The Cheese is a LPFM

Low-power broadcasting

Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...

 (Low Power FM) radio station which broadcasts from Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

, a region close to 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...

 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...

. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day. The Cheese is licenced with APRA

Australasian Performing Right Association

The Australasian Performing Right Association is a copyright collective representing New Zealand and Australian composers, lyricists and music publishers. The association's head offices located in Sydney Australia, and it has branch offices in Auckland, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth...

 and PPNZ

PPNZ

PPNZ Music Licensing is a not-for-profit company established in 1957 to administer the performance & broadcast rights of local and international recording artists, labels, producers and distributors within the New Zealand territory....

in New Zealand for music broadcasting rights and operates under the NZ laws governing LPFM transmission.

History

The Cheese commenced broadcasting on Saturday July 1, 2006.

The station can be heard in Lower Hutt on 87.9 MHz FM with simulcasting via their website www.thecheese.co.nz. Subscribers to TelstraClear can hear The Cheese on channel 511.