ZM is a 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...

 contemporary hit

Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...

 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...

 owned by 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...

. It broadcasts 19 markets throughout mainland New Zealand via terrestrial FM

FM broadcasting

FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...

, and worldwide via the Internet. The network targets the 15–39 demographic specialises in a chart-music playlist of pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

, rock

Modern rock

Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...

, hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 and dance music. It reaches approximately 378,700 listeners weekly, making it the fourth largest commercial radio station in New Zealand.

The ZM network as it is today was founded in the early 1970s as three separate commercial music stations owned by Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand is a New Zealand public service radio broadcaster and Crown entity formed by the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news, current affairs and arts network Radio New Zealand National and classical music and jazz network Radio New Zealand Concert with full government funding...

 in 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...

, Wellington

Wellington

Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 and Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

. The name is derived from the former callsigns of the stations: 1ZM, 2ZM and 3ZM – Z denoting a Radio New Zealand commercial station and M for Music. The stations were carved off to The Radio Network in 1996, and ZM spread across the country, originally as three separate networks before finally merging to form one nationwide network in 2009.

The network's head office and main studios are based in Auckland, where most of the programming is produced. The ZM Morning Crew breakfast show is a notable exception, being produced in Wellington. Each market produces its own advertisements and individual continuity.

Origin of the ZM name

The ZM name derives from the original 1ZM

Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...

 radio station founded by W.W. (Bill) Rodgers in the late 1920s in Manurewa

Manurewa

Manurewa is the southernmost major suburb of Manukau City, one of the four cities that make up the metropolitan area of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 6km south of the Manukau City Centre, and 26km southeast of the Auckland CBD....

, then a farming village south of Auckland, The letter Z meant a privately owned (later commercial) station, and the M stood for Manurewa.

The station was later acquired by the NZ Government and moved 26 km north to Auckland City, where it shared space in the 1941 Art Deco Broadcasting House studios of 1ZB. In April 1944 1ZM was handed over to the US AFRS military broadcasting service to provide entertainment for US troops on R & R leave in Auckland, as part of the AES Mosquito Network. The American programming, drawn from all three US radio networks (ABC, NBC and CBS) and played without commercial advertisements, proved popular not only with US troops but also with Aucklanders who appreciated the lively style of presentation and the latest American hits. After the war 1ZM was returned to the government broadcasting department, New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS) and its successor, but still state-owned, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC).

As part of a reshuffle of frequencies and callsigns 1ZM was renamed, first 1ZD and then 1YD, in line with the Wellington metro station 2YD which had opened in 1937. 1ZM /1YD was turned into a low-power non-commercial metro music station, broadcasting retro hits and oldies from 5 pm to 10 pm weeknights, and from 10 am to 10 pm weekends. Later, to help meet demand for advertising in the single State owned commercial station 1ZB, 1YD was authorised to carry low-level commercials read live at the microphone, and by the 1960s transmitter time in Auckland was leased in the mornings to a private commercial operator Radio i, which later secured its own AM channel.

The start of 'pirate' broadcasting in 1966 from Radio Hauraki

Radio Hauraki

Radio Hauraki is a New Zealand radio network, specialising in album-oriented rock and classic rock. It was the first private commercial radio station of the modern broadcasting era in New Zealand and operated illegally from 1966-1970 to break the monopoly held by the government...

, based on a barge in the Hauraki Gulf, and the consequent opening up of NZ radio to private investors led to a sharp rise in competition, and the NZBC looked to sharpen up the rather fusty image of its metro stations by rebranding the three YD stations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch back to ZM and promoting them under the brand ZM Maxi Music.

1970s

• The ZM format under NZBC, and from 1975 Radio New Zealand, control evolved through several different musical forms. The network has developed from the original three AM radio stations in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to a nationwide radio station covering 20 markets.

• ZM in its current format first began in 1973 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch as 1ZM, 2ZM and 3ZM respectively. In Auckland 1ZM broadcast on 1250 kHz, in Wellington on 1130 kHz and Christchurch on 1400 kHz. In 1978 the AM frequency step in New Zealand was changed from a 10 kHz step to a 9 kHz step as a result all three stations changed frequencies. 1ZM moved to 1251 kHz, 2ZM Wellington moved to 1161 kHz but was branded as 1162ZM and 3ZM Christchurch moved to 1323 kHz.

1980s

• Overnight networked programming was introduced with the ZM All-Nighter. Programming was produced from the 1ZM studios in Auckland and networked to 2ZM Wellington and 3ZM Christchurch. 2ZK in Hawkes Bay and 4ZG
  Hokonui Gold
  Hokonui Gold is an easy listening radio station that is based in Gore, New Zealand.The station was formerly known as 4ZG or Radio Hokonui, which broadcast on 558 AM and was operated by Radio New Zealand...
  
   in Gore also took the ZM All-Nighter. Programming was also networked to the ZMFM station introduced in Palmerston North in 1987.

• In 1983, with the approval by the Broadcasting Tribunal to allow two new private radio stations to be the first fully commercial FM stations in Auckland, 1ZM was required to change its format to be an alternative commercial free station, largely to allow the new private stations (Magic 91FM
  Magic 91FM
  Magic 91FM or 91FM was a local radio station in Auckland. 91FM began broadcasting on 91.0 FM using the call sign 1MJK in 1983 and was one of the first FM stations to start in Auckland and New Zealand, along with 89 Stereo FM...
  
   and Triple M 89FM
  89FM (Auckland)
  89FM was a local FM radio station in Auckland between 1983 and 1994 and one of the very first radio stations to broadcast on FM in both Auckland and New Zealand. The first FM station in New Zealand was Whakatane station, FM 90.7 in December 1982 but this station was only a temporary summer radio...
  
  ) to compete successfully for the mainstream contemporary hit radio audience. This was successful, as within 2–3 years 1ZM's market share dropped significantly as young listeners were attracted by the higher quality sound of the FM stations, despite the absence of commercials on 1ZM. 1ZM at the time promoted itself as "Total Music ZM" to emphasise the commercial free format. 1ZM changed format in 1987 to "Classic Hits" to try to recover audience, but was still costing Radio NZ over $1 million per annum to operate as it was the only "commercial station" legally required to run no commercials! The change to the Classic Hits format saw 1ZM drop the ZM name and become Classic Hits Twelve Fifty One. The change in name marked the birth of the Classic Hits Network
  Classic Hits FM
  Classic Hits is an Adult Contemporary music radio network broadcasting in 25 markets throughout New Zealand, targeting 25 - 55 year olds. Its a family-focused radio network with some of New Zealand's most experienced broadcasters on air and behind the scenes. It currently has around 387,000...
  
   we know today however the Classic Hits brands was not rolled out to the rest of New Zealand until 1993. Subsequent liberalisation of the broadcasting warrant system (which was ultimately abolished in 1989/1990) saw Radio NZ win a licence to broadcast the station on 97.4 MHz in Auckland and broadcast commercials, with the 1251 kHz frequency licence transferred to Christian broadcaster Radio Rhema
  Radio Rhema
  New Zealand's Rhema is an evangelical Christian talk and music radio network owned and operated by Rhema Broadcasting Group since 1978. The network currently features programmes from Aaron Ironside, Laurel McCulloch, Rob Holding and Rosemary Jane and pre-recorded daily preaching from Joyce Meyer,...
  
  . The move to FM saw the station change branding to Classic Hits 97FM.

• While ZM was forced to become commercial free in Auckland it was business as usual in Wellington and Christchurch. In 1985 2ZM Wellington switched to FM and in 1986 Christchuch also made the move to FM. Following the change both stations changed branding to become known as Hit Radio ZMFM. A ZM station was established in Palmerston North with a local breakfast show but all programming outside breakfast was networked from Wellington.

• The ZM All-Nighter was dropped in 1989 with all stations now running their own local overnight shows. Up until this point the ZM All-Nighter had continued to be produced from the Auckland studios even though ZM was no longer in Auckland.

1990s

• 50 Minute Music Hours were introduced outside of breakfast programming and other specialty shows. During a 50 Minute Music Hour the station played at least 50 Minutes of music during the hour. The 50 Minute Music hour was heard on all current and future stations.
• A new ZM station was established in Northland in 1995 as 93ZM this station was a completely local station at this point.
• The very first networked ZM station was established in Dunedin in 1996 as 96ZM, this station was networked from 91ZM studios in Christchurch using an automated computer system allowing announcers in Christchurch to produce localisd voice breaks for Dunedin recorded minutes earlier. On air announcers called the station Dunedin's 96ZM but during shows with a high amount of talk such as breakfast one voice break was produced for both Dunedin and Christchurch where the station was simply called ZM.
• In 1996 Radio New Zealand sold their commercial operation and as a result ZM along with Classic Hits and Newstalk ZB
  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...
  
   became part of the 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...
  
  .
• Following the sale, The Radio Network began expanding ZM across New Zealand to other markets. Following the purchase of the assets of Prospect Media, which included Radio Hauraki
  Radio Hauraki
  Radio Hauraki is a New Zealand radio network, specialising in album-oriented rock and classic rock. It was the first private commercial radio station of the modern broadcasting era in New Zealand and operated illegally from 1966-1970 to break the monopoly held by the government...
  
   and Easy Listening i The Radio Network started a new ZM station in Auckland and the Waikato. The Auckland station was a local station but the Waikato station was networked from Auckland. The Waikato signal was strong enough for Bay of Plenty listeners to receive the station clearly.
• Local programming was dropped on 93ZM Northland excluding the breakfast show with all other programming becoming networked from Auckland.
• Programming was extended to Southland networked from Christchurch and Palmerston North networked from Wellington.
• The Northland breakfast team were moved to Hamilton in 1998 with programming networked back to Northland, at other times both stations carried 91ZM Auckland programming.
• Nationwide networked programming was introduced in 1997 first with the ZM Essential 30 Countdown on Saturday afternoons. Shortly after the ZM Club Mix was introduced on Saturday nights.
• A nationwide night show was introduced on weeknights in 1998, 91ZM Christchurch announcer Willy Macalister was moved to Auckland to present this show.

2000s

• By 2000 ZM was broadcasting in Invercargill and Dunedin networked from Christchurch, Palmerston North networked from Wellington and had established a northern network with Hawkes Bay, Rotorua, Taranaki, Waikato and Northland all receiving networked programming from Auckland. The Waikato programme could also be heard in the Bay of Plenty.
• In 2000 ZM changed to a single network format, all ZM stations in smaller regions became part of this network based from Auckland the only regions not originally affected were Christchurch and Wellington where these stations remained local except during the evenings and overnight where ZM ran a nationwide night show. Voice breaks that were previously prerecorded for each region and targeted towards the local audience were replaced with live voice breaks tailored to a nationwide audience. At first, these changes were not popular and many listeners chose to listen to alternative stations.

• In 2001 more changes were made and this time saw Christchurch and Wellington integrated into the network. The Christchurch studio was closed all together with some announcers being moved to Auckland to produce a nationwide show for all of New Zealand. Wellington ZM remained local but the local breakfast show went nationwide broadcast from Wellington, at first some breakfast show content in Wellington varied to the rest of the country but by 2002 the ZM Morning Crew was a single show. The breakfast show on ZM still comes from the Wellington studio today.

• In 2002 the 50 Minute Music Hour was replaced with Ten Songs in a Row. The change of format saw ZM play 10 Songs in a Row with no advertisements in between, short voice breaks still took place during this time. The sixth song was a High School Hit and the tenth song was a New Release. The High School Hit (which was introduced in 2002) was an older track not usually heard on ZM initially this was a track from the early nineties and sometimes even the eighties. More recently a High School Hit is usually from the late nineties or early 2000s. Ten in a Row on Shuffle was introduced in 2005, this show was normally run weekdays at midday and repeated at 1 am, for the hour every second track was an older track not normally heard on ZM.

• In 2003 the amount of local content on ZM in Wellington was reduced after Drive-Time announcer Julian Burn left, and he was not replaced but instead the nationwide Drive-Time show, then hosted by Iain Stables, was networked into Wellington. ZM Wellington remained live and local across much of the weekend (6 am–2 pm Saturday and 6 am–6 pm Sunday) up until early 2005, when the national programmes took over most local weekend shows except the 10 am–2 pm Saturday slot. This slot and the 10 am–3 pm weekday show, both hosted by Simon O'Neil, were the only local shows on ZM Wellington from 2005.

• In 2005 the ZM Christchurch studio was reopened and ZM was local in Christchurch during the Daytime (10 am–3 pm), as well as between 10 am–2 pm on Saturdays. The Daytime 10 am–3 pm announcer in Auckland produces two separate shows simultaneously, one exclusively for Auckland and another for the rest of the ZM Network, a technique used by various other Auckland radio stations including Classic Hits
  Classic hits
  Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
  
  , Easy Mix and The Breeze.

• At the end of 2008 Wellington dropped its local daytime and Saturday brunch show and now takes the network versions of these shows, and exactly the same changes affected ZM Christchurch during the middle of 2009. This saw the Christchurch studio facing closure, however the Wellington studio remains as it houses the nationwide ZM Morning Crew
  ZM Morning Crew
  The ZM Morning Crew is the name of the team who present the morning show on the ZM network. The show is presented by Pauline Gillespie and Grant Kereama, and produced by Marc Peard who is more commonly known to the listeners as New Hot Guy. Polly and Grant are married.In 2007 the Morning Crew won...
  
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• In August 2009, the decision was made to drop the voiced overnight programme, which had often been prerecorded on the day or evening beforehand. Now, no DJ occupies the midnight–6 am slot, which instead features continuous music and advertisements.

2010s

• Since February 2010, between 5 am and 6 am, highlights of the ZM Morning Crew show have been played from the previous day, on Mondays this is highlights from the previous Fridays show.

• In December 2010, the station launched a new online stream of ZM, where in a New Zealand radio first, the stream became the 20th ZM station to connect to the network in the same way regional markets do. The change meant ZM Online now had its own imaging & commercials. Local ads, weather and traffic have been removed from the online station, as they will be available on the new ZM iphone App for all markets. Previously visitors to the ZM Online website could choose to hear either the Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch stream with local advertising for the chosen market, this allowed visitors to hear the local shows in Wellington and Christchurch when these regions had local programming.

• In December 2010 the Ten Songs in a Row format was replaced with the Ad Free 50. The change sees ZM play 50 Minutes of continuous music before any advertising is played. This change also means the weather is often not heard at the Top of the Hour as it would be expected for most radio stations.

• ZM is to launch its own iphone App in 2011. This will allow for streaming of all of ZM's 19 markets, including local ads, weather and traffic. It is expected to be released in January 2011.

ZM Stations

ZM stations

Market	Transmitter(s)	Frequency (MHz)
Whangarei Whangarei Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...	Parahaki	94.8
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...	Sky Tower Sky Tower The Sky Tower is an observation and telecommunications tower located on the corner of Victoria and Federal Streets in the Auckland CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern...	91.0
Waikato Waikato The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...	Te Aroha Te Aroha Te Aroha is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,768 . It is 53 km northeast of Hamilton and 50 km south of Thames. It sits at the foot of 952-metre Mount Te Aroha, the highest point in the Kaimai Range....	89.8
Bay of Plenty Bay of Plenty The Bay of Plenty , often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name...	Kopukairua	89.4
Rotorua Rotorua Rotorua is a city on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island of New Zealand. The city is the seat of the Rotorua District, a territorial authority encompassing the city and several other nearby towns...	Pukepoto	98.3
Gisborne Gisborne, New Zealand -Economy:The harbour was host to many ships in the past and had developed as a river port to provide a more secure location for shipping compared with the open roadstead of Poverty Bay which can be exposed to southerly swells. A meat works was sited beside the harbour and meat and wool was shipped...	Gisborne	107.4 107.7
Taranaki	Mount Taranaki Mount Taranaki Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is an active but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Although the mountain is more commonly referred to as Taranaki, it has two official names under the alternative names policy of the New Zealand...	98.8
Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay is a region of New Zealand. Hawke's Bay is recognised on the world stage for its award-winning wines. The regional council sits in both the cities of Napier and Hastings.-Geography:...	Mount Erin	95.9
Wanganui Wanganui Whanganui , also spelled Wanganui, is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region....	Bastia Hill	96.8
Manawatu	Wharite	90.6
Wairarapa Wairarapa Wairarapa is a geographical region of New Zealand. It occupies the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay region. It is lightly populated, having several rural service towns, with Masterton being the largest...	Otahoua	94.3
Kapiti Coast Kapiti Coast The Kapiti Coast is the name of the section of the coast of the south-western North Island of New Zealand that is north of Wellington and opposite Kapiti Island. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Regional Council...	Forest Heights	91.1
Wellington Wellington Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...	Kaukau Mount Kaukau Mount Kaukau is in Wellington, New Zealand on the western side of Wellington harbour near Johnsonville and Khandallah. The summit is 445 metres above sea level and is the most visible high point in the Wellington landscape further accentuated by Wellington's main television transmitter tower the...   Towai	90.9
Marlborough	Blenheim Blenheim, New Zealand Blenheim is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the regional council. It has a population of The area which surrounds the town is well known as a centre of New Zealand's wine industry...	90.5
Nelson Nelson, New Zealand Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay, and is the economic and cultural centre of the Nelson-Tasman region. Established in 1841, it is the second oldest settled city in New Zealand and the oldest in the South Island....	Grampians	96.8
Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...	Sugarloaf	91.3
	Sumner Sumner, New Zealand Sumner is a coastal seaside suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand and was surveyed and named in 1849 in honour of John Bird Sumner, the then newly appointed Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Canterbury Association...	90.9
South Canterbury	Cave Hill	96.3
Dunedin Dunedin Dunedin is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago Region. It is considered to be one of the four main urban centres of New Zealand for historic, cultural, and geographic reasons. Dunedin was the largest city by territorial land area until...	Mount Cargill Mount Cargill Mount Cargill is a 680 metre high volcanic outcrop which dominates the skyline of northern Dunedin, New Zealand. It is situated some 15 kilometres north of the city centre....	95.8
Southland Southland Region Southland is New Zealand's southernmost region and is also a district within that region. It consists mainly of the southwestern portion of the South Island and Stewart Island / Rakiura...	Hedgehope Hedgehope Hedgehope may refer to:*Hedgehope, New Zealand: a village in Southland, New Zealand*Hedgehope Branch: a closed railway line to Hedgehope, New Zealand*Hedgehope Hill: a mountain in England near the Scottish border...	95.6
low-power station

91ZM Auckland and the ZM Network

ZM made a return to the Auckland market in February 1997 as a local station broadcasting on 91.0 MHz. This move was made by The Radio Network after purchasing stations in Auckland and the Waikato owned by Prospect Media. TRN closed down Auckland station The Breeze on 91

The Breeze (New Zealand)

The Breeze is a group of New Zealand easy-listening radio stations owned by RadioWorks, a MediaWorks New Zealand company. The Breeze plays easy-listening music from the 1970s to the present day, aimed at a 35–54 year old female audience...

 and replaced this station with 91ZM. A similar move was made in the Waikato.

Today 91ZM is the hub of the ZM network with all programming except the breakfast show originating from these studios. Programming during the breakfast show is actually routed through the Auckland studios from Wellington to the rest of New Zealand. During 10am–3 pm the announcer will produce a localised show for Auckland with local voice breaks and then separate voice breaks for the rest of New Zealand. At other times all of New Zealand hears the same programming.

Past and Present Announcers

• Breakfast 6 am–10 am
  • 1997–2001: 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...
    
     (show ran from 6 am–9 am)
  • 1997–2001: Natalie Crook (show producer)
  • 2001–present: Polly and Grant (from Wellington)
• Daytime 10 am–3 pm
  • 1998–1999: Melanie Homer
  • 1999–2002: Nicki Sunderland and Lana Coc-kroft
    Lana Coc-Kroft
    Lana Coc-Kroft is a New Zealand television and radio personality, and was Miss Universe New Zealand in 1988.Coc-Kroft began her television career appearing in Sale of the Century, and in 1991 on the New Zealand version of Wheel of Fortune as the co-host with Phillip Leishman, later Simon Barnett....
    
    
  • 2003: Jason Royal
  • 2003–2005: Aroha Hathaway
  • 2005–2009: Sarah Gandy
  • 2009–present: Mark Dye
• Drive 3 pm–7 pm
  • 1999–2000: Mike McClung and Tim Homer
  • 2001–2002: Jason Royal
  • 2003–2008: Iain Stables
    Iain Stables
    Iain Philip Stables is a New Zealand radio disc jockey. In the past Stables worked on various radio stations across New Zealand beginning his radio career on Radio Windy in Wellington at the age of 14...
    
    
  • 2008: Stu Tolan
  • 2008–2009: Mark Dye
  • 2008–2009: Steve Wrigley
  • 2009–present: Jay Reeve
  • 2003–present: Paul Flynn (show producer)
• Night Show 7 pm–midnight
  • 1997–1998: Melanie Homer
  • 1998–1999: Willy Macalister
  • 1999–2002: Geoff Stagg
  • 2003–2006: Stu Tolan
  • 2003–2007: Jacqui Jenson
  • 2007–2008: Mark Dye
  • 2008–present: Matt Ward
• Saturday Morning 7 am–10 am
  • 2001–2005: The Best of the ZM Morning Crew
  • 2006: Reeves and Mul Saturday breakfast with Jason Reeves and Andrew Mulligan
  • 2007–2008: Stu and Flynny
  • 2009–present: Hamish and Andy (8 am–10 am)
• Saturday Afternoon
  • 1998–1999: The ZM Essential 30 with Willy Macalister
  • 2000–2002: Hot 30 Weekend edition with Geoff Stagg
  • 2003: Stables Fat 30
  • 2003–2008: Stables Rump 30 Countdown with Iain Stables
  • 2008: The Rump 30 with Sarah Gandy and Mark Dye
  • 2009–present: NZ30 Countdown
• Saturday Evenings
  • 1997–2003: ZM Club Mix with DJ Sample G (Grant Kearney)
  • 2006–2008: General Lee on the Decks
  • 2008–present: Ministry of Sound Radio Sessions with DJ General Lee

2ZM/ZMFM Wellington (now known as 90.9ZM)

ZM was first started in 1969 after 2YD changed callsign to 2ZM. The first breakfast DJ (6 am to 9 am) was Stewart Macpherson, who had just returned from broadcasting in the UK with both the BBC and Radio Luxembourg. Using the show title 'Macphersonland', his innovations included introducing News Bulletins onto the station (despite management opposition), and a weekly published Top 40 chart available at leading music stores. The history of the original station 2YD dates back to 1937 and all this time both 2YD and 2ZM broadcast on 1130 kHz from Broadcasting House on Bowen Street in Wellington. In 1978 2ZM moved to 1161 kHz after the AM band spacing in New Zealand was adjusted from 10 kHz to 9 kHz.

Wellington's 2ZM was the first ZM station to broadcast on FM from December 21, 1985 as ZMFM 91 (90.9), but did not cease to broadcast on AM until 1986 with the introduction of a second frequency on 93.5 to provide adequate FM coverage to the Hutt Valley. Its AM frequency (1161 kHz) was reallocated to Maori station Te Upoko o Te Ika. During the late eighties ZMFM relocated its studio from Broadcasting House to Alder House (on the corner of Vivian and Victoria streets in Wellington).

In 1994 ZMFM Wellington became known as 91ZM sharing the same name that had been used in Christchurch, and the studios were relocated their current location on the corner of Taranaki and Abel Smith streets in Wellington. In March 2007, ZM altered its Hutt Valley frequency from 93.5 to 90.9, to form a synchronous transmission with the signal from Mt. Kaukau, also on 90.9. This meant that commuters no longer had to switch their radio dials between the two frequencies when driving between Wellington and the Hutt Valley. In June 2008, Easy Mix was networked on ZM's old 93.5 frequency.

Past and Present Announcers

During the 1980s announcers Pauline Gillespie

Pauline Gillespie

Pauline "Polly" Gillespie is a radio host on the ZM Morning Crew on the ZM network. She co-hosts her morning show with her husband, Grant Kereama....

, Grant Kereama

Grant Kereama

Grant Kereama is a radio host on the ZM Morning Crew on the ZM network. Kereama co-hosts his morning show with his wife Pauline Gillespie.During the early 1990s Kereama was a lottery host...

 and Nick Tansley all joined ZMFM Wellington, all three announcers were teamed up in the early nineties to present the breakfast show. This show was very successful and has been a number 1 rating show in Wellington since the nineties. In 2001 the Wellington breakfast show became the new nationwide breakfast, originally Wellington ran their own local news breaks on the half hour while the rest of the country used the Auckland based ZM Newsbeat Service. For the first year the ZM Morning Crew show ran from 6 am to 10 am in Wellington but finished an hour earlier in the rest of New Zealand this was so Polly, Nick and Grant could present the final hour of their show to a Wellington only audience.
Outside breakfast programming remained local but between 2003 and 2009 local content was reduced to a point where now the breakfast show is the only show to come out of Wellington. Wellington did run their own local news service until 2006 when this was replaced with the networked Newsbeat.

• Breakfast 6 am–10 am:
  • 1969-1972 – Stewart Macpherson (show ran 6 am–9 am)
  • 1982–1984: JR (James Ring) & Anne Marie (St Ledger-Higgens)
  • 1985–1987: Mark MacLeod, Sue Bergin
  • 1990–present: Pauline Gillespie
    Pauline Gillespie
    Pauline "Polly" Gillespie is a radio host on the ZM Morning Crew on the ZM network. She co-hosts her morning show with her husband, Grant Kereama....
    
     (Polly)
  • 1990–present: Grant Kereama
    Grant Kereama
    Grant Kereama is a radio host on the ZM Morning Crew on the ZM network. Kereama co-hosts his morning show with his wife Pauline Gillespie.During the early 1990s Kereama was a lottery host...
    
    
  • 1990–2003: Nick Tansley
  • 2004–2007: Cam McNaugton
  • 2004–present: Marc Peard a.k.a New Hot Guy (show producer)
  • 2002–2006: Debbie Griffiths (Wellington newsreader)
• Daytime 10 am–2 pm:
  • 1996–1999: Justin Rae
  • 1999–2003: Aroha Hathaway
  • 2003–2008: Simon O'neil
  • 2009–present:
• Drive 2 pm–7 pm:
  • 1992–1995: Sandy Antipas
  • 1998–2003: Julian Burn
  • 2003–present:
• Nights 7 pm–midnight:
  • 1996–1998: Dallas Gurney
  • 1998–present:

91ZM Christchurch (now known as 91-3ZM)

ZM launched in Christchurch in 1973 on 1400 kHz as 3ZM. In a bid to compete against local Christchurch station Radio Avon 3ZM was rebranded as Radio Nova (coincidentally 'Avon' spelt backwards) playing an Easy Listening format similar to that of Radio i in Auckland. Listener interest was strong at first but later ratings dropped and the station was reverted back to 3ZM playing the same music format as that of 1ZM and 2ZM. 3ZM later moved to 1323 kHz in 1978 after the AM band in New Zealand was changed from 10 kHz spacing to 9 kHz spacing.

3ZM switched to FM in 1986 broadcasting on 91.3 MHz and ceased broadcasting on AM several months later. The 1323 kHz frequency was used for Maori broadcasting by Aotearoa Radio in the early 1990s, then by Radio Liberty in the mid 1990s. It is no longer in use by any station in the region. Originally when ZM in Christchurch was switching to FM they believed they would be broadcasting on 92.9 MHz and printed stickers with this frequency on it. They missed out on this frequency and broadcast on 91.3 MHz instead with 92.9 MHz being allocated to C93FM. The switch to FM saw the station branded as ZMFM using the same logo as ZMFM Wellington but in 1989 the name was changed to 91 Stereo ZM followed by 91ZM, Wellington kept the ZMFM name until 1994. A second frequency for 91ZM Christchurch was established in Sumner on 89.2 MHz, in 2009 this was adjusted to 90.9 MHz. Today the station is referred to as Canterbury's 91-3ZM.

Past Announcers

ZM in Christchurch was originally a fully local station. The programme was also networked from Christchurch to Dunedin and Southland between 1996 and 2000. James Daniels and Ken Ellis were the breakfast hosts for much of the late eighties and until 1992 when both announcers were offered a large sum of money to work on new rival station 92 More FM

More FM

MORE FM is a New Zealand radio network playing adult contemporary music or Pop music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand.MORE FM broadcasts in 22 centres throughout New Zealand with local programming in most markets between 6am and 1pm and networked programming the rest of the day...

. James and Ken's replacement was Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford this show also rated very well but after James and Ken left More FM both Si and Phil were offered a large sum of money to present the breakfast show on More FM. Simon Barnett remains with 92 More FM today. Si and Phils replacement was Rik Van Dijk, Katrina Smith and Chuckie Shearer. Unfortunately this show did not rate well enough for the management at ZM to justify keeping on the air when in 2001 a decision was made to close down the Christchurch studios and replace all local programming with networked shows. Local programming was reintroduced in 2005 but was limited to a local daytime show between 10 am and 3 pm and the show was dropped again in 2009.

• Breakfast 6 am–10 am:
  • 1980s–1992: Ken Ellis
  • 1980s–1992: James Daniels
  • 1992–1992: Mark Kennedy and Danny Watson (MAD in the Morning)
  • 1992–1997: Simon Barnett
    Simon Barnett
    Simon Barnett is a radio and television host and presenter in New Zealand.Barnett currently co-hosts the morning show on Christchurch radio station 92 More FM with Gary McCormick, and previously with Phil Gifford...
    
    
  • 1992–1997: Phil Gifford
    Phil Gifford
    Phil Gifford is a New Zealand sportswriter and broadcaster. He has his own rugby radio show Front Row on Radio Sport from 8 to 10am on Saturdays. He writes a weekly column in the country's highest circulation weekend paper, the Sunday Star Times, and is a contributing editor to North & South magazine...
    
    
  • 1997–2001: Rick Van Dijk
  • 1997–2001: Katrina Smith
  • 1997–1998: Chuckie Shearer
  • 1998: Jason Royal
  • 2001–Present:
• Daytime 10 am–2 pm:
  • 1990s–1998: Val Robinson
  • 1998–2001: Breffni O'Rourke
  • 2001–2005:
  • 2005–2009: Bridget Howard (10 am–3 pm)
  • 2009–Present:
• Drive 2 pm–7 pm:
  • 1997–1998: Jason Royal
  • 1998: Dallas Gurney
  • 1999–2000: Jason Royal
  • 2001–Present:
• Nights 7 pm–Midnight:
  • –1998: Willy Macalister
  • 1998–Present:

93ZM Whangarei (now known as 94-8ZM)

93ZM started around 1995 as a totally local station broadcasting on 93.1 MHz. 93ZM became a network station after ZM made a return to Auckland with local voice breaks prerecorded in Auckland minutes earlier, however the breakfast show on 93ZM was networked from 89.8ZM in Hamilton between 1998 and 1999. In 2005 93ZM moved from 93.1 to 93.2 MHz and in 2006 93ZM traded places on the Northland radio dial with Radio Hauraki 93ZM shifted to 95.1 MHz and Hauraki took over ZM's vacated 93.2 MHz frequency. In 2010 ZM in Whangarei moved to 94.8 MHz as part of the government move to re-align radio frequencies around New Zealand.

Past annnouncers

• Breakfast 6 am–10 am
  • 1995–1998: Jaala Dyer
  • 1995–1998: Sandy Antipas
  • 1997–1998: Dave Smart
  • 1998–1999:
  • 2000–Present:
• Daytime 10 am–2 pm
  • 1995-1996: Mike Chapman
  • 1996-1997: Jason Winstanley
  • 1997: Andrew Szusterman
  • 1997–Present
• Drive 2 pm–7 pm
  • 1995-1996: Trudi McRae
  • 1996–1997: Dave Smart
  • 1997–Present:
• Nights 7 pm–Midnight:
  • 1995–1997: Dallas Gurney
  • 1997–Present:

91ZM Manawatu (now known as 90.6ZM)

ZM originally commenced transmission to Manawatu on 9 March 1987 on 90.6 MHz. The program was a relay of the Wellington ZMFM station with local commercial breaks and station identification. ZMFM Manawatu also ran its own breakfast show – "Jackson and The Morning Crew" featuring Pete Jackson. In 1989, 90.6 ZMFM re-branded as 2 Double Q, subsequently dropping the relay of ZMFM Wellington and beginning a seven year absence of the ZM name in Manawatu. The ZM brand did not return to the Manawatu market until 1997 when Classic Rock Q91FM (formerly 2 Double Q) reverted back to ZM (as 91ZM). The new ZM programme created in 1997 used a computerised automation system to provide a local programme recorded minutes before from the Wellington studio, this system remained in place until 2000 when ZM switched to a single network.

96ZM Dunedin (now known as 95-8ZM) and 96ZM Invercargill (now known as 95-6ZM)

96ZM Dunedin was the very first networked ZM station, the station began broadcasting on 95.8 MHz in June 1996 with a local programme being produced for the Dunedin region by an announcer in the Christchurch studio. A year later ZM came to Invercargill broadcasting on 95.6 MHz also based from the Christchurch studio with announcers now prerecording 3 individual voice breaks tailored to each region. While the same songs were played the 3 stations were often out of sync. With the high amount of talk on the breakfast show breakfast was kept to a single show mostly tailored to the Christchurch audience.

89-8 ZM Waikato and 89-4ZM Bay of Plenty

ZM began broadcasting in the Waikato region around 1997 when The Radio Network acquired the 89.8 MHz frequency that had been previously been used by local station 898FM or Kiwi FM (no connection to the Kiwi FM

Kiwi FM

Kiwi FM is a New Zealand Radio Network playing 100 percent New Zealand music both nationally and to the world via its 24/7 live stream. The network was designed specifically to showcase the best New Zealand music across the broadest range of genres, enabling greater access to an international...

 stations in operation today) and later The Breeze 89.8FM

The Breeze (New Zealand)

The Breeze is a group of New Zealand easy-listening radio stations owned by RadioWorks, a MediaWorks New Zealand company. The Breeze plays easy-listening music from the 1970s to the present day, aimed at a 35–54 year old female audience...

. 89.8ZM Waikato was networked from Auckland using an automated computer system to provide a local programme recorded from Auckland minutes earlier. Waikato had its own local breakfast show between 1998 and 1999 but this ceased before 2000 and the Auckland breakfast show took the shows place. Originally 89.8ZM broadcast from Mt. Te Aroha with coverage reaching all of the Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, in the early 2000s this was changed to broadcasting from two separate transmitters allowing the Bay of Plenty listeners to hear local advertising and local information such as weather separate from the Waikato listeners but both stations remained on 89.8 MHz. In 2010 ZM in the Bay of Plenty moved to 89.4 MHz while Waikato remained on 89.8 MHz.

Past local programming

• Breakfast 6 am–10 am
  • 1998–1999: Jaala Dyer
  • 1998–1999: Sandy Antipas
  • 2000–Present:

All other programming has always been networked from Auckland

98ZM Rotorua (now known as 98-3ZM)

ZM began broadcasting in Rotorua around 1998 on 98.3 MHz. This frequency had previously been used by a local rock station called Classic Rock 98.3FM. It was believed that programming on this station was originally local but later replaced with Auckland based programming.

96ZM Hawkes Bay (now known as 95-9ZM)

ZM started in 1999 in the Hawke's Bay region on the frequency previously used by Greatest Hits FM96

Greatest Hits FM96

Greatest Hits FM96 was a radio station based in Hastings, New Zealand. FM96 was one of many brand names used by this station.-Apple Radio:...

, Better Music 96FM, Classic Rock 96FM and later Radio Hauraki

Radio Hauraki

Radio Hauraki is a New Zealand radio network, specialising in album-oriented rock and classic rock. It was the first private commercial radio station of the modern broadcasting era in New Zealand and operated illegally from 1966-1970 to break the monopoly held by the government...

. The origins of this frequency date back to 1989 when a former local station 77ZK, converted to FM. 77ZK originally broadcast on 765 kHz and began life in 1977 as Apple Radio. 77ZK, FM96 and later Classic Rock 96FM all broadcast from studios in Hastings until the mid 1990s when operations were moved to Radio New Zealand's site in Napier. Classic Rock 96FM was rebranded as Radio Hauraki in July 1998, but after less than a year on air, Hauraki was replaced with 96ZM in March 1999. Radio Hauraki was eventually relaunched three months later on 99.9. 95.9ZM Hawkes Bay has always been based from Auckland, and until Dec 2010 had a relay station on 99.7 MHz in Wairoa which had been on air since 1989. On 1 Jan 2011, this transmitter switched to the Hawke's Bay Classic Hits FM

Classic Hits FM

Classic Hits is an Adult Contemporary music radio network broadcasting in 25 markets throughout New Zealand, targeting 25 - 55 year olds. Its a family-focused radio network with some of New Zealand's most experienced broadcasters on air and behind the scenes. It currently has around 387,000...

 programme.

98.8ZM Taranaki

ZM came to Taranaki in the late nineties broadcasting on 98.8 MHz and originally like other ZM stations all local content was recorded minutes earlier from the Wellington studio until 2000 when ZM switched to a single network with all content coming from Auckland.

99-7ZM Gisborne (now known as 107ZM)

ZM began broadcasting in Gisborne in 2002 and was operated under a franchise agreement between The Radio Network and local operator Gisborne Media Centre which at the time operated local stations 89FM and Gisborne City 96FM. Gisborne Media Centre was sold to RadioWorks (which ironically is the largest opposition to The Radio Network) and ZM continued to broadcast under the existing franchise agreement under 2006 when the agreement expired. At this time RadioWorks immediately took ZM off the air and put their competing station The Edge on this frequency. In order to keep ZM on the air in Gisborne The Radio Network relaunched the station on two low powered FM guard band frequencies (107.4 MHz and 107.7 MHz) due to no other frequencies being available in the region.

97ZM Nelson

ZM came to Nelson in 2004 replacing a local station owned by The Radio Network The Planet 97FM

The Planet 97FM

The Planet 97FM was a radio station in Nelson New Zealand.The station was first started in 1999 by Kevin Ihaia who was responsible for starting Fifeshire FM in Nelson. Ihaia left Fifeshire in 1998 after the station was sold....

. Originally The Planet was an independently owned station playing Hot AC music. In 2002 The Radio Network took over The Planet FM and changed the format to match that of ZM and even took on the ZM slogan Today's Hit Music and used similar jingles to ZM. In April 2004 The Planet 97FM became 97ZM with all content coming from the ZM network and The Planet shutting down completely.

96-8ZM Wanganui and 96-3ZM South Canterbury

ZM began broadcasting in Wanganui during the middle of 2004 and in Timaru in September 2004. Both stations are provided in these regions by the Community Radio Network

Community Radio Network

The Community Radio Network was a network of radio stations based in provincial centres across New Zealand. The network was operated by The Radio Network ....

.

91-1ZM Kapiti

ZM began broadcasting on its own frequency in the Kapiti region in 2004. The current 'Top of the Hour Station id' actually mentions the Wellington 90.9 frequency despite the two stations running different programmes during the day and different commercials on both stations. The strong signal of Wellington's 90.9 ZM can be picked up in southern parts of the Kapiti Coast.

90.5ZM Marlborough

The ZM Network began broadcasting in the Marlborough region in January 2007.

ZMonline

In early December 2010, ZM relaunched its online stream as a new station, rather than relaying an existing station as it had done previously. It became the 20th ZM station to connect to the network in the same way regional markets do. This gave ZMonline its own imaging & commercial options.

Local ads, weather and traffic are removed from the online station (as these will be available on demand for every market inside the upcoming ZM iPhone app). At the moment through every second commercial break the station plays a song.

ZM have hinted that in the future they may have podcasts or unique content within the commercial breaks on the online stream.

ZM News Service

Like most radio stations in New Zealand ZM originally featured news on the hour every hour oringally news was provided by the Radio New Zealand News Service, following the sale of the Radio New Zealand commercial service this became The Radio Network News Service. In 1997 ZM stations began reducing news breaks to only play on the breakfast show, this was at time when some radio stations began increasing the amount of music played in an hour and reducing talk. In 2000 ZM started their own news service called ZM Newsbeat.

The Newsbeat service has a beat in the background followed by a local weather forecast prerecorded from the Auckland studio for each individual region. The bulletins are sourced from the Newstalk ZB

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...

 newsroom, and air half-hourly between 6 am-9 am weekdays with an update at midday, hourly 4 pm-6 pm weekdays, and hourly 7 am-noon during the weekend and public holidays. An exclusive Wellington edition of ZM Newsbeat was aired during the Morning Crew's show up until early 2006, when it was dropped for the national edition.

Traffic reports are read out on air from The Radio Network Auckland studios for larger regions in New Zealand such as Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga and Dunedin. Other stations play advertisements during these times. Wellington originally ran their own local traffic reports until 2006.

Weather is read out on weekdays following news bulletons, and airs on the hour between 7 am-6 pm during weekends. Individual weather reports are pre-recorded for each region and updated with each show. Since the Morning Crew are based in Wellington, they read out the Wellington weather live during the breakfast show, while the pre-recorded reports by the newsreader air over the rest of the network.

ZM in the New Zealand Radio Awards

ZM and ZM announcers have won the following awards in recent years:

2009

• Best Client Promotion: 24/7 with The Phoenix XI – Anna Skinner & Casey Sullivan – ZM Wellington
• Best Promotional Trailer: The Timbaland Trip – Chris Nicoll
  Chris Nicoll
  Current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network, and Owner/Operator of .- Content :A student of the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch 2001-2002, he graduated and began working at a Commercial producer for Great Northern Creative in 2003 before being promoted to Imaging Producer...
  
   – ZM Network
• Programmer of the Year: Christian Boston – ZM Network
• Station Imaging: ZM Network Imaging – Chris Nicoll
  Chris Nicoll
  Current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network, and Owner/Operator of .- Content :A student of the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch 2001-2002, he graduated and began working at a Commercial producer for Great Northern Creative in 2003 before being promoted to Imaging Producer...
  
   – ZM Network

2008

• Best Client Promotion: 0800 New Cops – Leanne Hutchinson and Cam Bisley, ZM Network
• Best Promotional Trailer Live Rent Free - Chris Nicoll
  Chris Nicoll
  Current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network, and Owner/Operator of .- Content :A student of the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch 2001-2002, he graduated and began working at a Commercial producer for Great Northern Creative in 2003 before being promoted to Imaging Producer...
  
  , ZM Network
• Programmer of the Year: Christian Boston - ZM Network
• Associated Craft Award: Sarah Catran - ZM and Flava Sales
• Station of the Year - Metropolitan: ZM Auckland (accepted by Programme Director Christian Boston)

2007

• Best Music Breakfast Host or Hosts (Metropolitan): The ZM Morning Crew
• Best Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts (Metropolitan): Stables
  Iain Stables
  Iain Philip Stables is a New Zealand radio disc jockey. In the past Stables worked on various radio stations across New Zealand beginning his radio career on Radio Windy in Wellington at the age of 14...
  
  , ZM Network
• Best Promotion of a Radio Station (Networks): Live Rent Free – Christian Boston & Kate McGowan, ZM Network
• Best Client Promotion: Telecom 3 Minute Hour – Leanne Hutchinson, ZM Network
• Best Promotional Or Image Trailer for a Radio Station: Carrot Fest – Chris Nicoll
  Chris Nicoll
  Current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network, and Owner/Operator of .- Content :A student of the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch 2001-2002, he graduated and began working at a Commercial producer for Great Northern Creative in 2003 before being promoted to Imaging Producer...
  
  , ZM
• Also Special Commendation goes to ZM Programme Director, Christian Boston in the category of Programmer of the Year.

2006

• Best New Broadcaster: Sarah Gandy, 91ZM Auckland and ZM Network
• Best Promotional Or Image Trailer for a Radio Station: One Hit Wonder-U2 - Chris Nicoll
  Chris Nicoll
  Current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network, and Owner/Operator of .- Content :A student of the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch 2001-2002, he graduated and began working at a Commercial producer for Great Northern Creative in 2003 before being promoted to Imaging Producer...
  
  , ZM Network
• Station Imaging: ZM Network Imaging - Chris Nicoll
  Chris Nicoll
  Current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network, and Owner/Operator of .- Content :A student of the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch 2001-2002, he graduated and began working at a Commercial producer for Great Northern Creative in 2003 before being promoted to Imaging Producer...
  
  , ZM
• Commercial or Trailers: One Hit Wonder, U2 - Chris Nicoll
  Chris Nicoll
  Current Head of Production for the Capital FM Network, and Owner/Operator of .- Content :A student of the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch 2001-2002, he graduated and began working at a Commercial producer for Great Northern Creative in 2003 before being promoted to Imaging Producer...
  
  , ZM

2005

• Special Commendation went to announcer Sarah Gandy for the ZM Sealed Section in the category Best Daily Or Weekly Series

Slogans

ZM has used the following slogans in the past:

c1985–c1988:

• Hit Radio ZMFM (Wellington, Christchurch and Manawatu)

c1988–c1988:

• More Music ZMFM (Manawatu only)

c1988–c1990:

• The Music Leader ZMFM (Wellington and Manawatu only)

c1988–c1990:

• 91 Stereo ZM (Christchurch only)

1991–1994:

• Rock of the Nineties ZMFM (Wellington only)

1991–1994:

• Rock of the Nineties 91ZM (Christchurch only)

1994–1997:

• Just Great Music of the 80's and 90's

1997–present:

• Today's Hit Music

External links

• ZM Online
• Radio Network's Bio