Contact FM
Encyclopedia
Contact FM is a student radio station
operating from the University of Waikato
in Hamilton
, New Zealand
. It broadcasts on the 88.1 MHz frequency. The original Contact FM, owned by the Waikato Students Union, was broadcast on 89.0 MHz from 1985 to 1998. During a period of voluntary student unionism
, the WSU subleased the frequency to private ownership, along with selling Contact FM's equipment. The Independent Broadcasting Community relaunched Contact on a low-power frequency 106 MHz, before settling with its current frequency of 88.1 MHz.
The station celebrated its 30th birthday in October 2009. Contact hosts many local Hamilton music events, including the Hamilton Circle Jerk
.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
operating from the University of Waikato
University of Waikato
The University of Waikato is located in Hamilton and Tauranga, New Zealand, and was established in 1964. It has strengths across a broad range of subject areas, particularly its degrees in Computer Science and in Management...
in Hamilton
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
, 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...
. It broadcasts on the 88.1 MHz frequency. The original Contact FM, owned by the Waikato Students Union, was broadcast on 89.0 MHz from 1985 to 1998. During a period of voluntary student unionism
Voluntary student unionism
Voluntary student unionism is a policy, notable in Australia, under which membership of – and payment of membership fees to – university student organisations is voluntary....
, the WSU subleased the frequency to private ownership, along with selling Contact FM's equipment. The Independent Broadcasting Community relaunched Contact on a low-power frequency 106 MHz, before settling with its current frequency of 88.1 MHz.
The station celebrated its 30th birthday in October 2009. Contact hosts many local Hamilton music events, including the Hamilton Circle Jerk
Hamilton Circle Jerk
The Hamilton Circle Jerk is an annual music event in Hamilton, New Zealand. Named after a mutual masturbatory act, the Circle Jerk features 15 Hamilton bands performing 3 song sets, two songs by other Hamilton musicians as well as an original....
.