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]	Location[3]	Format[3]	Airdate[4]	Previous station on frequency.
88.6 FM	ZM	Mount Cargill	Hit music	2019	2013 - 2019: Flava moved to 106.2
89.4 FM	The Hits 89.4 (previously Classic Hits 89.4, ZBFM, 4ZB)	Mount Cargill	Adult contemporary	1993
90.2 FM	The Sound (previously Solid Gold)	Mount Cargill	Classic rock	1999	1997: Radio Dunedin, 1997 - 1999: Lite FM
91.0 FM	Radio One	Mount Cargill	Student radio	1984
91.8 FM	The Edge	Mount Cargill	Pop music	1999
92.6 FM	RNZ Concert	Mount Cargill	Classical music	1990
93.4 FM	The Rock	Mount Cargill	Active rock	1999	1992 - 1997: 93Rox, 1997 - 1999: C93FM
94.2 FM	Life FM	Mount Cargill	Contemporary Christian music	2007
95.0 FM	Tahu FM	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Urban contemporary	2000
95.4 FM	Radio Dunedin	Saddle Hill	Easy listening	2015	Mosgiel FM, 4XO & More FM Relay
95.8 FM	Radio Hauraki	Mount Cargill	Active rock	2019	1996 - 2019: ZM moved to 88.6
96.2 FM	The Hits	Abbotsford	Adult contemporary
96.6 FM	Magic Talk	Mount Cargill	Talk radio	1992	Radio Live, Radio Pacific
97.4 FM	More FM	Mount Cargill	Adult contemporary	1990	4XO
98.2 FM	The Breeze	Mount Cargill	Easy listening	2004	1997 - 2004 98 More FM
99.0 FM	RNZ Concert	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Classical music
99.4 FM	RNZ Concert	Saddle Hill	Classical music
99.8 FM	Magic Music	Mount Cargill	Classic hits	2015	2008 - 2015 Radio Dunedin
100.6 FM	More FM	Mount Cargill	Adult contemporary	2018	2015-2017 George FM / Mai FM prior to 2015
101.4 FM	RNZ National	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Public radio	2004
103.8 FM	Niu FM	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Urban contemporary	2002
104.6 FM	Coast	Mount Cargill	Oldies	2015 (FM Frequency)
105.4 FM	Otago Access Radio (previously Toroa Radio, Hills AM)	Mount Cargill	Access Radio	1990
106.2 FM	Flava	Mount Cargill	Urban Contemporary	2019	2009 - 2019: Radio Hauraki moved to 95.8
621 AM	Radio Rhema	Dunedin	Christian radio	1980s
693 AM	Gold AM[5][6]	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Greatest hits & Sports radio	01/07/2020	1998 - 30/03/2020: Radio Sport, Sports Roundup 30/03 - 30/06/2020: Newstalk ZB
810 AM	RNZ National	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Public radio		previously 4YA that also broadcast on 650, 790[7] and 780kHz prior to Nov 1978
900 AM	Southern Star/AM Network	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Christian radio/Legislature		4YC Concert Programme/Sports Roundup
954 AM	Coast	Centre Road	Oldies	2004	2003 - 2004: Easy listening i
1044 AM	Newstalk ZB	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Talk radio	1994	1937 - 1994: 4ZB (4ZB previously broadcast on 1080, 1050[7] and 1040kHz prior to Nov 1978), ZBFM
1125 AM	Radio Hauraki	Centre Road	Active rock	2003	1995 - 2003: Classic Hits ZBFM
1206 AM	Vacant	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula			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	Highcliff, Otago Peninsula	Easy listening	1922	Original frequency was 1430AM
1377 AM	Southern Star	Dunedin	Christian radio	2009	The Word
1575 AM	Otago Access Radio (previously Hills AM, Toroa Radio)	Centre Road	Access Radio	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)[8]	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	2015	George FM (LPFM)
106.9 FM	More FM	Mosgiel	Adult contemporary
107.0 FM		Mosgiel			Star
107.1 FM	George FM	ASB Building CBD	Dance Music	Dec 2017	Began when More FM (Wellington breakfast show + network programming) took over 100.6
107.3 FM	Total FM[9]	Dunedin	LPFM Adult Contemporary	2012
107.5 FM	XS80s[10]	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]	Location[3]	Format[3]	Airdate[4]	Previous station on frequency.
88.3 FM	Heritage Radio[11]	Oamaru	LPFM
88.4 FM	RockaBilly Radio	Oamaru South	LPFM
88.8 FM	Brian FM	Oamaru	Adult contemporary/Classic rock
89.6 FM	Vacant	Oamaru			TAB Trackside
90.1 FM	The Breeze	Otematata	Pop music	28/04/2018	The Edge
91.2 FM	Oamaru FM	Cape Wanbrow	Classic hits/Adult contemporary music	2020
94.4 FM	Magic	Oamaru	Classic hits
95.2 FM	Life FM	Oamaru	Contemporary Christian music
96.0 FM	The Edge	Oamaru	Pop Music	2002	1994 - 1999: Whitestone FM 1999 - 2002: Solid Gold
96.8 FM	More FM	Kurow	Adult hits	28/04/2018
97.6 FM	The Breeze	Oamaru	Easy Listening	2018	2016 - March 2018: XS80s
98.1 FM	More FM	Otematata	Adult hits	28/04/2018	Port FM, 92.7 FM
98.4 FM	The Hits (previously Classic Hits Radio Waitaki)	Oamaru	Adult contemporary music
99.2 FM	The Sound (previously Solid Gold)	Oamaru	Classic rock	2002
100.0 FM	More FM	Oamaru	Adult hits	28/04/2018	Port FM, Whitestone FM, Solid Gold FM
100.8 FM	Magic Talk	Oamaru	Talk radio	2019	Radio Live
104.0 FM	Real Radio 104 (real good, feel good radio)	Oamaru	Adult Contemporary music	2016
104.8 FM	The Rock	Oamaru	Active rock
105.6 FM	The Sound	Kurow	Classic rock
106.4 FM	Radio Rhema	Oamaru	Christian radio
106.7 FM	Generation FM	Oamaru	LPFM
107.0 FM	Heritage Radio[11]	Oamaru	LPFM
756 AM	Puketapu Radio Caroline	Palmerston	Community radio	1990s
1395 AM	Newstalk ZB	Oamaru	Talk radio	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]	Location[3]	Format[3]	Airdate[4]	Previous station on frequency.
88.3 FM	Hokonui	Balclutha	LPFM		Radio Clutha
88.3 FM	Rhema	Clinton	LPFM Christian radio
88.9 FM	Star	Balclutha	Christian radio
91.3 FM	Hokonui	Balclutha	Adult contemporary music		Radio Clutha
92.1 FM	Life FM	Balclutha	Contemporary Christian music
92.9 FM	More FM	Balclutha	Adult contemporary music	1992	Big River Radio
93.7 FM	More FM	Balclutha	Adult contemporary music		Big River Radio
96.1 FM	Rhema	Balclutha	Christian radio
100.1 FM	XS80s	Balclutha	1980s music	2017
1440 AM	GoldRush1440[12]	Lawrence Evans Flat		Oct 2003

Central Otago

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

Queenstown

Frequency	Station	Location	Format	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
88.1 FM	The Studio FM	Peninsula Hill	underground music LPFM
88.4 FM	The Zone FM	Peninsula Hill	alternative music LPFM
88.8 FM	ZM	Peninsula Hill	Hit music
89.6 FM	Newstalk ZB	Peninsula Hill	Talk radio
90.4 FM	The Hits Southern Lakes (formerly Classic Hits)	Peninsula Hill	Adult contemporary	2005	1996 - 2005: Next FM, Ice FM
91.2 FM	Magic Talk	Peninsula Hill	Talk radio	2019	2005-2019: Radio Live
92.0 FM	More FM	Peninsula Hill	Adult Contemporary	2009	1990s - 2006: Q92FM 2006 - 2009: Q92 The Breeze (The Breeze and More FM swapped frequencies)
92.8 FM	More FM	Greengates	Adult contemporary
93.6 FM	Vacant	Peninsula Hill			TAB Trackside
94.4 FM	Radio Rhema	Peninsula Hill	Christian radio
95.2 FM	The Edge	Peninsula Hill	Pop Music	2000
96.0 FM	Radio Central[13]	Peninsula Hill	Community radio	2020	Ice FM, Next FM
96.8 FM	George FM	Peninsula Hill	Dance
97.6 FM	The Sound (formerly Solid Gold)	Peninsula Hill	Classic rock	2000
98.4 FM	RNZ Concert (formerly Concert FM)	Peninsula Hill	Classical music
99.2 FM	The Breeze	Peninsula Hill	Easy Listening	2009	1990s - 2004: Resort Radio 2004 - 2009: More FM (The Breeze and More FM swapped frequencies)
100.0 FM	The Rock	Peninsula Hill	Rock music	2000
101.6 FM	RNZ National (formerly National Radio)	Peninsula Hill	Public broadcasting	2004
104.0 FM	Magic	Peninsula Hill	Classic hits
107.0 FM	Star	Queenstown	Christian radio LPFM
1134 AM	ceased April 2019	Kelvin Heights	Public broadcasting		1970's - 2019: RNZ National (formerly National Radio), 4ZB

Alexandra, Cromwell, and Clutha Valley

Frequency	Station	Location	Format	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
87.6 FM	Star	Cromwell Gorge	Christian radio LPFM
88.0 FM	Radio Central	Millers Flat	Community Radio	2019
88.0 FM	Classic Gold	Clyde	LPFM	2019
88.3 FM	Absolute Live FM	Alexandra	Adult contempoary LPFM	2020
88.7 FM	The Edge	Obelisk	Pop music
89.5 FM	Radio Rhema	Cromwell Kawarau Gorge Rd	Christian radio
90.3 FM	More FM (formerly Radio Central)	Obelisk	Adult contemporary	1995
91.1 FM	Life FM	Cromwell Kawarau Gorge Rd	Contemporary Christian music
91.9 FM	Radio Central[13]	Alexandra Cromwell Gorge	Community Radio	2018	Local Radio Central 2015-2018
91.9 FM	Radio Central[13]	Cromwell Kawarau Gorge Rd	Community Radio	2018	Local Radio Central 2015-2018
92.7 FM	Radio Rhema	Alexandra Cromwell Gorge	Christian radio
93.5 FM	The Sound	Obelisk	Classic rock
94.3 FM	More FM	Cromwell Kawarau Gorge Rd	Adult contemporary	1980s
94.3 FM	Radio Central[13]	Teviot Valley	Community Radio	2018	TVFM
95.1 FM	Newstalk ZB	Obelisk	Talk radio
95.9 FM	Magic Talk	Obelisk	Talk radio	2019	Radio Live
96.7 FM	The Breeze	Obelisk	Easy listening
97.5 FM	RNZ Concert (formerly Concert FM)	Obelisk	Classical music	1990
98.3 FM	The Rock	Obelisk	Rock music	2008	2004 - 2008: The Edge
99.1 FM	Radio Wanaka	Cromwell Barry Ave	Adult contemporary
99.9 FM	The Hits Southern Lakes	Obelisk	Adult contemporary	2005	1996 - 2001 Ice FM 2001 - 2005 Blue Skies FM
100.7 FM	Star	Alexandra	Christian radio
101.5 FM	RNZ National	Obelisk	Public radio
103.9 FM	Life FM	Alexandra Cromwell Gorge	Contemporary Christian music
104.7 FM	Vacant	Obelisk			TAB Trackside
105.5 FM	Brian FM[14]	Alexandra Cromwell Gorge	Adult contemporary/Classic rock
105.5 FM	Brian FM	Cromwell Kawarau Gorge Rd	Adult contemporary/Classic rock
106.7 FM	XS80s	Alexandra	1980s music LPFM	2017
107.0 FM	Cromwell 107 FM	Cromwell	LPFM
107.3 FM	Classic Gold[15]	Alexandra	LPFM
531 AM	More FM (formerly Radio Central) (to be decomissioned in 2021)	Springvale	Adult contemporary	1980s
639 AM	ceased April 2019	Springvale	Public broadcasting	1970s	1970's - 2019: RNZ National (formerly National Radio), 4ZB

Wanaka and Hawea

Frequency	Station	Location	Format	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
87.6 FM	Star	Wanaka	Christian radio LPFM
89.0 FM	Rhema	Hillend	Christian radio
89.8 FM	The Rock	Mt Maude	Active rock
90.6 FM	Newstalk ZB	Mt Maude	Talk Radio
91.4 FM	Brian FM	Hillend	Adult contemporary/Classic rock	March 2020
92.2 FM	Radio Wanaka[16][17][18]	Mt Maude	Adult contemporary
93.0 FM	Vacant	Mt Maude			Bayrock
93.8 FM	The Sound	Mt Maude	Classic rock
94.6 FM	Coast	Hillend	Middle of the Road		Roy FM (now on 104.2 FM)
95.4 FM	RNZ Concert	Mt Maude	Classical Music
96.2 FM	The Hits Southern Lakes	Mt Maude	Adult contemporary	1990s	2003 The Fusion 96.2FM
97.0 FM	Radio Wanaka	Hillend	Adult contemporary	1990s
97.8 FM	The Breeze	Mt Maude	Easy Listening
98.6 FM	The Edge	Mt Maude	Pop music
99.4 FM	More FM	Mt Maude	Adult contemporary
100.2 FM	ZM	Mt Maude	Hit music
101.0 FM	RNZ National	Mt Maude	Public Radio/Talk Radio
103.4 FM	XS80s[19]	Aubrey Rd	1980s music	2016
104.2 FM	Roy FM[20]	Cliff Wilson St	Indie Rock		(formerly on 94.6 FM)
105.0 FM	Life FM	Hillend	Contemporary Christian music
106.8 FM	Vacant	Wanaka	LPFM		TAB Trackside until 12/04/2020
107.3 FM	Base FM[21]	Wanaka	Underground music LPFM
107.7 FM	Radio Hāwea	Hāwea	LPFM	2015

Maniototo and Waitaki Valley

Frequency	Station	Location	Format	Airdate	Previous station on frequency
89.5 FM	The Hawk FM[22]	Omakau		2020
91.2 FM	licence previously cancelled/expired, current Omarama licences detailed in South Canterbury/Mackenzie listing				Port FM Adult hits Omarama
104.3 FM	Radio Central[13]	Maniototo Ida Valley Manuherikia Valley	Community Radio	2018	The Hawk FM (merged with Radio Central)
729 AM	Burn Radio[23]	Ranfurly AMBC	Community Radio

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[Database_of_radio-1] "Database of radio". FMLIST."MWLIST radio database". MWLIST.

[Radio_Heritage-2] "Radio Heritage". Radio Heritage Foundation.

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[Country_Radio_Network-8] Country Radio Network

[9] Total FM

[10] XS80s

[OHR-11] "Oamaru Heritage Radio". Retrieved 15 June 2020.

[12] GoldRush1440

[RCent-13] "Radio Central Frequencies". Archived from the original on 15 June 2020.

[14] Brian FM

[15] Classic Gold

[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] Roy FM

[21] Base FM

[22] The Hawk FM

[23] Burn Radio