ZM, or ZMFM is a radio network. ZM is part of The Radio Network of New Zealand. The network's slogan, "Today's Hit Music", reflects the network's chart-music playlist of pop, rock, hip hop and dance music. The network has stations in 19 markets in New Zealand and is also available online. It reaches around 378,000 listeners weekly and targets the 15-39 demographic.
The ZM name derives from the original 1ZM radio station founded by W.W. ((Bill) Ro...
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ZM, or ZMFM is a radio network. ZM is part of The Radio Network of New Zealand. The network's slogan, "Today's Hit Music", reflects the network's chart-music playlist of pop, rock, hip hop and dance music. The network has stations in 19 markets in New Zealand and is also available online. It reaches around 378,000 listeners weekly and targets the 15-39 demographic.
The ZM name derives from the original 1ZM radio station founded by W.W. ((Bill) Rodgers in the late 1920s in Manurewa, then a farming village south of Auckland, The letter Z meant a privately owned (later commercial) station, and the M stood for Manurewa.
The station was later acquired by the NZ Government and moved 26 km north to Auckland City, where it shared space in the 1941 Art Deco Broadcasting House studios of 1ZB. In April 1944 1ZM was handed overto the US AFRS military broadcasting service to provide entertainment for US troops on R & R leave in Auckland, as part of the AES Mosquito Network. The American...
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