List of radio stations in Wellington

This is a list of radio stations in the Wellington Region of New Zealand.

Note: Several FM stations changed their frequency during October 2010, as broadcast licenses were renewed and spacing standardized to 0.8 MHz. AM stations were also moved in 1978 when New Zealand switched from 10kHz frequency spacing to 9kHz spacing.

As a general rule, full-power FM frequencies in Wellington are spaced 0.8 MHz apart, starting from 89.3 MHz

• Some Hutt Valley "infill" frequencies have been allocated to the 0.4 MHz "gap" in between other stations. (These are highlighted in gold.)

• Low-power FM stations are highlighted in blue.

Frequency	Name	Format	Transmitter	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous station(s) on frequency
87.6	KIX FM Low-power FM station - Wellington Central	Commercial Free, Classic Rock and New Rock		2010
87.9	MUSE Radio Low-power FM station - Wellington Central	Student Radio
87.9	The Cheese Low-power FM station - Lower Hutt Centrall	Adult Contemporary
88.1	Human FM Low-power FM station - Wellington Central	Student radio		2005
88.3	Mix FM Low-powered FM Station - Western Suburbs	Adult Contemporary		2003
88.3	The VBC Low-power FM station - Wellington Central	Student radio		2007
88.4	The Cheese Low-power FM station - Wainuiomata/Hutt Valley	80s, 90s & Today		July 2006
88.6	Radio Active	Student radio	Tinakori Hill	1981 on 89FM
89.3	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Kaukau
90.1	The Hits 90.1	Adult contemporary	Tinakori Hill Porirua Towai Haywards	1993	Broadcast on 90.0FM prior to 2010 1990–1991 2ZB 1991–1993 B90 FM (same station but rebranded) 1993-2014 Classic Hits 90FM (same station but rebranded)
90.9	91ZM	Hit music	Kaukau Towai	1985
91.7	The Edge	Pop music	Kaukau Fitzherbert	2007	Early 1990s - 1992 Fox FM 1992–1995 The Heat 91.7FM 1995–1997 The Box 91.7FM 1997–1998 92 Hitz FM 1998–2005 Channel Z 2005–2006 Kiwi FM
92.5	Radio New Zealand Concert	Classical music	Kaukau
93.3	Radio Hauraki	Classic rock	Kaukau	2010	Broadcast on 93.1FM prior to 2010
93.7	Radio Sport (Hutt Valley transmitter)	Sports talk	Towai	2012	Broadcast on 93.5FM prior to 2010 1986 - 2007 91ZM 2008 - 2012 Easy Mix
94.1	The Breeze	Easy listening	Kaukau	1993	1992–1994 Radio Windy/Windy FM
94.9	Atiawa Toa FM (Porirua transmitter)		Porirua	1990s
95.3	More FM Wellington (Hutt Valley transmitter)	Adult contemporary	Fitzherbert	2010
95.7	Coast	Middle of the Road	Kaukau	2011
96.1	Radio New Zealand Concert (Hutt Valley transmitter)	Classical music	Towai
96.5	The Rock	Active rock	Kaukau Haywards
97.3	The Sound	Classic rock	Kaukau Haywards	2012	Stations broadcast on 97.5FM prior to 2010 1992 2XX Kapiti 1992–1993 Cadbury Moro FM 1995–1997 The Quake 97.5FM 1997–1999 Solid Gold 2000–2008 The Edge 2008-2011 Solid Gold
98.1	Life FM (Porirua)	Contemporary Christian music	Porirua	1993	1992–1994 Radio Windy/Windy FM 1994–2010 The Breeze (New Zealand)
98.5	The Breeze (New Zealand) (Hutt Valley transmitter)	Easy listening	Towai		1995–1996 Kix FM 1996–2004 Channel Z
98.9	Radio Live	Talk radio	Kaukau Haywards		Station broadcast on 98.7FM prior to 2010 1991–2004 More FM
99.7	More FM Wellington	Adult contemporary	Kaukau Haywards	1991	Station broadcast on 100.0FM prior to 2010
100.5	Mai FM	Urban Contemporary	Kaukau	2012
100.9	Atiawa Toa FM (Wellington & Hutt Valley transmitter)		Towai	2010
101.3	Radio New Zealand National		Kaukau
101.7	Radio New Zealand National (Hutt Valley transmitter)		Towai
102.1	Kiwi FM	New Zealand music	Kaukau	2006
103.7	Niu FM	Urban contemporary	Kaukau	2002
104.1	Niu FM (Hutt Valley transmitter)	Urban contemporary	Fitzherbert	2010
104.5	Flava	Urban Contemporary	Kaukau	2013	2005 Radio New Zealand National (Hutt Valley) 2005 - 2011 Coast 2011–2013 Radio Sport
105.3	Radio Tarana	Contemporary Indian Radio Station	Kaukau	2011	2009–2010 Hit Radio X105
106.1	Hutt Radio	Community/Access - Hutt Valley	Maungaraki Reservoir	2009
106.7	George FM Low-power FM station - Wellington Central	Dance Music
107.2	Secret FM Low-power FM station - Lower Hutt Central	Youth Radio
107.5	andHow.FM Low-power FM station - Porirua	Indie Rock	Papakowhai	2009
107.7	Groove 107.7FM Low-power FM station - Wellington Central	Cafe / Jazz
AM Stations
567	Radio New Zealand National		Titahi Bay	1978	Broadcast on 570 kHz from 1927–1978
657	Southern Star and Parliament radio	Christian radio	Titahi Bay	1999	1978–1986 Concert Radio (broadcasting on 660 kHz prior to 1978)
711	BSport and Radio Trackside	Sports talk	Horokiwi	2007	1992–2007 Radio Pacific and Radio Trackside
783	Samoan Capital Radio		Titahi Bay
783	Wellington Access Radio		Titahi Bay	1981
891	The Breeze	Easy listening	Horokiwi	1993	1978–1993 Radio Windy (broadcasting on 1080 kHz between 1973 and 1976 and 890 kHz between 1976 and 1978)
972	Radio Rhema	Christian radio	Horokiwi	1992
1035	Newstalk ZB	Talk radio	Titahi Bay	1993	1978–1993 2ZB (previously broadcasting on 980 kHz between 1937 and 1978)
1161	Te Upoko O Te Ika		Titahi Bay	1986	1978–1986 2ZM (previously broadcasting on 1130 kHz between 1969 and 1978 and using callsign 2YD between 1937 and 1969)
1233	Radio Live	Talk radio	Horokiwi	2008	1990–1994 BBC World Service 1995–1996 Radio Liberty 1996–1997 BBC World Service 1997–1999 Southern Star 1999–2008 Solid Gold
1323	Currently Unused				1988–1994 Aotearoa Radio
1377	Radio Sport (Kapiti Coast)	Sports talk	Te Horo
1503	Radio Sport	Sports talk	Horokiwi	1998	1982–1992 Radio Rhema 1997–1998 Sports Round Up

Note: There are a number of low-power FM stations that are operating in Wellington, whose broadcast range may be less than that of the full-power FM stations.

Generally low-power FM stations can be found in two parts of the FM band:

• between 87.5 MHz and 88.5 MHz
• between 106.6 MHz and 108 MHz.

Low-power FM station Fleet FM(107.3 MHz) that is now off-air. KIX FM (a Classic Rock station that broadcast on 88.7 MHz is now on 87.6 FM)

FM Stations on the Kapiti Coast

Frequency	Name	Format	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency
89.5	Newstalk ZB (Kapiti Coast)	Talk radio
90.3	More FM (Kapiti Coast)	Talk radio
91.1	91ZM	Hit music
91.9	The Rock	Active rock
92.7	The Hits 92.7 (Kapiti Coast)	Adult contemporary	2004	2004 - 2014 Classic Hits 92.7 (Same station but rebranded)
93.5	BSport and Radio Trackside	Sports talk
94.3	The Sound	Classic rock
95.9	Coast	Middle of the Road
96.7	Life FM	Contemporary Christian Music
97.5	The Edge	Pop music
98.3	Radio New Zealand Concert
99.1	Radio Live	Talk radio
100.7	The Breeze (New Zealand)	Easy listening
101.5	Radio New Zealand National
104.7	Coast Access FM
105.5	Triple X FM	Classic rock
106.3	Beach FM	Local Radio

The Following frequencies were previously used in the Wellington region, but were decommissioned in the clean-up of frequencies in October 2010.

It is unlikely that most of these will be used again, as many decommissioned frequencies do not fit the current spacing plan.

(Note: 96.9 MHz does fit into the Hutt Valley spacing plan, and is the only decommissioned frequency that might be re-used in future)

Decommissioned frequencies in the Wellington region

Frequency	Status	Previous stations on frequency	Area served	Replacement frequency (if applicable)
89.0	Decommissioned	?–2011 Radio Active	Wellington	88.6 (Radio Active)
89.4	Decommissioned	?–2010 Radio Sport	Upper Hutt / Hutt Valley	93.7 (Radio Sport - Hutt Valley transmitter)
90.0	Decommissioned	1990–1991 2ZB 1991–1993 B90 FM (same station but rebranded) 1993–2010 Classic Hits 90FM	Greater Wellington	90.1 Classic Hits 90FM
93.1	Decommissioned	2004–2010 Radio Hauraki	Greater Wellington	93.3 (Hauraki)
93.5	Decommissioned	1986–2007 ZMFM/91ZM 2007–2010 Easy Mix	Hutt Valley	Easy Mix moved to 93.7 MHz & closed June 2012, replaced by Radio Sport
94.7	Decommissioned	1995–1996 Kix FM 1996–2004 Channel Z 2004–2010 More FM Wellington	Hutt Valley	95.3 (More FM - Hutt Valley)
95.6	Decommissioned	1980s–2010 Radio New Zealand Concert	Hutt Valley	96.1 (RNZ Concert - Hutt Valley)
96.3	Decommissioned	1990s Pirate FM 1999–2010 The Rock	Greater Wellington	96.5 (The Rock)
96.9	Decommissioned	1990s–2010 Atiawa Toa FM	Wellington & Hutt Valley (excluding Porirua)	100.9 Atiawa Toa FM
98.7	Decommissioned	2004–2005 More FM (moved from 98.9FM) 2005–2010 Radio Live	Greater Wellington	98.9 (Radio Live)
99.2	Decommissioned	2006–2010 Life FM	Porirua	98.1 (Life FM - Porirua)
99.4	Decommissioned	2005–2010 Coast	Greater Wellington	95.7 (Coast)
100.0	Decommissioned	1991–2010 More FM Wellington	Wellington / Porirua	99.7 (More FM)
100.7	Decommissioned	2002–2010 Niu FM	Hutt Valley	104.1 (Niu Fm - Hutt Valley)

See also

• List of stations using the Radio Data System in New Zealand