List of radio stations in Nelson and Tasman explained

This is a list of radio stations in Nelson and Tasman, New Zealand.

Most stations in Nelson and Tasman are based in Nelson.^[1]

FM & AM stations

Frequency	Name^[2]	Format^[3]	Transmitter	Licensed max (kW)	Broadcasting on frequency since	Previous stations on frequency^[4]
88.8 FM				5		Radio Nelson
89.6 FM				5		Radio Nelson
89.6 FM			Mt Campbell	1.58
90.4 FM				5	2006	Classic Hits / Radio Nelson
91.0 FM	Brian FM		Mt Burnett, Tākaka	0.5
91.2 FM				5
92.0 FM				1.58	1992	Fifeshire FM
92.8 FM				5	1988	Fifeshire FM
93.4 FM				0.1
93.6 FM				5
94.1 FM				0.8	1992	Fifeshire FM
94.4 FM				5	1999	Was on 94.6FM prior to 2010
95.0 FM				0.1	1994	Harvest Radio
95.2 FM				1.58
95.8 FM	XS80s			0.1	2016
96.0 FM	Channel X	Classic alternative		1.58	8 May 2023	Radio Live 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM
96.8 FM				5	2004	1999 - 2004: The Planet 97FM Station was on 97.0FM prior 2010
97.3 FM				0.8
97.6 FM				5	2008	Was on 97.8FM between 2008-2010
98.2 FM				0.5
98.4 FM				3.16	1999	Was on 98.6FM prior to 2010 1993-99 Fifeshire Classic 99FM 1999-2011 Solid Gold (same station but rebranded as The Sound)
99.2 FM				5	2015
100.8 FM				5	2010	Was on 100.2FM during 2010
101.6 FM				2.5	2004	Was on 101.0FM prior to 2010
104.0 FM				5	01/07/2020	- 30/06/2020: Mix
104.8 FM				1.58	1994	Boulder Radio
105.3 FM	Brian FM			0.8	2019	2018: Radio Live
105.6 FM	Brian FM^[5]			5	Sept 2018
106.4 FM				5	29 Nov 2021
549 AM				3.16	01/07/2020	30/03/2020: Radio Sport; 30/03 - 30/06/2020: Newstalk ZB
612 AM				3.16
801 AM				3.16
990 AM				5	19/07/2021
1116 AM				6.3
1269 AM				1.25
1341 AM				6.3

Low power FM stations

Frequency	Name	Format^[6]	Broadcast area	Stations previously on frequency/Remarks
87.6 FM				Calvary Chapel Radio
87.8 FM				1995: relay of 96.5 FM Westport on LPFM frequency
88.3 FM
106.8 FM	Calvary Chapel Radio of Nelson		Nelson
106.8 FM	UGM^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Register of Radio Frequencies.
2. Web site: Radio Heritage NZ Listings . Radio Heritage Foundation.
3. Web site: Local Radio Broadcast Stations . Radio Station World.
4. Web site: FWLIST radio database . FMLIST. Web site: MWLIST radio database . MWLIST.
5. Web site: Brian FM.
6. Web site: New Zealand Low Power FM Radio Station Database . The New Zealand LPFM Radio Station Network . 7 April 2015.
7. http://www.ugmradio.com UGM