Checkpoint (New Zealand radio show)
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| Broadcast area | New Zealand |
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| First air date | 1925 |
| Format | Varied |
| Owner | Radio New Zealand |
| Webcast | Live stream |
| Website | Official website |
This article is about the domestic version. For the international version, see Radio New Zealand International.
RNZ National (Māori: Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa National), formerly Radio New Zealand National, and earlier known as National Radio until 2007, is a publicly funded non-commercial New Zealand English-language radio network operated by Radio New Zealand. It specialises in programmes dedicated to news, the arts, music, and New Zealand culture generally, including some material in the Māori language. Historically the programme was broadcast on the (AM) "YA" stations 1YA, 2YA, 3YA and 4YA in the main centres.
In 2013, RNZ National had a 10.3 per cent market share, the highest nationwide and up from 9.1 per cent in 2009. Market share peaked at 11.1 per cent in 2011, probably due to Christchurch earthquake coverage. 493,000 people listen to RNZ National over the course of a week – the second-largest cumulative audience.
National's sister station is RNZ Concert.
National's weekday output between 06:00 and midnight is characterized by the alternation of three extended news and current-affairs sequences, running for between one and three hours each, with three varied-content magazine-style programmes, each of which lasts for three to five hours. News updates are read live-to-air every hour, and by a continuity announcer outside these times. Polling by Radio New Zealand suggests Morning Report, Nine to Noon, The Panel, Checkpoint, Nights, Saturday Morning and Sunday Morning have larger audiences than any other programme in their timeslot.
Morning Report (Te Pūrongo o te Ata) is RNZ National's long-running flagship breakfast programme. It has aired in the 06:00 to 09:00 weekday timeslot consistently since its premiere in April 1975, and has broadcast longer programmes following major events like the September 11 attacks. The programme consists of half-hourly news and weather updates, quarter-hourly headlines, interviews, voice reports and specialist bulletins. It has an estimated 349,000 listeners. The programme broadcasts for eleven months of every year; Summer Report airs with a similar format during late December and early January.
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