Life FM
Encyclopedia
Life FM is a New Zealand
Christian
RBG
-owned radio network
broadcasting popular contemporary Christian music
across New Zealand and online with MMS
. It was launched as a secular alternative rock station in 1994, as an alternative Christian rock network in 1997 and as a Christian top 40 station in 2002. It sponsors the Parachute Music Festival
and its hosts include Asher Bastion, Holly Wiseman, Clinton Randell, Dan Goowdin and George Penk.
to the sound of U2 "In The Name Of Love" as a station broadcasting a mix of Christian and secular music. However the frequency was leased from More FM and the station was shut down on Friday, 11 July 1997, at 6pm due the lease expiring. Life FM was restarted in Auckland
, Waikato
and the Bay of Plenty
in 1997 as a 100% Christian
network
and was relaunched in 2002. Listener contributions from around the world make up about 70% of the network's budget. Since 2004, regular "Lifeathon" live radio events have raised a large proportion of this budget. In 2005, the event featured Zed
lead singer Nathan King, boxer
David Tua
, Christian band Mumsdollar
, musician Dave Dobbyn
and netball player Irene van Dyk
.
In the North Island:
In the South Island:
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...
Christian
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
RBG
Rhema Broadcasting Group
Rhema Broadcasting Group is New Zealand's largest Christian media organisation, broadcasting four radio networks and a television station, and publishing a quarterly devotional publication, from the Rhema Broadcasting Centre on Upper Queen Street in the central Auckland suburb of Newton...
-owned 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...
broadcasting popular contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
across New Zealand and online with MMS
Microsoft Media Services
Microsoft Media Server is the name of Microsoft's proprietary network streaming protocol used to transfer unicast data in Windows Media Services . MMS can be transported via UDP or TCP...
. It was launched as a secular alternative rock station in 1994, as an alternative Christian rock network in 1997 and as a Christian top 40 station in 2002. It sponsors the Parachute Music Festival
Parachute music festival
The Parachute Music Festival is a Christian music festival held annually at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand.The festival is run by Parachute Music and lasts for four days and three nights. 'Parachute' is the Southern Hemisphere's largest Christian music festival, primarily...
and its hosts include Asher Bastion, Holly Wiseman, Clinton Randell, Dan Goowdin and George Penk.
History
Life FM started 2pm 6 March 1993 on 99.3 FM in ChristchurchChristchurch
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...
to the sound of U2 "In The Name Of Love" as a station broadcasting a mix of Christian and secular music. However the frequency was leased from More FM and the station was shut down on Friday, 11 July 1997, at 6pm due the lease expiring. Life FM was restarted 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...
, 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...
and the 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...
in 1997 as a 100% Christian
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
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...
and was relaunched in 2002. Listener contributions from around the world make up about 70% of the network's budget. Since 2004, regular "Lifeathon" live radio events have raised a large proportion of this budget. In 2005, the event featured Zed
Zed (band)
Zed were a New Zealand pop/rock four-piece band formed in 1998.-History:Originally formed while still students at Christchurch's Cashmere High School, Zed is the dream child of Nathan King, Ben Campbell and Adrian Palmer, along with manager Ray Columbus.King felt the band needed a second guitarist...
lead singer Nathan King, boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
David Tua
David Tua
David "Tuamanator" Tua is a New Zealand professional heavyweight boxer, fighting out of South Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.He is a former WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental Heavyweight champion....
, Christian band Mumsdollar
Mumsdollar
Mumsdollar was a New Zealand rock band formed in 1998 with Ben Claxton on lead vocals, Dave Barr on guitar and backing vocals, Tim Beale on drums, and brothers Pete Wood, on guitar, and Steve Wood on bass and backing vocals.-History:...
, musician Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn
Dave Dobbyn, ONZM is an award-winning New Zealand musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. In his early career he was a member of the rock group Th' Dudes and was the main creative force in pop band DD Smash...
and netball player Irene van Dyk
Irene van Dyk
Irene van Dyk, MNZM is one of the world's best-known netball players and the most capped player of all time....
.
Programming
| Timeslot | Programme | Hosts | Previous hosts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:00-10:00 Weekdays | The Morning Wake-Up | Clinton Randell and Dayna Vawdrey | Mike O-B (2002-2003), Luke Weston (2002), Pat Brittenden Pat Brittenden Pat Brittenden is a New Zealand broadcaster who works for The Radio Network, as a talkback host for Newstalk ZB working Thursday, Friday and Saturday, midnight to 6 am... (2004-2005), Cat (2004), Di Campbell (2004-2006), Elmo (2005-2006), Burns (2006-2011), Bex (2007-2008) |
| 10:00-14:00 Weekdays | Daytime | Holly Wiseman | Elmo (2002-2003), Luke Weston (2003), Cat (2004), Di (2004-2008) |
| 14:00-18:00 Weekdays | Afternoons | Bjorn Brickell | Aaron Ironside (2002-2003), Luke Weston (2004-2006), Burns (2006), Frank Ritchie, (2006-2008), Di (2006-2008), Asher Bastion (2008 - 2011) |
| 18:00-21:00 Weekdays | Nights | Dan Goodwin | Tom Francis (2002-2003), Frank Ritchie (2003-2006), Jase (2006), Asher Bastion (2006-2008) |
| 21:00-00:00 Weekdays | Late Show | George Penk | |
| 06:00-12:00 Saturdays | Weekend Wake-Up | Clinton Randell and Dayna Vawdrey | Burns, Frank Ritchie, Elmo |
| 13:00-18:00 Saturdays | Saturday Afternoon | Bjorn Brickell | Asher Bastion, Di Campbell |
| 18:00:24:00 Saturdays | Saturday Night | Dan Goodwin | Tom Francis, Frank Ritchie, Jase |
| 06:00-12:00 Sundays | The River | Automated | |
| 12:00-18:00 Sundays | Sunday Afternoon | Holly Wiseman | Burns, Elmo, Asher Bastion |
| 18:00-24:00 Sundays | The Forum | George Penk | Frank Ritchie |
Stations
Life FM, like many other New Zealand radio networks, produces a programme for the Auckland market and networked programming for other markets simultaneously. The Auckland station, Life FM 99.8 FM, broadcasts traffic reports during peak periods and includes local station idents. Other stations have a national ident, "Across New Zealand and around the world at lifefm.co.nz, this is Life FM".In the North Island:
- WhangareiWhangareiWhangarei, 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...
- 98.8 FM - DargavilleDargavilleDargaville is a town in the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the bank of the Northern Wairoa River in the Northland region. The town is located 55 kilometres southwest of Whangarei....
- 104.2 FM - AucklandAucklandThe 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...
- 99.8 FM - WaikatoWaikatoThe 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...
- 94.6 FM - TaumarunuiTaumarunuiTaumarunui is a town in the King Country of the central North Island of New Zealand. It is on State Highway 4 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway....
- 96.7 FM - Bay of PlentyBay of PlentyThe 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...
- 100.6 FM - WhakataneWhakataneWhakatane is a town in the eastern Bay of Plenty Region, in the North Island of New Zealand, and is the seat of the Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Whakatane is 90 km east of Tauranga and 89 km north-east of Rotorua, at the mouth of the Whakatane River.The town has a population of , with...
- 104.9 FM - RotoruaRotoruaRotorua 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...
- 102.3 FM - TaupoTaupoTaupo is a town on the shore of Lake Taupo in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand. It is the seat of the Taupo District Council and lies in the southern Waikato Region....
- 107.0 FM - GisborneGisborne, 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...
- 100.5 FM - Hawke's Bay - 93.5 FM
- South Taranaki - 99.6 FM
- OpunakeOpunakeOpunake is a small town on the southwest coast of Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island. It is located 45 kilometres southwest of New Plymouth. Rahotu is 16 km to the northwest. Manaia is 29 km to the southeast. State Highway 45 passes through the town.The population was 1368 in the...
- 88.4 FM - WanganuiWanganuiWhanganui , 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....
- 100.8 FM - Manawatu - 96.2 FM
- MartonMarton, New ZealandMarton is the hub of the Rangitikei district of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated 35 kilometres southeast of Wanganui and 40 kilometres northwest of Palmerston North. The population was 4752 .-History:...
- 88.3 FM - Kapiti CoastKapiti CoastThe 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...
- 96.7 FM - WairarapaWairarapaWairarapa 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...
- 88.7 FM - PoriruaPoriruaPorirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...
- 98.1 FM
In the South Island:
- BlenheimBlenheim, New ZealandBlenheim 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...
- 107.4 FM - Golden BayGolden BayGolden Bay lies at the edge of the junction between the Tasman Sea and Cook Strait. It stretches for 45 kilometres from the long sand spit of Farewell Spit in the north to Separation Point in Abel Tasman National Park at its southern extremity...
- 106.7 FM & 93.6 FM - NelsonNelson, New ZealandNelson 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....
- 93.6 FM - WestportWestport, New Zealand-Economy:Economic activity is based around fishing, coal mining and dairy farming. Historically, gold mining was a major industry, and coal mining was much more extensive than today . However, the region still is home to New Zealand's largest opencast mining operation in Stockton...
- 105.3 FM - GreymouthGreymouthGreymouth is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council. The population of the whole Grey District is , which accounts for % of the West Coast's inhabitants...
- 94.7 FM - RangioraRangiora, New ZealandRangiora is a rural town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest town in north Canterbury and the seat of the Waimakariri District Council.-Geography:...
- 106.9 FM - Christchurch - 87.6 FM (Low Power)
- AshburtonAshburton, New ZealandAshburton is a town and district in the Canterbury Region on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the third-largest centre in Canterbury, after Christchurch and Timaru. The area around Ashburton is frequently referred to as Mid Canterbury, which is also the name of the...
- 91.7 FM - TimaruTimaruTimaruUrban AreaPopulation:27,200Extent:Former Timaru City CouncilTerritorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:...
- 93.9 FM - OamaruOamaruOamaru , the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin, on the Pacific coast, and State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connects it to both...
- 97.6 FM - CromwellCromwell, New ZealandCromwell is a town in Central Otago in the Otago region of New Zealand.It is situated between State Highway 6 and State Highway 8 leading to the Lindis Pass, 75 km northeast, and Alexandra, 33 km south. The road to Alexandra winds through the Cromwell Gorge...
- 91.1 FM - WanakaWanakaWanaka is a town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated at the southern end of Lake Wanaka, adjacent to the outflow of the lake to the Clutha River. It is the gateway to Mount Aspiring National Park. Wanaka is primarily a resort town but has both summer and winter...
- 107.5 FM - Te AnauTe AnauTe Anau is a town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is on the eastern shore of Lake Te Anau in Fiordland. Lake Te Anau is the largest lake in the South Island and second only within New Zealand to Lake Taupo. The 2001 census recorded the town's population as 1,857...
- 91.2 FM - DunedinDunedinDunedin 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...
- 94.2 FM - Southland - 105.6 FM (GoreGore, New ZealandGore is a town, surrounding borough, and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.-Geography:The Gore District has a land area of 1,251.62 km² and a resident population of...
) - Southland - 100.0 FM (Mid Dome)