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Radio Dunedin is a
radio station
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, broadcasting from
Dunedin
Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...
,
New Zealand
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on 95.4 FM, 1305 AM, in the central city on 106.7 FM, and online.
The station was launched in late 1922, becoming the first radio station in New Zealand, and according to the station's website is the fifth oldest station in the world (five weeks older than the
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Radio Dunedin is part of
MediaWorks Radio, which operates several other stations including
The Breeze (New Zealand radio station)
The Breeze is a New Zealand radio station playing an adult contemporary music format owned by MediaWorks New Zealand, playing a variety of music from the 70s, 80s, 90s and also current hits. The Breeze network broadcasts in 21 markets throughou ...
. MediaWorks runs the station from 6am and 6pm on weekdays. Air time is leased outside these hours by the Otago Radio Association, which is made up of volunteer presenters.
The station is aimed primarily at the 50+ age bracket, with a community focus, local news, and playing music primarily from the 1960s to 1980s. It is rated number three for share of commercial radio listening in Dunedin in the Radio Audience Measurement Survey.
History
The Otago Radio Association first went to air on 4 October 1922, and celebrates 100 years of broadcasting in 2022. The station has had a number of call signs over the years including DN, 4AB, 4ZB (not to be confused with
the government-owned station of the same name), Pioneer Radio, and for from 1948 until the 1980s as 4XD. Between 1922 and 1990, 4XD was operated by the Otago Radio Association as a non-commercial and voluntarily-run radio station. In 1990, Radio Dunedin was set up as a commercial station, and a few years later was purchased by
Radio Otago
Radio Otago was a radio company that operated a group of local radio stations in radio markets around New Zealand from the 1970s to the late 1990s. Radio Otago was started in 1971 when Dunedin station 4XO was started, 4XO was originally branded a ...
Limited which also operated
4XO.
Radio Dunedin has broadcast to the greater Dunedin area (receivable in coastal Otago from
Oamaru
Oamaru (; mi, Te Oha-a-Maru) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific coast; State Highway 1 and the rai ...
to
Balclutha) on 1431 AM and 1305 AM, the latter of which it still uses.
In 1997, the station began simulcasting on 90.2 in FM Stereo, but this was for only a brief period before 90.2 FM became
Lite FM and later
Solid Gold. Over a decade passed before Radio Dunedin broadcast again in FM Stereo. Test signals began in mid-April 2008, with the official launch of 99.8 FM on Tuesday 6 May 2008.
After 7 years, MediaWorks decided to use 99.8 FM for its new nationwide network station
Magic
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. As a result, on Monday 20 April 2015, Radio Dunedin moved to a low-power FM frequency of 107.7, which later changed to 106.7, with a range limited to the central city area.
On Monday 14 March 2016, Radio Dunedin commenced broadcasting to
Mosgiel
Mosgiel (Māori: ''Te Konika o te Matamata'') is an urban satellite of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, fifteen kilometres west of the city's centre. Since the re-organisation of New Zealand local government in 1989 it has been inside the Dunedin ...
and surrounding areas in FM stereo on 95.4 – this frequency was previously a relay of 97.4 More FM, and originally Mosgiel FM and
4XO in the 1990s. 95.4 FM was originally broadcast from Chain Hill (above Wingatui) but now broadcasts from Saddle Hill.
Radio Dunedin introduced live streaming on the internet in mid-2007. It is also available on the Rova mobile app.
Slogans over the years have included "one of a kind", "easy listening", "easy listening hits", "hits and memories", and (since June 2011) "Good Talk, Good Music".
Radio Dunedin broadcasts locally from ASB House (known as "Radio Otago House" from 1996 to 2014) in the central city. Previous premises have been in Maclaggan Street and in the city's southern suburb of
St Kilda. From October 2021 The Breeze Breakfast show, with Damian & Hannah, is simulcast on Radio Dunedin due to Owen Rooney's departure.
Noted presenters and on-air announcers have included "Toots" Mitchell, Colin Lehmann,
Neil Collins and Owen Rooney
Local Programming:
* Dunedin's Breakfast with Damian Newell and Hannah Wilkins from 6am weekdays.
* Radio Dunedin afternoons with Dan Murphy from 12pm weekdays.
* The Otago Radio Association from 6pm weeknights plus all weekends and public holidays. There are various shows hosted by volunteer announcers, all live & local.
"Radio Dunedin" the documentary
In 2017, a feature-length documentary film of the same name was produced. ''Radio Dunedin'', the film was directed by Grant Findlay, and followed the history of the station which has faced many challenges over its years including arson attempts, Government takeovers, lack of funds and numerous technical issues.
Florida's "Radio Dunedin"
There is another ''Radio Dunedin'', a one-hour show heard on WTAN-AM 1340 in
Dunedin, FL (USA). This show and station are not affiliated with the New Zealand station.
RadioDunedin (FL)
References
External links
Official website
Facebook
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Radio stations in Dunedin