The Wolf was a
radio network in
New Zealand based from
Lake Tekapo in
South Canterbury. The station operated between 2001 and 2003 and was independently owned and operated. The Wolf broadcast to rural areas, where in some cases the larger network stations did not broadcast or operate local stations. The Wolf started at a time when many New Zealand stations had been taken over by New Zealand's two largest radio companies
The Radio Network and
MediaWorks NZ
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or replaced with a network product based from one of the main centres, particularly
Auckland.
Due to funding issues, the network went off the air permanently in 2003.
Regions of The Wolf Broadcast to
The Wolf broadcast nationwide through the
Sky Digital service, and on AM or FM in the following areas:
* 91.9 FM -
Hokitika
* 97.8 FM -
Lake Tekapo
* 99.0 FM -
Kapiti Coast
* 100.6 FM -
Temuka,
Blenheim,
Kaikoura,
Methven,
Waimate,
Oamaru,
Alexandra
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,
Gore,
Mount Cook Village,
Reefton,
Geraldine
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People
* Geraldine (name), the feminine form of the first name Gerald, with list of people thus named.
* The Geraldines, Irish dynasty descended from the Anglo-Norman Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor
* Geraldine of Albania, th ...
,
Twizel,
Fairlie,
Murchison,
Timaru,
Westport,
Hanmer Springs,
Karamea
* 105.4 FM -
Auckland
* 1593 AM -
Christchurch
References
Radio stations in New Zealand
Defunct radio stations in New Zealand
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