Newstalk ZB
Encyclopedia
Newstalk ZB is a nationwide New Zealand
talk radio
network operated by The Radio Network of New Zealand
(TRN). It is available in almost every radio market in the country, and has news reporters based in many of them. In addition to talkback, the network also broadcasts news
, interviews
, music, and sports (sometimes in partnership with its sister network Radio Sport
).
Most of the network's programming is produced in Auckland
, in the Radio Network building on the corner of Cook & Nelson Streets. Wellington
and Christchurch
produce some local programming and most markets produce their own local news and weather updates.
switched many of their local heritage stations to FM but retained the AM frequency in each region running the same programme on both frequencies, however some stations ran separate programmes at certain times(such as talk shows) on the AM frequency. In 1993 and 1994 the local station in each region was rebranded with the Classic Hits
name and the AM frequency was used to roll out Newstalk ZB across New Zealand. In Christchurch and Wellington local stations 2ZB and 3ZB changed to a talk format around 1991 and new local stations Goodtime Oldies B90 FM (Wellington) and Goodtime Oldies B98 FM were created. Around 1994 2ZB and 3ZB were rebranded as Newstalk ZB retaining local announcers at first but in recent years as local announcers have left shows have been replaced with network shows. Wellington and Christchurch still have a local show in the mornings between 9 am and 12 pm. In February 1993, in Auckland, Newstalk ZB began broadcasting on 89.4 FM as well as the original 1080 AM when local station 89X
(formerly 89FM) ceased to operate, Radio New Zealand purchased this station a year earlier and chose to close it down and use the frequency for Newstalk ZB. The Newstalk ZB nationwide 0800 number (0800 80 10 80) actually comes from the original 1080AM frequency in Auckland that is still in use today.
In 1996 Radio New Zealand
sold their commercial operation and Newstalk ZB, along with Classic Hits
and ZM
, became part of The Radio Network
.
format has been established over a number of years, and its schedule has remained consistently successful, and hence fairly unchanged, since a major relaunch in 1987.
. The show is made up of news, interviews, commentary, reports and occasionally talkback.
At other times, the show features interviews with the day's newsmakers, guests or Newstalk ZB reporters, as well as Hosking regularly providing comment on the day's issues or happenings.
The show provides news updates every half hour presented by Bernadine Oliver-Kerby and sports updates with Matt Brown. On the half hour, many local markets air a local news segment during a window between national news and sport, and each market broadcasts a local weather forecast. Larger towns also provide traffic reports during the show. Newstalk ZB's stations in Christchurch and Wellington both provide full local bulletins, instead of airing the network bulletins. In Christchurch, local news bulletins are presented by Jo Scott, and Katrina Bennett presents local bulletins in Wellington.
Newstalk ZB's breakfast show has historically had a well-established reputation for news, and has been top-rating for a number of years. Mike Hosking took on the role of breakfast announcer at the start of 2009, taking over the reign of Paul Holmes
who presented the show since 1987. The show has consistently remained the highest-rating breakfast programme on commercial radio in New Zealand
. Today Paul Holmes remains with Newstalk ZB presenting Saturday mornings.
Until the end of 2008, Christchurch opted out of the nationwide breakfast show, presenting their own local breakfast with John Dunne and Ken Ellis, which topped the ratings regularly. Wellington also aired a local breakfast show, presented by Lindsay Yeo
, however this was replaced with the network show in the mid-1990's.
.
During this timeslot Wellington broadcasts a programme with Sean Plunket
, and Christchurch broadcasts a local talkback show hosted by Mike Yardley. The Christchurch show, then hosted by Ali Jones, was dropped at the end of 2009 and replaced with the network show. After much complaint from listeners and a major drop in listeners The Radio Network decided to bring back a local show to Christchurch. The new show is hosted by Yardley who had hosted the same show on the station in the past.
, and offers personal commentary on news issues. Between 6pm and 7pm Larry Williams concentrates on Business matters.
, or Willie Lose present an hour of sports-related talkback, known as SportsTalk, simulcast live with Radio Sport
. Between 8:00 pm and 12:00 am, the network broadcasts four hours of nationwide talkback, hosted by Kerre Woodham from Monday to Thursday evenings and Bruce Russell on Friday evenings.
At 5.30 a programme called 5.30 Live airs Monday to Friday which talks with the main centre news people. Saturday it is called "Super Sport Saturday". Sundays sees a garage sale
program where listeners can buy, sell any product.
The 5½ hour programme has a heavy reliance on audience participation. The programme is presented by Bruce Russell on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and is a newsreader for the network Saturday nights during Jim Sutton's Nostalgia; and Pat Brittenden
does Thursday, Friday & Saturday mornings.
Former bFM
host Noelle McCarthy was hosting Thursday through Monday mornings in early 2007 following the resignation of James King, but she resigned due to the "hours taking a toll on her health" but many people believe she was pushed because of negative response from the overnight audience. She was replaced by Pat Brittenden
, who until that point was a regular fill-in host on Newstalk ZB. Previous hosts have included James King
who hosted the overnight programme for more than six years until 1 December 2006 when he left to study at Massey University in Wellington; Tim Dower, and Martin Crump, who now works for rival station Radio Live
.
Most Newstalk ZB markets air a local sports show on Saturday mornings.
Saturday and Sunday mornings are dominated by discussions on hobbies and personal life
. Paul Holmes
presents the Saturday Morning Programme between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm on Saturday mornings, and Kerre Woodham presents a similar programme, called Kerre's Cafe, at the same time on Sunday morning, both featuring interviews and sponsored regular guests segments. From 6:00 am till 7:00, 'best of' shows are played with interviews done by morning hosts during the week. Also on Sunday morning, between 7:00 am and 8:00 am, Ruud Kleinpaste
, presents an hour-long gardening programme.
Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin broadcast 'All Sports Breakfast' shows during 6 am and 9am on Saturday mornings.
Wellington runs its own local show known as "The Great Weekender" between 9:00 am – 12:00 pm on Saturdays, and on Sundays,Wellington has the networked show Kerre's cafe. The show previously hosted by Garry Ward for 26 years. The history of this show dates back to 1983 on Wellington's 2ZB and all this time had been hosted Garry Ward. Garry Ward died suddenly on 17 September 2009.
During Saturday afternoon, between 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm, Willie Lose presents ScoreBoard, a combination of live sports updates and commentary and sports-related talkback. The programme, which is usually simulcast on Radio Sport
, includes interviews with major New Zealand sports people. Wellington breaks out for a local Scoreboard show, focusing on local sports issues like the Wellington Phoenix and local club sport updates. For over 40 years, Christchurch also broadcast a Scoreboard show for its region, hosted by Malcolm Ellis for over 15 years, however the Christchurch show was discontinued at the end of 2009 due to cost-cutting by The Radio Network and now takes Lose's show with local breakouts twice an hour. Murray Deaker
presents a show for the network on Sunday afternoons with a similar format to Saturday Scoreboard, called Deaker on Sunday
On Saturday evenings, a Nostalgia
programme is hosted by Jim Sutton, showcasing music from yesteryear is aired from 6pm until midnight.
During Sunday evenings, Jim Sutton again hosts a Nostalgia programme, in a condensed two hour format, playing write-in request music. From 8 pm, a feature "real Life' interviews is hosted by John Cowan
and at 9pm Oliver Driver's Almost Monday which airs in place of Sunday Sunday which Petra Bagust & Pat Brittenden hosted.
On Holiday evenings, either a Nostalgia programme or extended talkback programme is aired.
During the Christmas
and New Year
holiday season, the schedule changes, with a single nationwide breakfast show running from 6 am until 9 am, usually hosted by newsreader and fill-in host Tim Dower or normal drive show presenter Larry Williams, followed by a morning shift from 9am until 1pm and an afternoon shift until 6pm, hosted by overnight presenter Bruce Russell. This is followed by a 6 hour evening shift until midnight, hosted by Pat Brittenden
. The mornings, afternoon and evening shifts during this time are devoted almost entirely to talkback.
on 4 September 2010 and the major aftershock on 22 February 2011 programming in Christchurch was greatly affected. After both earthquakes the station broadcast in place of other radio stations in Christchurch operated by The Radio Network, the local studios located in Worcestor Street in Christchurch were evacuated. Local news services in Christchurch were replaced temporarly with the network news feed which mostly contained news stories related to the quake heard by all of New Zealand. Local news readers reported news about the quake for all of New Zealand. The local morning show remained on the air but was broadcast from a temporary location following the first earthquake this was at the Whitebait Studios in Christchurch and after the earthquake in February from a hotel in Christchurch.
and so as such is editor-in-chief of news and sport for The Radio Network.
The Auckland news centre produces live bulletins for the national Newstalk ZB network, as well as local Auckland bulletins at breakfast time. Welington and Christchurch both broadcast live local news bulletins during the breakfast show. The remainder of Newstalk ZB's markets air the live network bulletins, however the regional newsrooms around the country provide each station with local news segmants during the breakfast show.
Network weekday newsreaders include Bernadine Oliver-Kerby (Breakfast), Malcolm Jordan (Mornings), Niva Retimanu (Afternoons), Gary Fox (Evenings/Overnights). Weekend and fill-in newsreaders include Andrew Scott, Joe Gilfillan, Tim Dower, Bruce Russell, Barry Holland, Eric Young and Freda Wylie. Sports newsreaders include Matt Brown, Rikki Swannell, Andrew Alderson, Tony Veitch, Brenton Vannissleroy, Tim Evans and Andy Rowe.
The Newstalk ZB Affiliates Unit is based in the Auckland newsroom, and records a variety of hourly bulletins for other stations of The Radio Network
and sells its bulletins to a number of external clients. Lucy Walker and Barry Holland present these bulletins during weekday mornings, with Gary Fox presenting drivetime bulletins. At all other times the main Newstalk ZB Network newsreader also records the Affiliates bulletins. On the internet, The Affiliates Unit also provides a continuously-updated wire service of text articles and streaming audio of Newstalk ZB's stories for websites such as XtraMSN, TelstraClear, NZ City and the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Newstalk ZB also supplies a news wire service to Prime TV, Sky TV and TVNZ.
. The centre in Auckland records reports for 6 different areas around the country - Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. All of The Radio Network's stations in these markets air these reports every 15 minutes during peak times(breakfast & drive), with Newstalk ZB and Classic Hits
airing reports hourly right throughout the day and weekends.
During weekends and public holidays, the Timesaver Traffic Team also record a 30-second "Weatherwatch" forecast for each of TRN's 26 markets across the country. Some markets choose to use these tracks for the local Newstalk ZB forecast, and other stations such as Easy Mix and Radio Sport
use these forecasts and network them by satellite to play simultaneously in each market on the station.
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...
talk radio
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...
network operated by The Radio Network of New Zealand
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...
(TRN). It is available in almost every radio market in the country, and has news reporters based in many of them. In addition to talkback, the network also broadcasts news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
, interviews
Interviews
Interviews is:# the plural form of "interview"# a compilation album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, see Interviews # a C++ toolkit for the X Window System, see InterViews...
, music, and sports (sometimes in partnership with its sister network Radio Sport
Radio Sport
Radio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio network and the talkback sister network of Newstalk ZB. It has commentary rights for most cricket matches, international and domestic rugby union games, some NRL rugby league games, trans-Tasman basketball and New Zealand tennis tournaments. The network...
).
Most of the network's programming is produced 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...
, in the Radio Network building on the corner of Cook & Nelson Streets. 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...
produce some local programming and most markets produce their own local news and weather updates.
History
Newstalk ZB started in 1987 when Auckland's1ZB changed to a talkback format and was originally known as Newstalk 1ZB. During the late eighties and early nineties Radio New ZealandRadio 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...
switched many of their local heritage stations to FM but retained the AM frequency in each region running the same programme on both frequencies, however some stations ran separate programmes at certain times(such as talk shows) on the AM frequency. In 1993 and 1994 the local station in each region was rebranded with the Classic Hits
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...
name and the AM frequency was used to roll out Newstalk ZB across New Zealand. In Christchurch and Wellington local stations 2ZB and 3ZB changed to a talk format around 1991 and new local stations Goodtime Oldies B90 FM (Wellington) and Goodtime Oldies B98 FM were created. Around 1994 2ZB and 3ZB were rebranded as Newstalk ZB retaining local announcers at first but in recent years as local announcers have left shows have been replaced with network shows. Wellington and Christchurch still have a local show in the mornings between 9 am and 12 pm. In February 1993, in Auckland, Newstalk ZB began broadcasting on 89.4 FM as well as the original 1080 AM when local station 89X
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...
(formerly 89FM) ceased to operate, Radio New Zealand purchased this station a year earlier and chose to close it down and use the frequency for Newstalk ZB. The Newstalk ZB nationwide 0800 number (0800 80 10 80) actually comes from the original 1080AM frequency in Auckland that is still in use today.
In 1996 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...
sold their commercial operation and Newstalk ZB, along with Classic Hits
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...
and ZM
ZM (New Zealand)
ZM is a New Zealand contemporary hit radio network owned by The Radio Network. It broadcasts 19 markets throughout mainland New Zealand via terrestrial FM, and worldwide via the Internet. The network targets the 15–39 demographic specialises in a chart-music playlist of pop, rock, hip hop and dance...
, became part of 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...
.
Programmes
Newstalk ZB's talk radioTalk 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...
format has been established over a number of years, and its schedule has remained consistently successful, and hence fairly unchanged, since a major relaunch in 1987.
Breakfast
Breakfast on Newstalk ZB is presented by Mike HoskingMike Hosking
Mike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio journalist and presenter. He currently works as the weekly Breakfast host on radio station Newstalk ZB.He has lived and worked as a broadcaster in Wellington, Christchurch and currently, Auckland...
. The show is made up of news, interviews, commentary, reports and occasionally talkback.
At other times, the show features interviews with the day's newsmakers, guests or Newstalk ZB reporters, as well as Hosking regularly providing comment on the day's issues or happenings.
The show provides news updates every half hour presented by Bernadine Oliver-Kerby and sports updates with Matt Brown. On the half hour, many local markets air a local news segment during a window between national news and sport, and each market broadcasts a local weather forecast. Larger towns also provide traffic reports during the show. Newstalk ZB's stations in Christchurch and Wellington both provide full local bulletins, instead of airing the network bulletins. In Christchurch, local news bulletins are presented by Jo Scott, and Katrina Bennett presents local bulletins in Wellington.
Newstalk ZB's breakfast show has historically had a well-established reputation for news, and has been top-rating for a number of years. Mike Hosking took on the role of breakfast announcer at the start of 2009, taking over the reign of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes (broadcaster)
Paul Holmes CNZM is a radio and television broadcaster in New Zealand. he hosts Q+A on TV ONE, and the Saturday morning radio show on Newstalk ZB, where for 23 years until December 2008 he hosted the weekday breakfast show, the long-standing number one rating breakfast show...
who presented the show since 1987. The show has consistently remained the highest-rating breakfast programme on commercial radio in 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...
. Today Paul Holmes remains with Newstalk ZB presenting Saturday mornings.
Until the end of 2008, Christchurch opted out of the nationwide breakfast show, presenting their own local breakfast with John Dunne and Ken Ellis, which topped the ratings regularly. Wellington also aired a local breakfast show, presented by Lindsay Yeo
Lindsay Yeo
Lindsay Yeo is a New Zealand broadcaster who for some time had his own talkback programme on Newstalk ZB, and continues to make regular relief appearances on the network.-Biography:...
, however this was replaced with the network show in the mid-1990's.
Mornings
The morning slot on Newstalk ZB is primarily news-related talkback, with some interviews with newsmakers and regular guests. Most stations broadcast a talkback programme with host Leighton SmithLeighton Smith (radio)
Leighton Smith is an Australian-born talkback radio host based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is on air, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m...
.
During this timeslot Wellington broadcasts a programme with Sean Plunket
Sean Plunket
Sean Plunket is a New Zealand broadcast journalist and host of Sean Plunket Mornings on Newstalk ZB. He broadcasts Monday to Friday between 8.30am and Midday on 1035AM in Wellington and 89.5FM in Kapiti. He worked as one of two breakfast hosts on Radio New Zealand's weekday Morning Report between...
, and Christchurch broadcasts a local talkback show hosted by Mike Yardley. The Christchurch show, then hosted by Ali Jones, was dropped at the end of 2009 and replaced with the network show. After much complaint from listeners and a major drop in listeners The Radio Network decided to bring back a local show to Christchurch. The new show is hosted by Yardley who had hosted the same show on the station in the past.
Afternoons
During the afternoons, between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm, Danny Watson presents a talkback programme that also includes regular special interest discussions with specialist journalists. Some regions opt out of this show between 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm and instead broadcast The Farming Show, which is produced by TRN's Dunedin studios. These regions are Alexandra, Gisborne, Oamaru, Queenstown, Tokoroa, Wairarapa and Wanaka .Williams Drive
For three hours between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm Larry Williams presents a programme on current affairs. There are brief updates of news, local news, sports, weather and traffic every twenty minutes, with longer news updates every hour. Williams also interviews political editor Barry SoperBarry Soper
Barry Soper is a conservative New Zealand political journalist, and has been featured regularly on radio and television since the 1970s....
, and offers personal commentary on news issues. Between 6pm and 7pm Larry Williams concentrates on Business matters.
Evenings
The evening timeslot on Newstalk ZB is almost entirely dedicated to talkback. Between 7.00 pm and 8.00 pm, Murray DeakerMurray Deaker
Murray "Deaks" Deaker, ONZM, is a New Zealand sports radio and television talk show host, acclaimed sports author and New Zealand icon.He was a former club rugby lock and an opening batsman in club cricket, and prior to working in radio was principal of Takapuna Grammar School. As well as radio he...
, or Willie Lose present an hour of sports-related talkback, known as SportsTalk, simulcast live with Radio Sport
Radio Sport
Radio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio network and the talkback sister network of Newstalk ZB. It has commentary rights for most cricket matches, international and domestic rugby union games, some NRL rugby league games, trans-Tasman basketball and New Zealand tennis tournaments. The network...
. Between 8:00 pm and 12:00 am, the network broadcasts four hours of nationwide talkback, hosted by Kerre Woodham from Monday to Thursday evenings and Bruce Russell on Friday evenings.
Overnight
Every morning the 12:00 to 5.30 am timeslot features talkback on current affairs, music and hourly news, sports and weather updates.At 5.30 a programme called 5.30 Live airs Monday to Friday which talks with the main centre news people. Saturday it is called "Super Sport Saturday". Sundays sees a garage sale
Garage sale
A garage sale, also known as a yard sale, rummage sale, tag sale, lawn sale, attic sale, moving sale, or junk sale, is an informal, irregularly scheduled event for the sale of used goods by private individuals, in which "block sales" are allowed, so that sellers are not required to obtain business...
program where listeners can buy, sell any product.
The 5½ hour programme has a heavy reliance on audience participation. The programme is presented by Bruce Russell on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and is a newsreader for the network Saturday nights during Jim Sutton's Nostalgia; and 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...
does Thursday, Friday & Saturday mornings.
Former bFM
BFM
BFM may refer to: Big Flute Major, Corps of Drums Conductor*Bacterial Flagellar Motor* Burnt Face Man, an ongoing web cartoon by David Firth* Bachelors in Financial Markets* 2BFM, a community radio station in Bankstown, New South Wales...
host Noelle McCarthy was hosting Thursday through Monday mornings in early 2007 following the resignation of James King, but she resigned due to the "hours taking a toll on her health" but many people believe she was pushed because of negative response from the overnight audience. She was replaced by 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...
, who until that point was a regular fill-in host on Newstalk ZB. Previous hosts have included James King
James King
- Politics :*James G. King , American businessman and United States Representative from New Jersey*James King King , British MP for Herefordshire*James A...
who hosted the overnight programme for more than six years until 1 December 2006 when he left to study at Massey University in Wellington; Tim Dower, and Martin Crump, who now works for rival station Radio Live
Radio Live
Radio Live and Radio Live Sport are nationwide Auckland-based New Zealand talkback, news and sports radio networks owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand...
.
Weekends and Holidays
Weekend and public holiday programming on Newstalk ZB is based around lifestyle features, sports coverage and music.Most Newstalk ZB markets air a local sports show on Saturday mornings.
Saturday and Sunday mornings are dominated by discussions on hobbies and personal life
Personal life
Personal life is the course of an individual's life, especially when viewed as the sum of personal choices contributing to one's personal identity. It is a common notion in modern existence—although more so in more prosperous parts of the world such as Western Europe and North America...
. Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes (broadcaster)
Paul Holmes CNZM is a radio and television broadcaster in New Zealand. he hosts Q+A on TV ONE, and the Saturday morning radio show on Newstalk ZB, where for 23 years until December 2008 he hosted the weekday breakfast show, the long-standing number one rating breakfast show...
presents the Saturday Morning Programme between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm on Saturday mornings, and Kerre Woodham presents a similar programme, called Kerre's Cafe, at the same time on Sunday morning, both featuring interviews and sponsored regular guests segments. From 6:00 am till 7:00, 'best of' shows are played with interviews done by morning hosts during the week. Also on Sunday morning, between 7:00 am and 8:00 am, Ruud Kleinpaste
Ruud Kleinpaste
Ruud Kleinpaste . After being schooled back home in The Netherlands, he studied plant sciences at , eventually earning a degree in silviculture...
, presents an hour-long gardening programme.
Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin broadcast 'All Sports Breakfast' shows during 6 am and 9am on Saturday mornings.
Wellington runs its own local show known as "The Great Weekender" between 9:00 am – 12:00 pm on Saturdays, and on Sundays,Wellington has the networked show Kerre's cafe. The show previously hosted by Garry Ward for 26 years. The history of this show dates back to 1983 on Wellington's 2ZB and all this time had been hosted Garry Ward. Garry Ward died suddenly on 17 September 2009.
During Saturday afternoon, between 12:00 pm and 6:00 pm, Willie Lose presents ScoreBoard, a combination of live sports updates and commentary and sports-related talkback. The programme, which is usually simulcast on Radio Sport
Radio Sport
Radio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio network and the talkback sister network of Newstalk ZB. It has commentary rights for most cricket matches, international and domestic rugby union games, some NRL rugby league games, trans-Tasman basketball and New Zealand tennis tournaments. The network...
, includes interviews with major New Zealand sports people. Wellington breaks out for a local Scoreboard show, focusing on local sports issues like the Wellington Phoenix and local club sport updates. For over 40 years, Christchurch also broadcast a Scoreboard show for its region, hosted by Malcolm Ellis for over 15 years, however the Christchurch show was discontinued at the end of 2009 due to cost-cutting by The Radio Network and now takes Lose's show with local breakouts twice an hour. Murray Deaker
Murray Deaker
Murray "Deaks" Deaker, ONZM, is a New Zealand sports radio and television talk show host, acclaimed sports author and New Zealand icon.He was a former club rugby lock and an opening batsman in club cricket, and prior to working in radio was principal of Takapuna Grammar School. As well as radio he...
presents a show for the network on Sunday afternoons with a similar format to Saturday Scoreboard, called Deaker on Sunday
On Saturday evenings, a Nostalgia
Nostalgia
The term nostalgia describes a yearning for the past, often in idealized form.The word is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of , meaning "returning home", a Homeric word, and , meaning "pain, ache"...
programme is hosted by Jim Sutton, showcasing music from yesteryear is aired from 6pm until midnight.
During Sunday evenings, Jim Sutton again hosts a Nostalgia programme, in a condensed two hour format, playing write-in request music. From 8 pm, a feature "real Life' interviews is hosted by John Cowan
John Cowan
John Cowan is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival...
and at 9pm Oliver Driver's Almost Monday which airs in place of Sunday Sunday which Petra Bagust & Pat Brittenden hosted.
On Holiday evenings, either a Nostalgia programme or extended talkback programme is aired.
During the Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
and New Year
New Year
The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....
holiday season, the schedule changes, with a single nationwide breakfast show running from 6 am until 9 am, usually hosted by newsreader and fill-in host Tim Dower or normal drive show presenter Larry Williams, followed by a morning shift from 9am until 1pm and an afternoon shift until 6pm, hosted by overnight presenter Bruce Russell. This is followed by a 6 hour evening shift until midnight, hosted by 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...
. The mornings, afternoon and evening shifts during this time are devoted almost entirely to talkback.
Christchurch Earthquake programming
Following the Christchurch earthquake2010 Canterbury earthquake
The 2010 Canterbury earthquake was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am on local time ....
on 4 September 2010 and the major aftershock on 22 February 2011 programming in Christchurch was greatly affected. After both earthquakes the station broadcast in place of other radio stations in Christchurch operated by The Radio Network, the local studios located in Worcestor Street in Christchurch were evacuated. Local news services in Christchurch were replaced temporarly with the network news feed which mostly contained news stories related to the quake heard by all of New Zealand. Local news readers reported news about the quake for all of New Zealand. The local morning show remained on the air but was broadcast from a temporary location following the first earthquake this was at the Whitebait Studios in Christchurch and after the earthquake in February from a hotel in Christchurch.
Current Hosts
- Mike HoskingMike HoskingMike Hosking is a New Zealand television and radio journalist and presenter. He currently works as the weekly Breakfast host on radio station Newstalk ZB.He has lived and worked as a broadcaster in Wellington, Christchurch and currently, Auckland...
- Susan Wood - Substitute
- Paul HolmesPaul Holmes (broadcaster)Paul Holmes CNZM is a radio and television broadcaster in New Zealand. he hosts Q+A on TV ONE, and the Saturday morning radio show on Newstalk ZB, where for 23 years until December 2008 he hosted the weekday breakfast show, the long-standing number one rating breakfast show...
- Kerre Woodham
- Pat BrittendenPat BrittendenPat 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...
- Overnights, Sunday Nights - Bruce Russell - Overnights
- Leighton SmithLeighton Smith (radio)Leighton Smith is an Australian-born talkback radio host based in Auckland, New Zealand. He is on air, Monday to Friday, between 8:30 a.m...
- Danny Watson
- Larry WilliamsLarry WilliamsLarry Williams was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana...
- Ruud KleinpasteRuud KleinpasteRuud Kleinpaste . After being schooled back home in The Netherlands, he studied plant sciences at , eventually earning a degree in silviculture...
- Jim SuttonJim SuttonJames Robert Sutton, CNZM , generally known as Jim Sutton, was a New Zealand politician from 1984–1990 and from 1993–2006. He has held a range of ministerial portfolios including Agriculture, Forestry, Rural Affairs, Biosecurity, and Trade Negotiations.-Biography:Sutton was born in...
- Wendyl Nissen - Substitute
- Tim Dower - Substitute
- Willie Lose
- Peter MontgomeryPeter MontgomeryPeter Lawrence Montgomery is an American mathematician who has published widely in the more mathematical end of the field of cryptography. He is currently a researcher in the cryptography group at Microsoft Research....
- John CowanJohn CowanJohn Cowan is an American soul music and progressive bluegrass vocalist and bass guitar player. He was the lead vocalist and bass player for the New Grass Revival...
- Murray DeakerMurray DeakerMurray "Deaks" Deaker, ONZM, is a New Zealand sports radio and television talk show host, acclaimed sports author and New Zealand icon.He was a former club rugby lock and an opening batsman in club cricket, and prior to working in radio was principal of Takapuna Grammar School. As well as radio he...
- Craig Lord - Overnight Substitute
- Peter Wolfkamp - Overnight Substitute
- Gary Denvir - Overnight Substitute
- Andrew Dickens - Substitute
- Sam Bloore - Overnight Substitute
- Tim Roxborogh - Overnight Substitute
Former Hosts
- Oliver DriverOliver DriverOliver Driver is a New Zealand actor, director, broadcaster and television presenter.-Television:Driver was the host of Let's Be Frank, and the Creative Director of New Zealand's only alternative music television station, ALT TV, The channel is now no longer on air...
- Almost Monday - Chris Carter - Afternoons
- James King - Overnights
- Nick Robinson - Substitute (Last broadcast on Wed 29 December 2010 at 00:00)
- Noelle McCarthy - Overnights
- Petra BagustPetra BagustPetra Bagust is a New Zealand television presenter, well known as host of New Zealand program What's Really in Our...? and previously What's Really in Our Food?, which first aired on TV3 in June 2008.Bagust is currently co-presenting TVNZ's Breakfast....
- Sunday Sunday, now on TVNZ's Breakfast - Tony VeitchTony VeitchTony Colin Veitch is a prominent New Zealand reporter and sports broadcaster. He hosted a Radio Sport breakfast show and Television New Zealand's ONE News 6pm sports news until mid-2008....
- now on Radio SportRadio SportRadio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio network and the talkback sister network of Newstalk ZB. It has commentary rights for most cricket matches, international and domestic rugby union games, some NRL rugby league games, trans-Tasman basketball and New Zealand tennis tournaments. The network... - John PeacheyJohn PeacheyJohn Peachey is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Born in Cambridge, Peachey made 164 appearances in the Football League for York City, Barnsley, Darlington and Plymouth Argyle....
- Substitute - Alf Rose - Overnight
Management
The manager of Newstalk ZB is Dallas Gurney. He is also the manager of sister station Radio SportRadio Sport
Radio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio network and the talkback sister network of Newstalk ZB. It has commentary rights for most cricket matches, international and domestic rugby union games, some NRL rugby league games, trans-Tasman basketball and New Zealand tennis tournaments. The network...
and so as such is editor-in-chief of news and sport for The Radio Network.
Newstalk ZB News Centre
Newstalk ZB operates one of the largest news operations in New Zealand, with over 50 newsreaders, reporters and editors nationwide. The four main news hubs are in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Parliament, along with regional newsrooms in Whangarei, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupo, New Plymouth, Napier, Palmerston North, Nelson, Dunedin and Invercargill.The Auckland news centre produces live bulletins for the national Newstalk ZB network, as well as local Auckland bulletins at breakfast time. Welington and Christchurch both broadcast live local news bulletins during the breakfast show. The remainder of Newstalk ZB's markets air the live network bulletins, however the regional newsrooms around the country provide each station with local news segmants during the breakfast show.
Network weekday newsreaders include Bernadine Oliver-Kerby (Breakfast), Malcolm Jordan (Mornings), Niva Retimanu (Afternoons), Gary Fox (Evenings/Overnights). Weekend and fill-in newsreaders include Andrew Scott, Joe Gilfillan, Tim Dower, Bruce Russell, Barry Holland, Eric Young and Freda Wylie. Sports newsreaders include Matt Brown, Rikki Swannell, Andrew Alderson, Tony Veitch, Brenton Vannissleroy, Tim Evans and Andy Rowe.
The Newstalk ZB Affiliates Unit is based in the Auckland newsroom, and records a variety of hourly bulletins for other stations of 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...
and sells its bulletins to a number of external clients. Lucy Walker and Barry Holland present these bulletins during weekday mornings, with Gary Fox presenting drivetime bulletins. At all other times the main Newstalk ZB Network newsreader also records the Affiliates bulletins. On the internet, The Affiliates Unit also provides a continuously-updated wire service of text articles and streaming audio of Newstalk ZB's stories for websites such as XtraMSN, TelstraClear, NZ City and the New Zealand Rugby Union.
Newstalk ZB also supplies a news wire service to Prime TV, Sky TV and TVNZ.
Timesaver Traffic
Newstalk ZB also operates its own Timesaver Traffic Centre, which produces and records traffic information to all stations in The Radio NetworkThe 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...
. The centre in Auckland records reports for 6 different areas around the country - Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. All of The Radio Network's stations in these markets air these reports every 15 minutes during peak times(breakfast & drive), with Newstalk ZB and 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...
airing reports hourly right throughout the day and weekends.
During weekends and public holidays, the Timesaver Traffic Team also record a 30-second "Weatherwatch" forecast for each of TRN's 26 markets across the country. Some markets choose to use these tracks for the local Newstalk ZB forecast, and other stations such as Easy Mix and Radio Sport
Radio Sport
Radio Sport is a New Zealand sports radio network and the talkback sister network of Newstalk ZB. It has commentary rights for most cricket matches, international and domestic rugby union games, some NRL rugby league games, trans-Tasman basketball and New Zealand tennis tournaments. The network...
use these forecasts and network them by satellite to play simultaneously in each market on the station.
Frequencies
- KaitaiaKaitaiaKaitaia is a town in the far north region of New Zealand, at the base of the Aupouri Peninsula which is about 160 km northwest of Whangarei. It is the last major settlement on the main road north to the capes and bays on the peninsula...
- 1026 AM - KaikoheKaikoheKaikohe is the central service area for the Far North District of New Zealand, about 260 km from Auckland, situated on State Highway 12 at...
- 1215 AM - 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...
- 1026 AM - 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...
- 89.4 FM, 1080 AM - 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...
- 97 FM, 1296 AM - TokoroaTokoroaTokoroa is the third-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato district. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the Mamaku Ranges, it is mid-way between Taupo and Hamilton on State Highway One...
- 1413 AM - 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...
- 90.2 FM, 1008 AM - 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...
- 747 AM - 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...
- 945 AM - 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....
- 96.0 FM - New PlymouthNew PlymouthNew Plymouth is the major city of the Taranaki Region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after Plymouth, Devon, England, from where the first English settlers migrated....
- 1053 AM - StratfordStratford, New ZealandStratford is the only town in the central Taranaki district of Stratford District, New Zealand. It lies beneath the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki/Egmont, approximately half-way between New Plymouth and Hawera, near the geographic centre of the Taranaki region. The town has a population of...
/HaweraHaweraHawera is the second-largest town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight, 75 kilometres south of New Plymouth on State Highway 3 and 20 minutes' drive from Mount Taranaki/Egmont.It is also on State Highway 45,...
- 96.4 FM - Hawke's BayHawke's BayHawke'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:...
- 90.3 FM, 1278 AM - 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....
- 1197 AM - Manawatu - 100.2 FM, 927 AM
- 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...
- 846 AM - 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...
- 89.5 FM - WellingtonWellingtonWellington 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...
- 89.3FM, 1035 AM - 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...
- 92.1 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....
- 1341 AM - 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...
- 1287 AM - Reefton - 1521 AM
- 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...
- 98.7 FM - ChristchurchChristchurchChristchurch 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...
- 100.1FM, 1098 AM - 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...
- 873 AM - TimaruTimaruTimaruUrban AreaPopulation:27,200Extent:Former Timaru City CouncilTerritorial AuthorityName:Timaru District CouncilPopulation:42,867 Land area:2,736.54 km² Mayor:Janie AnnearWebsite:...
- 1152 AM - 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...
- 1395 AM - 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...
- 1044 AM - AlexandraAlexandra, New ZealandAlexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Clutha River , on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell.At the time of the 2006 census, the permanent population was 4,827, an...
- 95.1 FM - QueenstownQueenstown, New ZealandQueenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long thin Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has spectacular views of nearby mountains....
- 89.6 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...
- 90.6 FM - SouthlandSouthland RegionSouthland 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...
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