Sounds FM was a radio station in the

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region of New Zealand. Sounds FM had its origins as a school-based radio station,

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operated by ''The X-Static Society.'' The station was based at

Marlborough Boys' College Marlborough Boys' College is a state single-sex secondary school in Blenheim, New Zealand. The school was established as Marlborough High School in 1899 (renamed Marlborough College in 1919). The school its current form in was established in 1963 ...

and broadcast on 89FM with the callsign 2STA. This station originally went to air in 1986 and only operated on a part-time basis during school lunch times and some evenings. The station was rebranded as ''Marlborough's 89FM'' in 1988 and remained at Marlborough Boys College until 1989 when the station moved to new premises at the Blenheim Post Office Building; by this time the station was broadcasting from 6AM to 12AM. In 1990 this station went off the air and ''The X-Static Society'' a year later launched a new station ''Sounds 93FM''. Sounds 93FM began on 16 August 1991 originally from The X-Static Society premises. The station originally broadcast on 92.9FM in Blenheim, and 94.5FM (now 94.7FM) in Picton and to Kaikoura. In 1992, Sounds 93FM ran a networked show between 22:00-06:00 each day with the programme coming from

Fifeshire FM Fifeshire FM was a Nelson, New Zealand radio station owned by RadioWorks. The station broadcast on 93.0FM in Nelson, 92.0FM in Motueka and Tākaka, and 94.1FM in Murchison. Fifeshire FM first started as a summer station known as Radio Fifeshir ...

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creating an "Over The Top" network - Over The Top referring to the top part of the South Island. This arrangement ended in 1993, and Sounds FM resumed their own overnight programming. The station was later sold to

Marlborough Media Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...

and the name shortened to ''Sounds FM''. The relay to Kaikoura was dropped in the late 1990s but then re-established in early 2007 on 90.3FM (now 89.9FM). Marlborough Media also operated a second station called

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. In December 2007 Marlborough Media was sold to MediaWorks and in August 2008 Sounds FM was rebranded as

More FM More FM is a New Zealand radio network that plays hot adult contemporary music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. More FM broadcasts in 25 centres throughout New Zealand on 81 transmitters with a mix of local and network programming. ...

. Programming during the morning remains locally produced from the former Sounds FM studios. The breakfast show is the Simon Barnett and Gary McCormick show, networked from More FM Canterbury. From 15:00 onwards, the station is networked from the Auckland More FM studio, like most of the other More FM stations. The local morning show (from 10:00-15:00) is currently hosted by Georgia Watt. Former host Glen Kirby left the station in 2015, along with Natasha Knox, who returned in 2017. Josh Fogden left the station in 2017.

References

External links

New Zealand Herald - South Island radio stations join the networkMediaWorks Website - Radioworks acquires Marlborough Stations
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