Coleman says he is looking forward to being at the helm of this brand new show aside from one aspect, “I am not too excited about my new wake-up call.”

Radio Live First at Five will feature everything from local and international news, business, international correspondents, interviews and also essential information like full NZ weather and marine forecasts.

Jana Rangooni, General Manger – Talk Brands, says:

“The show is aimed at the growing numbers of New Zealanders, from all walks of life, who are up before 6am. We see this as an opportunity to provide something our competitors are not doing.”

On 7th February 2009, Australia suffered its worst peacetime disaster.

‘Black Saturday’ claimed 173 lives, left more than 7,000 homeless and destroyed close to half a million hectares of Victorian bushland.

Inside the Firestorm tells the story of what happened using never before seen footage. This documentary is a social record, a film that commemorates a catastrophe as seen through the eyes of those who were there. Narrated by Hugo Weaving

TV9 will deliver local Chinese and Asia-oriented news and information to New Zealand viewers.

TV9 is broadcasting through Freeview digital UHF transmission signals, and it’s available in Auckland, Waikato, Wellington, Palmerston North, Napier, Hastings, Bay of Plenty, Christchurch
and Dunedin.

You may need to ‘RESCAN’ for your receiver or recorder to pick up the new channel on CHANNEL 29.

Check out the Freeview programme guide for whats on TV9 http://freeviewnz.tv/tv-guide.aspx

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