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.”

Starts bad, gets worse:

RadioLive and Michael Laws have been involved in ongoing discussions relating to his radio show.

The matters have now been resolved and Michael will return to his 9am-12pm show after the holidays on Monday January 9th 2012.

Neither party will be making any further comment on the matter, except to say we are both pleased the matter has been resolved.

- MediaWorks

From 7am to 8am Suzy Cato has The Great Big Kids Christmas Show. Rebecca Young has some more Christmas hits and fun surprises all afternoon from 12pm to 6:30pm.

From 6:30pm we wrap up Christmas Day in the Bay with a Far Out Christmas – a selection of groovy holiday tunes and fun Christmas comedy hosted by Archer, the former host of The Beatles Basement programme which ran on 1XX and Kiwi FM from mid 2008 to late 2009. 1XX and Kiwi 89 FM are the only radio stations in New Zealand to have this special Far Out Christmas programme.

Listen in through 1XX on 90.5FM & 1242AM across the Eastern Bay Of Plenty and on 92.9FM at Ohope Beach or through Kiwi 89 FM Te Puke. Outside of the Bay Of Plenty
you can listen online through the 1XX Website – www.1xx.co.nz.

With a line up of announcers that will complement the no-hype, no-BS attitude of the station with a relevant and informative presentation focused on the music, The Sound is set to become a favourite with its 35-59 year old male target audience.

The Sound breakfast show will be hosted by Mark McCarron and Geoff Bryan, both huge fans of the music with extensive radio experience under their belts. The show will begin at the earlier than usual time of 5am and will be music-focused with news and information every 20 minutes.

Heather Keats will host the 10am to 3pm show. Heather is well known for her news reading, announcing and voiceover work with MediaWorks Radio.

The workday continues with Mark Smith taking over the reins from 3pm. Mark has over 30 years experience in music radio and as Music Director for The Sound he’ll be the perfect host to present the music in an uncluttered and informative way.

Tim Homer completes the line up on air from 8pm till midnight, while James Coleman will feature on The Sound weekends.

Program Director Vaughan Hobbs is excited to confirm the line up and adds “These guys know and love the music. They won’t clutter it up with inane chatter, that’s a promise.”

www.thesound.co.nz

The Sound will be broadcast on all existing Solid Gold frequencies from 1 January 2012 as follows:

Whangarei 107.3
Wellington 97.3
Auckland 93.8
Nelson 98.4
Waikato 93.8
Canterbury 92.9
Tauranga 92.6
Ashburton 95.7
Rotorua 91.1
Greymouth 97.1
Taupo 100.0
Hokitika 97.1
Hawkes Bay 91.9
Westport 95.7
Taranaki 98.0
Timaru 97.1
Wanganui 94.4
Central Otago 93.5
Manawatu 94.6
Queenstown 97.6
Wairarapa 93.5
Otago 90.2
Gisborne 96.5
Southland 98.0
Kapiti 94.3

RadioLIVE General Manager, Jana Rangooni, says she is extremely pleased to have Cliff joining the team.

“Cliff Joiner is a news heavyweight who brings a wealth of journalistic experience to our breakfast programme and RadioLIVE, which I’m very excited about,” she says.

Cliff Joiner leaves his current position as National Bureau Editor for TVNZ for the job, and will start at RadioLIVE in 2012.

- MediaWorks

From 1 January 2012, MediaWorks Radio will begin broadcasting a new nationwide radio station – The Sound.

The Sound will target 35 – 59 year old males with a contemporary, no-hype celebration of timeless rock from the most formative years of the target listeners’ lives. From The Beatles to The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac to Queen, The Eagles to David Bowie and U2, the playlist will deliver the music this audience grew up with, with less talk and more of the best music of a generation.

The Sound will broadcast on all existing Solid Gold frequencies.

Andrew Szusterman, Group Programming Director (music) MediaWorks Radio says:

“While The Sound is a completely new radio station – from the music to the presentation, style and content – we will deliver a better product than we did with Solid Gold for this demographic.

The music format of The Sound fills a gap currently in the market which appeared recently when both our competitors Hauraki and Classic Hits changed their formats to include a substantial amount of new and current music. The listeners who want primarily older music are no longer being catered for, with Classic Hits more interested in Lady Gaga than Radio Gaga and Hauraki playing more Creed than Creedence.”

The Sound will play “The Greatest Music Ever Made”, tracks that have stood the test of time. The music has been hand picked and placed, with each hour of radio crafted to create the ideal listening experience, including album tracks lifted from the vinyl of some of the biggest classic albums including Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Hotel California from The Eagles.

The Sound breakfast show will be hosted by Mark McCarron and Geoff Bryan, both huge fans of the music. The show will be music-focused with news and information every twenty minutes.

Paul Hancox, Director of National Sales for MediaWorks Radio is looking forward to the opportunity to offer clients a comprehensive portfolio of music formats that will deliver a loyal and engaged radio-listening audience. “With the addition of The Sound to our strong stable of music brands, including The Rock, MORE FM and The Breeze, we will be able to deliver an even stronger 25+ year old audience combo for our clients. With a portfolio that now stands shoulder-to-shoulder, we can offer a one-stop-shop solution for our clients wanting to reach an influential target audience.”

The Sound will offer clients the opportunity to have commercials played in any of 24 local markets or nationwide and can extend campaigns further with integrated sponsorships, website activity and promotions.

The broadcaster will be talking about reaction on both sides of the Tasman, to yesterday’s announcement that he will be hosting a breakfast TV show in Australia next year.

Paul will also be hosting the Paul Henry Drive Show tomorrow, broadcast on RadioLIVE weekdays from 3pm to 6pm.

For a list of RadioLIVE frequencies visit www.radiolive.co.nz.

The sounds of the first ever 24 hour rock and roll station ushered in the Americanization of pop music in Great Britain, while flaunting equally brilliant British bands from across the pond, to forever change the face of radio, and rock and roll, as we know it today.

This show brings to you the raucous musical climate of the 60s and the history of this great rebellion in a way that will inform and entertain even the most knowledgeable music lover.

Radio Pirates Premiere. History Channel Sunday November 6 at 7.30pm

Marc will be joined by TV personality Amber Peebles and award winning radio announcer Stu Tolan, when the new look Auckland MORE FM breakfast kicks off at 5.30am on Monday, 7 November on 91.8FM.

Marc Ellis says taking on breakfast radio will be a new and enjoyable challenge.

“I really enjoyed hosting MORE FM breakfast a few months back and thought I wouldn’t mind doing this each day. I’m a morning person and finishing radio mid morning allows the remainder of the day to work in and on my other businesses and projects. It certainly was fun spinning a few yarns in the morning and I’m looking forward to getting this thing up and running in November.”

MediaWorks Radio Group Programme Director, Andrew Szusterman, added:

“If there is one guy who was made for radio it’s Marc. As a company we’re really excited he’s coming to work with us, and matching him up with Amber and Stu will no doubt will see a shakeup of Auckland breakfast radio.”

Ande Macpherson, MORE FM’s Network Programme Director, says:

“This is a really exciting team that we are putting into the coveted breakfast slot.

“Amber is no stranger to radio having worked at The Edge and her week on MORE FM earlier this year showed she is a strong minded woman who really can connect with people.

“Stu is already well loved by MORE FM listeners and is the ultimate host who can make sure everything runs smoothly.”

The catalyst for change was Jeremy Corbett’s resignation earlier in the year. The outgoing breakfast team of Jeremy, Joe Cotton and Peter Dakin finished on air on Friday 21 October. Both Joe and Peter will continue to be on-air. Joe will present the MORE FM Network Night Show from October 23 (covering for Lee Plummer, who is on maternity leave), while Peter Dakin will continue to host at sister station Solid Gold.

- MediaWorks