open-line talkback (09:00-12:00) with hourly news updates from Mary-Jane Tomasi, John Tamihere
John Tamihere
John Henry Tamihere is a New Zealand media personality and former politician. He served as a Cabinet minister in the governing Labour Party from August 2002 to 3 November 2004.-Early life:...

 and Willie Jackson host a talkback and interview programme focused on Maori and Political affairs within New Zealand (12:00-15:00). Controversial broadcaster Paul Henry
Paul Henry
Paul Henry may refer to:*Paul-Pierre Henry , French astronomer*Paul Henry , Northern Irish artist*Paul B. Henry , U.S...

 hosts his own news-based "Drive" show, known as Paul Henry
Paul Henry
Paul Henry may refer to:*Paul-Pierre Henry , French astronomer*Paul Henry , Northern Irish artist*Paul B. Henry , U.S...

 Drive (15:00-18:00). A daily 3 News
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...

 simulcast is followed by early evening talkback with Karyn Hay
Karyn Hay
Karyn Hay is a New Zealand broadcaster and author, best known for hosting Radio With Pictures for five years during the 1980s. Currently a Radio Live host, Hay is married to Andrew Fagan, a former member of the New Zealand band The Mockers...

 and Andrew Fagan
Andrew Fagan
Andrew Fagan is a prominent New Zealand writer, singer and songwriter. He was born in 1962 and grew up in Wellington. He gained fame in New Zealand in the 1980s as the lead singer of pop group The Mockers....

  and late night talkback.

On Saturday mornings Mucking In
Mucking In
Mucking In is a New Zealand "lifestyle" television programme that airs on Television One. It is hosted by Jim Mora. He is assisted by gardener Tony Murrell....

 landscaper Tony Murrell and former New Zealand Women's Weekly food editor Helen Jackson
Helen Jackson
Helen Margaret Jackson CBE is a British politician. She was Labour member of Parliament for Sheffield Hillsborough from 1992 until she stepped down at the 2005 general election....

 host the Kitchen and Garden Show. On Sunday mornings the Design and Build Show is hosted by Hamish Dodd and Alex Breingan (who's day job is running the Living (New Zealand TV channel) and 'Food TV') and Sunday Business features analysis and interviews by Andrew Patterson. Graeme Hill
Graeme Hill
Graeme 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...

's Weekend Variety Wireless airs on weekend mid-mornings, and features contributions from author Shannon Lush, linguist Max Cryer
Max Cryer
Max Cryer MBE is a New Zealand television producer, broadcaster, entertainment producer, singer, cabaret performer and author.He was educated in Vienna, Italy, and New Zealand, holds a Master's degree with Honours in Language and Literature, has been Chairman of the Oxford Union debates and judge...

, amateur astronomer Grant Christie, sceptic Vicky Hyde, correspondent Tim Wilson
Tim Wilson
Timothy Collins "Tim" Wilson is an American stand-up comedian and country music artist. His act combines stand-up comedy and original songs. He has released more than a dozen comedy albums, including several for Capitol Records Nashville, and has made frequent appearances on the John Boy and...

, commentator Tom Frewen and music critic Grant Smithies. Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin is a New Zealand broadcaster, specialising in sports broadcasting. He is a former panellist and current host of Game of Two Halves on TV ONE. He also hosts Weekend Sport on Radio Live. He has previously presented Radio Sport Drive, Radio Live Devlin Live, Radio Sport Breakfast and...

 on Sport airs on weekend afternoons, and includes commentary from Matthew Ridge
Matthew Ridge
Matthew John Ridge is a New Zealand television presenter as well as a former All Black, and rugby league captain for the Manly Sea Eagles, New Zealand Warriors and Kiwis....

 and interviews with sports personalities. Saturday evenings include a simulcast of 3 News
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...

, James Coleman
James Coleman
James Coleman may refer to:*James P. Coleman , Governor of Mississippi*James Smoot Coleman , American political scientist*James Samuel Coleman , American sociologist*James Coleman , Irish artist...

's Pop Goes the Weasel
Pop Goes the Weasel
"Pop! Goes the Weasel" is an English language nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5249.-Lyrics:There are many different versions of the lyrics to the song...

 music quiz show, and interviews and open-line talkback with Keith Stewart. After Sunday evening's 3 News
3 News
3 News is the television, internet and radio news service of New Zealand's TV3. Its flagship bulletin, which airs every evening at 6:00pm, is anchored by Hilary Barry and Mike McRoberts. Carolyn Robinson and Simon Shepherd are weekend and substitute anchors...

 simulcast, Russell Brown
Russell 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...

 and Damian Christie host current affairs programme Public Address, and Mike King
Mike King
Mike King is a comedian and television personality famous in New Zealand for the marketing and subsequent disengaging from the pork industry.Initially making his name as a stand up comedian, playing heavily on his Māori origins, he made the move to a more lucrative mainstream audience, appearing in...

 hosts discussion and talkback relating to mental illness
Mental illness
A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...

 called 'The Nutters Club', funded by the Mental Health Foundation in New Zealand. Overnight hosts include Ewing Stevens (Monday-Wednesday mornings), Dudley Stace (Thursday-Saturday mornings) and Bruce Hopkins (Sunday mornings); Richard Loe
Richard Loe
Richard Wyllie Loe was a renowned All Black prop forward, with a reputation for thuggery on the pitch - often referred to as 'The Enforcer' by his team mates...

 presents rural affairs and sports programme On the Field at dawn (Tuesday-Saturday mornings).

Former presenters

  • Martin Devlin
    Martin Devlin
    Martin Devlin is a New Zealand broadcaster, specialising in sports broadcasting. He is a former panellist and current host of Game of Two Halves on TV ONE. He also hosts Weekend Sport on Radio Live. He has previously presented Radio Sport Drive, Radio Live Devlin Live, Radio Sport Breakfast and...

     (breakfast)
  • Sarah Bradley
    Sarah Bradley
    Sarah Bradley is a TV presenter and the daughter of the controversial former naval officer Captain Ian Bradley....

     (breakfast news)
  • Jemma Dempskey (The World at Noon)
  • Kerry Smith (afternoons 2005-2006)
  • James Coleman (drive 2006)
  • Bill Ralston (drive 2008)
  • Maggie Barry
    Maggie Barry
    Maggie Barry, CNZM, is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, first elected in the 2011 general election. She is a member of the National Party...

     (drive 2009 and 2010)
  • Christine Rankin and Merepeka Raukawa-Tait
    Merepeka Raukawa-Tait
    Merepeka Raukawa-Tait is a former chief executive of the Women's Refuge organisation of New Zealand. She also stood as a candidate for Parliament, serving briefly as deputy leader of the small Christian Heritage Party.-Early life:...

     (nights 2007)
  • Martin Crump (Late Night Talkback)

Live Sport

Live Sport, previously BSport, is a nationwide 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...

 sports talk and horse racing commentary radio network
Radio network
There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...

. The Live Sport Breakfast includes a Radio Live link up (06:20-06:30), TAB Sportsdesk (08:45 and 09:45), Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin
Martin Devlin is a New Zealand broadcaster, specialising in sports broadcasting. He is a former panellist and current host of Game of Two Halves on TV ONE. He also hosts Weekend Sport on Radio Live. He has previously presented Radio Sport Drive, Radio Live Devlin Live, Radio Sport Breakfast and...

 Live (09:00-10:00 Mondays and Fridays) and Live Sport Motorsport (09:00-10:00 Wednesdays).

Programming

  • Trackside TV simulcast (12:00-05:00 weekdays)
  • Best of Radio Live Sport Breakfast (05:00-05:30 weekdays)
  • Best of On the Fields with Richard Loe
    Richard Loe
    Richard Wyllie Loe was a renowned All Black prop forward, with a reputation for thuggery on the pitch - often referred to as 'The Enforcer' by his team mates...

     (05:30-06:00 weekdays)
  • Live Sport Breakfast with Nathan Rarere, Ian Smith
    Ian Smith
    Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...

     and Dean Lonergan
    Dean Lonergan
    -Playing career:Dean represented the New Zealand Kiwis from 1986 to 1991 and also represented Auckland. He played for the Glenora Bears and City Newton Dragons in the Auckland Rugby League competition and the Canberra Raiders in the NSWRL Premiership....

     (06:00-10:00 weekdays)
  • Mid Mornings with James McOnie (10:00-11:00 weekdays)
  • On the Fields with Richard Loe
    Richard Loe
    Richard Wyllie Loe was a renowned All Black prop forward, with a reputation for thuggery on the pitch - often referred to as 'The Enforcer' by his team mates...

     (11:00-12:00 weekdays)
  • Radio Trackside (12:00-24:00 weekdays)
  • Trackside TV simulcast (12:00-04:00 Saturdays)
  • The Best of Radio Live Sport (04:00-06:00 Saturdays)
  • Fishing Show with Geoff Thomas and Andrew Baker (06:00-08:00 Saturdays)
  • The Starting Gates with Alby Gain (08:00-09:00 Saturdays)
  • TAB Trackside simulcast of The First Call (09:00-10:00 Saturdays)
  • On the Sideline with Grant Nisbett (10:00-11:00 Saturdays)
  • Radio Trackside (11:00-24:00 Saturdays
  • Trackside TV simulcast (12:00-05:00 Sundays)
  • Early Bird Show with Merv Smith (05:00-08:00 Sundays)
  • Sunday Mornings with Murray Owles (08:00-11:00 Sundays)
  • Radio Trackside (11:00-24:00 Sundays)


RadioLIVE Frequencies

  • 100.7 Mid-Northland
  • 90.8FM Whangarei
  • 92.9FM Rodney
  • 100.2FM Whangaparaoa
  • 100.6FM/702AM Auckland
  • 100.2FM Waikato
  • 93.1FM Whangamata
  • 1107AM Bay of Plenty
  • 92.1FM Whakatane
  • 95.1FM Rotorua
  • 99.2FM Taupo
  • 94.9FM Gisborne
  • 1368AM Hawkes Bay
  • 89.2FM Taranaki
  • 96.0FM Wanganui
  • 93.8FM Manawatu
  • 99.1FM Kapiti
  • 98.9FM Upper Hut
  • 98.3FM Wairarapa
  • 98.9FM Wellington
  • 95.3FM Blenheim
  • 96.2FM Nelson
  • 92.3FM Picton
  • 90.1FM Westport
  • 89.1 Greymouth
  • 93.9FM Greymouth
  • 89.1FM Hokitika
  • 89.1FM Kaikoura
  • 99.3FM/738AM Christchurch (AM FREQUENCY OFFLINE SINCE THE February 2011 Christchurch earthquake)
  • 1071AM Ashburton
  • 89.9FM Timaru
  • 89.6FM Oamaru
  • 95.9FM Alexandra
  • 104.2FM Wanaka
  • 91.2FM Queenstown
  • 96.6FM Dunedin
  • 94.0FM Southland


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