More FM
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More FM is a New Zealand radio network playing adult contemporary music. It is operated by RadioWorks a subsidiary of Canwest Mediaworks NZ. More FM broadcasts in 21 centres throughout New Zealand with local announcers and a nationwide night show. Each and every More FM throughout the country is positioned as the only true local radio station in town.
More FM broadcasts in 21 markets:
- Northland
- Auckland
- Waikato
- Tauranga
- Rotorua
- Taupo
- Gisborne
- Taranaki
- Hawkes Bay
- Wanganui
- Manawatu
- Horowhenua
- Wairarapa
- Kapiti
- Wellington
- Nelson
- Canterbury
- Central Otago
- Queenstown
- Dunedin
- Southland
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Auckland
91.8 More FM Auckland is a radio station serving the Auckland urban area.
Programming includes:
- The Kim & Corbett More FM Breakfast (with Hilary Barry)
- Robert Scott
- Lance Dunne
Waikato
92.0 More FM Waikato is a radio station based in central Hamilton.
Programming includes:
- The More FM Breakfast
- The Long Lunch with Jeff Newton
- Afternoons with Blair Douling
Wellington
Wellington is the birthplace of More FM. It started broadcasting from there on May 6, 1991 as 99 100 More FM.
Recently the 98.9FM frequency was relocated to 94.7FM (formerly Channel Z) and 94.7FM now broadcasts More FM, as well as the 100FM frequency. The more powerful 100FM frequency transmits across to Blenheim in the South Island and has been received in Masterton.
Once the Wellington station was established, the brand spread across the country to Christchurch and then Auckland, although the programmed was not networked. This would happen several years later.
Canterbury
92.1 More FM Canterbury is a radio station broadcasting across Canterbury. The station was one of the original More FM stations. The station broadcasts on 92.1 and 95.3 in Lyttelton.
The station was started as an adult contempary (AC) format station and continues with that format to this day. More FM Christchurch was operated by the Frader Group Limited.
More FM became one of the major radio stations in Canterbury when on 1 April 1997 the successful breakfast hosts Simon Barnett and Phil Gifford moved from The Radio Network's 91 ZM to More FM.
Programming includes:
- Si & Gary (Simon Barnett & Gary McCormick) - 6am to 10am
- Kerry Treymane 10am - 2pm
- Luke - Drive
Sources
- Decision No. 294 Commerce Commission, Wellington New Zealand, 1997.
Dunedin
97.4 More FM is a radio station broadcasting across Dunedin. More FM originally broadcasted in Dunedin as 98.2 More FM, and was mostly a re-broadcast of More FM Canterbury.
In 2004 as part of the More FM brand roll out across the country, it moved to the 97.4FM frequency, and replaced Dunedin radio station 4XO, creating 97.4 More FM Dunedin.
Local broadcasts include:
- Damian & Brefeni - Weekday breakfast
- Rex (last name unknown) - 10am to 2pm weekdays.
- Glen Stuart - 2pm -7pm weekdays
Nationwide
Outside the weekday 6am to 7pm timeslot all broadcasts are from a national network feed delivered from Auckland. This feed has localised inserts to allow for local adversiting and station identification.
- More FM Nights with Tarsh
- More FM All-Nighter with Asher Bastion