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This article refers to the defunct New Zealand radio station. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For other uses, see Other Channel Z's
Channel Z
Broadcast area 3 Markets in New Zealand
Slogan "Your music,your voice","About the music","Sounds different"
Frequency 93. This article refers to the defunct New Zealand radio station For other uses see Other Channel Zs Channel Z was an Alternative New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 8(Auckland-later years,91. 7-94. 7(Wellington)99. 3(Christchurch)
First air date 1996(Wellington)1997-1999(Auckland,Christchurch)
Format New Zealand(30%) and international Modern Alternative 90's Rock
Owner MediaWorks NZ

Channel Z was an alternative music radio station which had a high youth demographic (preeteens- 35 )broadcasting in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. MediaWorks NZ is a company based in New Zealand and listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country Wellington (ˈwælɪŋtən is the Capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area, the Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island In early 2005 the station was relaunched as Kiwi FM and only plays New Zealand music. Kiwi FM is a New Zealand Radio Network playing 100 percent New Zealand music both nationally and to the world via its 24/7 live stream

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Early years

Channel Z appeared on the air in Wellington, New Zealand, in mid-August 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Its founding programme director was John Diver. Channel Z was part of the More FM Group of stations, later to become the CanWest-owned RadioWorks Group. MORE FM is a New Zealand Radio network playing Adult contemporary music. Canwest Global Communications Corp () operating under the corporate brand Canwest, is one of Canada 's largest International media companies Early presenters included: Martin Devlin, John Diver, James Coleman, and Olivia. Channel Z was named after the B52 song of the same name, and played a vital role in lynchpining alternative NZ and international artists other stations claimed were too "dangerous" to play.

Later years

In 1998, long time presenter Pheobe Spiers and breakfast hosts Jon Bridges and Nathan Rarere joined the station. Channel Z Christchurch was launched in 1999, with Willy Macalister presenting a local daytime show, Melanie Wise on the night time show and networked mornings and drive shows. Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand In 2001, major changes to Channel Z were made, including the abolishment of local shows in both Wellington and Christchurch and everything being networked from Auckland. This was obviously not a positive move, especially for Wellingtonians (where Channel Z began). Jon & Nathan's breakfast show was also later canned in favour of a new show featuring James Coleman on his own, with Bomber and Clarke Gayford moving from Nights to Drive. Clarke Timothy Gayford was born on October 24 in Gisborne, New Zealand and is a former music show presenter for the New Zealand music channel C4

The end

In January 2005, Channel Z announced it was to relaunch as Kiwi FM on February 6, 2005. Kiwi FM is a New Zealand Radio Network playing 100 percent New Zealand music both nationally and to the world via its 24/7 live stream Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The station would only play 100% New Zealand music. New Zealand music is a vibrant expression of the Culture of New Zealand. This announcement came with mixed views with skeptism that it would not work. Many said there was no other station that kept a perfect distance from mainstream and eclectisicm in radio. And former listeners considered it the lynchpin of radio, because of its continued support for alternative music, and without Channel Z, stations still find its music too risky.

Shows

Other than the normal afternoon and local shows, there were others as well.

Bring back z

An online petition and forum was started by Jonathon Kerkhofs and Hayden McCabe, called bring back z. The website had a forum, with rumoured members that include former channel Z presenter Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury and known musicians. Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury (b 1974 is a New Zealand media commentator a radio and TV host and is currently the Producer of Alt TV The website was run for a year before funding ran out and the site was forced to close. There were exposure campaigns organised,one user asked about a Channel Z memorian album. The Website was mentioned several times in Rip It Up (magazine) issue No. Rip It Up is a bi-monthly New Zealand 305 and a letter was included from co creator Jonathon Kerkhofs. The magazine was largely sceptical of the potential success of the web site giving it as much chance of success as "a Pop Idol winner has at a second album deal". In the same issue Bradbury, who was at the time editor of Rip it Up, cited the need for a station such as channel Z to support the NZ music industry. He claimed "Channel Z served an important role between the b.net and the commercial stations" and that with it gone "Nz music is going to find it a much harder place to get heard". BNET is a Website dedicated to issues of Business management. To date the petition has attraced over 1400 signatures, far short of the 10,000 expected to be necessary to have any influence.

Channel Z revivals

Many good-intentioned former Channel Z listeners have tried to buy its rights to make the station on air again. However, these have not worked because of the feeling of the station(un-alternative playlists and lack of support).

Other Channel Zs

See also

Channel Z is also is a rock cover band based out of Tampa Bay Florida. myspace. com/tamparockThe band was started in 1996 and its current members are Dan Michaels, Rob Stapleton, Ron Aschleman and Scott Johnson.

References

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