List of radio stations in Otago

This is a list of radio stations in Otago in New Zealand.

Dunedin stations

The following stations can be heard on the Eastern side of Otago primarily serving Dunedin City with many stations able to be received in other areas including Balclutha and Palmerston.

Frequency^[1]	Station^[2]	Format^[3]	Location/transmitter^[3]	Effective power (kW)	Airdate^[4]	Previous station on frequency.
88.6 FM	ZM	Contemporary hit radio	Mount Cargill	8	2019	2013 - 2019: Flava moved to 106.2
89.4 FM	The Hits 89.4 (previously Classic Hits 89.4, ZBFM, 4ZB)	Adult contemporary music	Mount Cargill	16	1993
90.2 FM	The Sound (previously Solid Gold)	Classic rock	Mount Cargill	8	1999	1997: Radio Dunedin, 1997 - 1999: Lite FM
91.0 FM	Radio One	Student radio	Mount Cargill	2.5	1984
91.8 FM	The Edge	Contemporary hit radio	Mount Cargill	100	1999
92.6 FM	RNZ Concert	Classical music	Mount Cargill	32	1990
93.4 FM	The Rock	Active rock	Mount Cargill	8	1999	1992 - 1997: 93Rox, 1997 - 1999: C93FM
94.2 FM	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Mount Cargill	1	2007
95.0 FM	Tahu FM	Urban contemporary & Iwi radio	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	3.2	2000
95.4 FM	Radio Dunedin	Oldies & Classic hits	Saddle Hill	0.32	2015	Mosgiel FM, 4XO & More FM Relay
95.8 FM	Radio Hauraki	Active rock	Mount Cargill	16	2019	1996 - 2019: ZM moved to 88.6
96.2 FM	The Hits	Adult contemporary music	Abbotsford	0.025
96.6 FM	George FM	Dance music	Mount Cargill	40	31 March 2023	1992 - 2005: Radio Pacific; 2005 - 2019: Radio Live; 2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
97.4 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mount Cargill	40	1990	4XO
98.2 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Mount Cargill	40	2004	1997 - 2004 98 More FM
99.0 FM	RNZ Concert	Classical music	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	0.4
99.4 FM	RNZ Concert	Classical music	Saddle Hill	0.08
99.8 FM	Magic	Oldies	Mount Cargill	2.5	2015	2008 - 2015 Radio Dunedin
100.6 FM	channel X	90s Pop music	Mount Cargill	8	05/2023	2018-2023 More FM High School Hits 2015-2017 George FM Mai FM prior to 2015
101.4 FM	RNZ National	Public radio	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	8	2004
103.8 FM	PMN 531pi	Urban contemporary	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	6.3	Jan 2019	2002 - Jan 2019: Niu FM
104.6 FM	Coast	Easy listening	Mount Cargill	8	2015 (FM frequency)
105.4 FM	Otago Access Radio (previously Toroa Radio, Hills AM)	Access Radio	Mount Cargill	8	1990
106.2 FM	Flava	Urban contemporary	Mount Cargill	8	2019	2009 - 2019: Radio Hauraki moved to 95.8
621 AM	Rhema	Christian radio	Three Mile Hill	16	1980s
693 AM	Gold Sport	Classic hits & Sports radio	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	16	01/07/2020	1998 - 30/03/2020: Radio Sport, Sports Roundup 30/03 - 30/06/2020: Newstalk ZB
810 AM	RNZ National	Public radio	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	63		previously 4YA that also broadcast on 650, 790^[5] and 780kHz prior to Nov 1978
900 AM	Star/AM Network	Christian radio/Legislature	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	32		4YC Concert Programme/Sports Roundup
954 AM	Coast	Easy listening	Centre Road	3.2	2004	2003 - 2004: Easy listening i
1044 AM	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	32	1994	1937 - 1994: 4ZB (4ZB previously broadcast on 1080, 1050^[5] and 1040kHz prior to Nov 1978), ZBFM
1125 AM	Radio Hauraki	Active rock	Centre Road	3.2	2003	1995 - 2003: Classic Hits ZBFM
1206 AM	SENZ	Sports radio	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	6.3	19/07/2021	1971 - 2005: 4XO, More FM 2005 - 2007: Radio Pacific/Trackside 2007 - 2010: BSport/Radio Trackside 2010 - 2015: LiveSport/Radio Trackside 2015 - 2020: TAB Trackside
1305 AM	Radio Dunedin	Oldies & Classic hits	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	6.3	1922	Original frequency was 1430AM
1377 AM	Star	Christian radio	Three Mile Hill	3.2	2009	The Word
1575 AM	Otago Access Radio (previously Hills AM, Toroa Radio)	Access radio	Centre Road	2.5	1990

Dunedin LPFM stations

The following stations can be heard in Dunedin.

Frequency^[1]	Station^[2]	Location^[3]	Format^[3]	Airdate^[4]	Previous station on frequency / Notes.
87.6 FM		Dunedin			Flava on 106.2 FM
87.6 FM		Mosgiel			Star
87.7 FM	Country Radio (previously Country Radio 88.7 until 2012)^[6]	Dunedin South	LPFM Classic country	2005
87.9 FM	MIX FM	Dunedin	LPFM
88.1 FM	The Studio	Dunedin	LPFM Commercial-free
88.2 FM	Classic Gold FM	Mosgiel	LPFM
88.3 FM	Critical Analysis Broadcasting	Dunedin North	LPFM
106.7 FM	Radio Dunedin	ASB Building CBD	Oldies & Classic hits	2015	George FM (LPFM)
106.9 FM	More FM	Mosgiel	Adult contemporary music
107.3 FM	Total FM^[7]	Dunedin	LPFM Adult Contemporary	2012
107.5 FM	XS80s^[8]	Dunedin	LPFM 1980s music	2017
107.7 FM	ENERGY / NRG FM	Dunedin	DJ - Dance Club /Party /Top 40	2015	LPFM

North and East Otago

The following stations can be heard in North and East Otago including Oamaru and Palmerston.

Frequency^[1]	Station^[2]	Format^[3]	Location^[3]	Effective power (kW)	Airdate^[4]	Previous station on frequency.
88.3 FM	Heritage Radio^[9]	LPFM	Oamaru
88.4 FM	RockaBilly Radio	LPFM	Oamaru South
88.8 FM	Brian FM	Adult hits	Oamaru Cape Wanbrow	0.63
89.6 FM	SENZ	Sports radio	Cape Wanbrow	0.5	19/07/2021	TAB Trackside
90.1 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Otematata	0.05	28/04/2018	The Edge
91.2 FM	Oamaru FM	Classic hits/Adult contemporary music	Cape Wanbrow	0.63	2020
94.4 FM	Magic	Classic hits	Cape Wanbrow	0.63
94.9 FM	Choice FM^[10]	Community radio	Otematata	0.05	2023
95.2 FM	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Cape Wanbrow	0.63
96.0 FM	The Edge	Pop Music	Cape Wanbrow	0.8	2002	1994 - 1999: Whitestone FM 1999 - 2002: Solid Gold
96.8 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Kurow Station Peak	0.8	28/04/2018
97.6 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Cape Wanbrow	0.63	2018	2016 - March 2018: XS80s
98.1 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Otematata	0.05	28/04/2018	Port FM, 92.7 FM
98.4 FM	The Hits	Adult contemporary music	Cape Wanbrow	0.5		Classic Hits Radio Waitaki
99.2 FM	The Sound	Classic rock	Cape Wanbrow	0.8	2002	Solid Gold
100.0 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Cape Wanbrow	0.8	28/04/2018	Port FM, Whitestone FM, Solid Gold FM
100.8 FM	Channel X	Classic alternative	Cape Wanbrow	0.8	08/05/2023	Radio Live; 2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
104.0 FM	Real 104FM^[11]	Adult Contemporary music	Cape Wanbrow	0.63	2016
104.8 FM	The Rock	Active rock	Cape Wanbrow	0.8
105.6 FM	The Sound	Classic rock	Kurow Station Peak	0.8
106.1 FM	Brian FM	Adult hits	Otematata	0.05	2023
106.4 FM	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Cape Wanbrow	0.63
106.7 FM	Generation FM	LPFM	Oamaru
107.0 FM	Heritage Radio^[9]	LPFM	Oamaru
756 AM	Puketapu Radio Caroline	Community radio	Palmerston	1.0	1990s
1395 AM	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Oamaru Weston	6.3	2001	1980 - 2001: Radio Waitaki

South and West Otago

The following stations can be heard in South Otago including Balclutha and Milton. Many Dunedin stations can also be received in this area.

Frequency^[1]	Station^[2]	Format^[3]	Location (transmitter)^[3]	Effective power (kW)	Airdate^[4]	Previous station on frequency.
88.3 FM	Hokonui	LPFM	Balclutha			Radio Clutha
88.3 FM	Rhema	LPFM Christian radio	Clinton
88.9 FM	Star	Christian radio	Balclutha (Mount Stuart)	1.6
91.3 FM	Hokonui	Adult contemporary music	Balclutha (Mount Stuart)	1.6		Radio Clutha
92.1 FM	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Balclutha (Mount Stuart)	1.6
92.9 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Balclutha (Radio Otago)	0.16	1992	Big River Radio
93.7 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Balclutha (Kuriwao)	1.6		Big River Radio
96.1 FM	Rhema	Christian radio	Balclutha (Mount Stuart)	1.6

Central Otago

The following stations can be heard in the Central Otago area and Queenstown.

Queenstown

Frequency	Station	Format	Location (transmitter)	Effective power (kW)	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
88.1 FM	The Studio FM	Underground music LPFM	Peninsula Hill
88.4 FM	The Zone FM	Alternative rock LPFM	Peninsula Hill
88.8 FM	ZM	Contemporary hit radio	Peninsula Hill	1.25
89.6 FM	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Peninsula Hill	0.8
90.4 FM	The Hits Southern Lakes (formerly Classic Hits)	Adult contemporary music	Peninsula Hill	0.8	2005	1996 - 2005: Next FM, Ice FM
91.2 FM	Channel X	Classic alternative	Peninsula Hill	0.8	08/05/2023	2005-2019: Radio Live; 2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
92.0 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Peninsula Hill	2	2009	1990s - 2006: Q92FM 2006 - 2009: Q92 The Breeze (The Breeze and More FM swapped frequencies)
92.8 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Greengates
93.6 FM	SENZ	Sports radio	Peninsula Hill	0.8	19/07/2021	TAB Trackside
94.4 FM	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Peninsula Hill	0.8
95.2 FM	The Edge	Contemporary hit radio	Peninsula Hill	0.8	2000
96.0 FM	Radio Central^[12]	Community radio	Peninsula Hill	0.8	2020	Ice FM, Next FM
96.8 FM	George FM	Dance music	Peninsula Hill	0.63
97.6 FM	The Sound (formerly Solid Gold)	Classic rock	Peninsula Hill	0.8	2000
98.4 FM	RNZ Concert (formerly Concert FM)	Classical music	Peninsula Hill	1.25
99.2 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Peninsula Hill	1.25	2009	1990s - 2004: Resort Radio 2004 - 2009: More FM (The Breeze and More FM swapped frequencies)
100.0 FM	The Rock	Active rock	Peninsula Hill	1.25	2000
101.6 FM	RNZ National (formerly National Radio)	Public broadcasting	Peninsula Hill	0.8	2004
104.0 FM	Magic	Oldies	Peninsula Hill	1.25
107.0 FM	Star	Christian radio LPFM	Queenstown
1134 AM	ceased April 2019	Public broadcasting	Kelvin Heights			1970's - 2019: RNZ National (formerly National Radio), 4ZB

Alexandra, Cromwell, and Clutha Valley

Frequency	Station	Format	Location (transmitter)	Effective power (kW)	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
87.6 FM	Star	Christian radio LPFM	Cromwell Kawarau Gorge Rd
88.0 FM	Radio Central	Community Radio	Millers Flat		2019
88.0 FM	Classic Gold	LPFM	Clyde		2019
88.3 FM	Absolute Live FM	Adult contemporary music LPFM	Alexandra		2020
88.7 FM	The Edge	Contemporary hit radio	Alexandra (Obelisk)	1.6
89.5 FM	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Cromwell (Kawarau Gorge Rd)	0.1
90.3 FM	More FM (formerly Radio Central)	Adult contemporary music	Alexandra (Obelisk)	2.5	1995
91.1 FM	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Cromwell (Kawarau Gorge Rd)	0.008
91.9 FM	Radio Central^[12]	Community radio	Alexandra (Cromwell Gorge)	0.8	2018	Local Radio Central 2015-2018 Blue Skies FM 2001-2005 Ice FM 1996-2001
91.9 FM	Radio Central^[12]	Community radio	Cromwell (Kawarau Gorge Rd)	0.1	2018	Local Radio Central 2015-2018
92.7 FM	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Alexandra (Cromwell Gorge)	1.6
93.5 FM	The Sound	Classic rock	Alexandra (Obelisk)	0.5
94.3 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Cromwell (Kawarau Gorge Rd)	0.1	1980s
94.3 FM	Radio Central^[12]	Community radio	Teviot Valley		2018	TVFM
95.1 FM	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Alexandra (Obelisk)	1.6
95.9 FM	Magic	Oldies	Alexandra (Obelisk)	0.5	11/04/2023	Radio Live; 2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
96.7 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Alexandra (Obelisk)	1.6		Q92FM 1990s-2005 Blue Skies FM 2005-2008
97.5 FM	RNZ Concert (formerly Concert FM)	Classical music	Alexandra (Obelisk)	1.6	1990
98.3 FM	The Rock	Active rock	Alexandra (Obelisk)	0.63	2008	2004 - 2008: The Edge
99.1 FM	Radio Wanaka	Adult contemporary music	Cromwell (Barry Ave)	0.05
99.9 FM	The Hits Southern Lakes	Adult contemporary music	Alexandra (Obelisk)	1.6	2005	1996 - 2001 Ice FM 2001 - 2005 Blue Skies FM
100.7 FM	Star	Christian radio	Alexandra (Cromwell Gorge)	1.6
101.5 FM	RNZ National	Public radio	Alexandra (Obelisk)	0.63
103.9 FM	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Alexandra (Cromwell Gorge)	1.6
104.7 FM	SENZ	Sports radio	Alexandra (Obelisk)	0.5	19/07/2021	TAB Trackside
105.5 FM	Brian FM^[13]	Adult hits	Alexandra (Cromwell Gorge)	1.6
105.5 FM	Brian FM	Adult hits	Cromwell (Kawarau Gorge Rd)	0.1
106.7 FM	XS80s	1980s music LPFM	Alexandra		2017
107.3 FM	Classic Gold^[14]	LPFM	Alexandra
531 AM	ceased		Springvale			More FM^[15] ceased during last quarter 2022
639 AM	ceased April 2019		Springvale		1970s	1970's - 2019: RNZ National (formerly National Radio), 4ZB

Wānaka and Hāwea

Frequency	Station	Format	Location (transmitter)	Effective power (kW)	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
87.6 FM	Star	Christian radio LPFM	Wānaka
89.0 FM	Rhema	Christian radio	Hillend	0.5
89.8 FM	The Rock	Active rock	Mt Maude	0.5
90.6 FM	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Mt Maude	0.5
91.4 FM	Brian FM	Adult contemporary/Classic rock	Hillend	0.5	March 2020
92.2 FM	Radio Wanaka^[16]^[17]^[18]	Adult contemporary	Hillend	0.5
93.0 FM	Vacant		Mt Maude	0.25		Bayrock
93.8 FM	The Sound	Classic rock	Mt Maude	0.5
94.6 FM	Coast	Easy listening	Hillend	0.5		Roy FM
95.4 FM	RNZ Concert	Classical music	Mt Maude	0.5
96.2 FM	The Hits Southern Lakes	Adult contemporary music	Mt Maude	0.5	1990s	2003 The Fusion 96.2FM
97.0 FM	Radio Hauraki	Active rock/Alternative	Hillend	0.5	9/05/2022	Radio Wanaka, Wanaka Rox
97.8 FM	The Breeze	Easy listening	Mt Maude	0.5
98.6 FM	The Edge	Contemporary hit radio	Mt Maude	0.5
99.4 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Mt Maude	0.5
100.2 FM	ZM	Contemporary hit radio	Mt Maude	0.5
101.0 FM	RNZ National	Public radio	Mt Maude	0.8
103.4 FM	XS80s^[19]	1980s music	Aubrey Rd		2016
104.2 FM	Gold	Greatest hits	Hillend	0.5	9/05/2022	Roy FM
105.0 FM	Life FM	Contemporary Christian music	Hillend	0.5
106.8 FM	SENZ	Sports radio	Wānaka		19/07/2021	TAB Trackside until 12/04/2020
107.3 FM	Base FM^[20]	Underground music LPFM	Wānaka
107.7 FM	Radio Hāwea	LPFM	Lake Hāwea		2015

Maniototo and Waitaki Valley

Frequency	Station	Format	Location (transmitter)	Effective power (kW)	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
89.5 FM	The Hawk FM^[21]		Omakau (Racecourse Road)	0.1	2020
97.1 FM	More FM	Adult contemporary music	Little Mt Ida	0.63	Nov 2022
104.3 FM	Vacant	Community Radio	Little Mt Ida			The Hawk FM (merged with Radio Central), 2018-2022 Radio Central^[12]
729 AM	Burn Radio^[22]	Community Radio	Ranfurly AMBC

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[11] "Real 104FM".

[RCent-12] "Radio Central Frequencies". Archived from the original on 15 June 2020.

[13] Brian FM

[14] Classic Gold

[15] RHF NZ Radio Guide

[16] Cook, Marjorie (2 October 2008). "Radio reaching isolated township". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[17] Johnston, Cris (7 April 2009). "Wanaka radio host broadcasts apology". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[18] "Radio arrives kicking and screaming at Makarora". The Southland Times. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[19] XS80s

[20] Base FM

[21] The Hawk FM

[22] Burn Radio

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