List of radio stations in Hawke's Bay explained

This is a list of radio stations in Hawke's Bay in New Zealand.

FM and AM Stations in Hastings and Napier

Frequency^[1]	Station^[2]	Location^[3]	Format	Airdate	Previous Stations on Frequency
88.7 FM		Mt Erin		2015
89.5 FM		Mt Threave		17 July 1994	Classic Hits, Bay City Radio
90.3 FM		Mt Threave		2011	Easy Mix, Viva, Easy Listening i, Cool 90.3FM, Easy 90FM, Easy Listening 90FM, Easy Listening i90FM, The Alligator
91.1 FM		Mt Erin
91.9 FM		Mt Erin		1 January 2012	Solid Gold, Hawkes Bay's 92FM, 92 More FM
92.7 FM		Mt Erin		2015	More FM (now 88.7), Hot93, 93FM, Radio Hawkes Bay
93.5 FM		Mt Threave		2001
94.3 FM		Mt Threave	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	4 September 2000
95.1 FM		Mt Erin		3 September 1997
95.9 FM		Mt Erin		1 March 1999	Radio Hauraki, Classic Rock 96FM, Greatest Hits FM96, 77ZK AM, Apple Radio
96.7 FM		Mt Erin		17 September 2019	Flava (previously operated on 96.8)
97.5 FM		Mt Erin		6 August 2007	Radio Live Radio Pacific
98.3 FM		Mt Erin		5 February 1998
99.1 FM		Mt Threave		1994
99.9 FM		Mt Threave		28 March 2011	Radio Hauraki
100.7 FM	Bay FM	Mt Threave		July 2009
101.5 FM		Mt Erin
103.9 FM	PMN 531	Mt Threave	English & Pacific Island languages	Jan 2019
104.7 FM		Mt Threave		August 2022	27/11/2009-August 2022: Radio Kidnappers
105.5 FM		Mt Erin		March 2010
106.3 FM	Channel X	Mt Erin	Classic alternative	8 May 2023	13/03/2015: Radio Live; Dec 2019: More FM; 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
549 AM		Opapa		19/07/2021	11 April 2005: Radio Pacific/Trackside, 2007: BSport, 2010: Live Sport, 2015: TAB Trackside
630 AM		Opapa
765 AM		Opapa	Urban contemporary Māori language & English	1990	Apple Radio 1977-1990
909 AM		Opapa		4 June 1999
1125 AM		Pakowhai		01/07/2020	30/03/2020: Radio Sport; 30/03 - 30/06/2020: Newstalk ZB
1278 AM		Pakowhai		1 August 1994
1368 AM	silent	Whakatu Substation		17/02/2023	07/08/2007-18/01/2019: Radio Live; 19/01/2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21 Mar - Dec 2022 Today FM on 106.3; The Breeze temporary for Feb 2022 floods information
1431 AM		Whakatu Substation		August 2022	1995-August 2022: Radio Kidnappers
1530 AM	Radio Spice	Whakatu Substation	Punjabi language (relay of Radio Spice 88FM Auckland)	Nov 2022	20/09/1995 - Nov 2022: The Wireless Station
1584 AM	Decommissioned	Pakowhai			Coast on 99.9FM, Radio Hauraki on 96.7FM

LPFM Stations

data-sort-type="number"	Frequency	Station	Location	Format	data-sort-type="number"	Airdate	Previous Stations on Frequency
87.6 FM	Instrumental FM	Hastings West
87.7 FM	Soundwave FM^[4]	Tamatea	Pop-Rock	April 2022
87.8 FM					Soundwave FM until April 2022
88.1 FM	Small FM (Previously Magic FM)^[5]	Taradale	Classic Hits	1997
88.3 FM	Greenmeadows FM^[6]	Greenmeadows, Napier	Rock-Pop
88.3 FM	Instrumental FM	Napier Hill			Hastings 2014: Hit Mix FM, relay of Radio Spice (1530AM Nov 2022)
106.7 FM	Small FM (Previously Magic FM)	Onekawa	Classic Hits	1997
106.8 FM	Frimley Primary School	Frimley, Hastings	Computer generated music mix
106.9 FM	Taradale Intermediate School	Taradale
106.9 FM	Tamatea Eye	Tamatea	Tamatea Intermediate School
107.1 FM					TLC Radio^[7]
107.2 FM	Instrumental FM	Onekawa
107.3 FM	Three Angels Broadcasting Network^[8]	Parkvale, Hastings	Seventh Day Adventist - Relay Off Satellite
107.5 FM		Greenmeadows	Seventh Day Adventist - Relay Off Satellite
107.7 FM	Soundwave FM	Tamatea	Pop-Rock	1997

Stations in Wairoa and Central Hawke's Bay

Frequency^[9]	Station^[10]	Location^[11]	Format	Airdate	Previous Stations on Frequency
88.0 FM	Radio Te Wairoa (Previously 88.5FM)	Wairoa
92.5 FM
94.1 FM					94FM
98.9 FM
99.4 FM	Central FM	Dannevirke Reservoir
99.7 FM				30 December 2010
105.2 FM	Central FM	Waipukurau Tourere
106.0 FM	Central FM	Waipukurau Two Peaks
107.1 FM	WPS 107.1FM	Waipawa	Waipawa Primary School

Notes and References

Web site: Database of radio . FMLIST. Web site: MWLIST radio database . MWLIST.
Web site: Radio Heritage . Radio Heritage Foundation.
Web site: Local Radio Broadcast Stations . Radio Station World.
http://www.soundwavefm.co.nz Soundwave FM
http://smallfm.com Small FM
http://www.radioheritage.net/NZRG.asp?band=STN&stn=Greenmeadows+FM RHF Greenmeadows FM
Web site: TLC Radio Napier & Bob Dyer . SportsWeb (NZ) Ltd & NZ Country Music Network Ltd . https://web.archive.org/web/20110312165716/http://www.countrymusic.net.nz/ . 12 March 2011.
https://www.3abnaustralia.org.au/radio/affiliates 3ABN Frequencies
Web site: Database of radio . FMLIST. Web site: MWLIST radio database . MWLIST.
Web site: Radio Heritage . Radio Heritage Foundation.
Web site: Local Radio Broadcast Stations . Radio Station World.