Your favorite radio station?

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vinniejonez

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Topic # 63091 21-Jun-2010 05:37

What's your favorite radio station to listen to ?
There are a bunch of them out there but I'm just wondering which ones are the most populair / is your favorite.

Kind regards,
Vincent (a curious person from the Netherlands who loves NZ!)

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Reply # 343606 21-Jun-2010 06:17

Hi, http://www.hauraki.co.nz/ and http://www.therock.net.nz/ and first thing in the morning for news etc http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/

vinniejonez

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Reply # 343608 21-Jun-2010 06:48

Thanks for that mate.
Any more suggestions from other people?

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Reply # 343613 21-Jun-2010 07:05

I usually listen to Radio Live and The Breeze.

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Reply # 343621 21-Jun-2010 08:13

RDU. None of the repetition and monotony of mainstream radio and there's more of a chance of finding something fresh & exciting.

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Reply # 343626 21-Jun-2010 08:34

http://www.radioactive.co.nz/

Non-mainstream and doesnt have annoying adds all the time for erectial disfuction and the like.

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Reply # 343632 21-Jun-2010 08:52

I'll be the odd one out and say my dial drifts between ZM, Classic hits and More FM (and the rock sometimes)

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Reply # 343713 21-Jun-2010 11:47

Pearl Jam Radio

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Reply # 343736 21-Jun-2010 12:25

the breeze or online jazz from the UK

that would be an ecumenical matter

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Reply # 343739 21-Jun-2010 12:32

My one "The Cheese"

No annoying DJs... No Commercials... :o)

Link is below...

(Oh, and we are celebrating our 4th Birthday on July 1st).

Check out my LPFM Radio Station at www.thecheese.co.nz

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Reply # 343743 21-Jun-2010 12:42

Edgewater Radio http://www.live365.com/stations/theedge1630 from New Jersey

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Reply # 343746 21-Jun-2010 12:50

My radios have been set only to bFM for the last 10 years.
The music selection is massively varied (I'm first to admit I don't like ALL of it, but at least they play a wide WIDE variety).
The current affairs (The Wire) is interesting, topical, and relevant to youth and adults alike.
You can download podcasts of the best bits of every days' broadcast too.

There are awesome genre-specific shows every night, The Rhythm Selection with Dubhead (tonite 9pm), Stinky Grooves, Back On The Goodfoot on Sunday afternoons (again, a very GREAT show), Border Radio etc.
They have the long running and fantastic kids show, 7 - 9am Sundays, to which my kids listen regularly.

bFM also make their own advertisements, they are funny, off beat and irreverent.
The horrendous advertisements on "commercial" radio are the most brain-numbing and irritating noise I am routinely exposed to. They YELL at me, and I HATE it. /rant.

Anyway, bFM is great!

Cheers,
Joseph

<edit>
And you can stream online of course too, 48kbps AAC stream sounds as good as FM transmission, IMHO.

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Reply # 343754 21-Jun-2010 13:03

The Rock in the car and then internet radio Rock 181 when i am at home

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Reply # 343756 21-Jun-2010 13:13

91.00 - ZM (Auckland Freq)

94.20 - THE EDGE (Auckland Freq)

But I guess those are the two I listen to.. and that's not very often.
I always have my ipod plugged in....

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Reply # 343914 21-Jun-2010 19:55

The Rock, and I podcast Hamish and Andy's show from Aussie too.

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Reply # 343931 21-Jun-2010 20:35

If you're looking for stats you can get them here

http://www.radios.co.nz/radio_research/radio_research.htm

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