Port FM
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| Broadcast area | South Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| Format | Adult hits |
| Class | Terrestrial/Internet |
| Webcast | www |
| Website | www |
Port FM is a local radio station based in Timaru, New Zealand broadcasting throughout South Canterbury and the MacKenzie Country. It also operates as a network with sister-stations in Ashburton and Oamaru known as 'Port FM Local'. Port FM's music genre is contemporary rock and pop, with the bulk of the weekday playlist made up of music from the mid eighties through the early nineties. The main (Timaru based) station is used as a network feed for Port FM Local in Ashburton and Oamaru during breakfast, nights and weekends.
Port FM has been privately owned by businessman and radio entrepreneur Brent Birchfield since 1995. The network now operates in Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru, and has previously operated on the West Coast in Greymouth. Port FM is now one of a few independent radio stations not controlled by New Zealand Media and Entertainment or MediaWorks New Zealand. It does however have close ties with MediaWorks: it sources its news bulletins from Newshub and provides advertising sales and services to other MediaWorks stations in the region (The Edge, The Rock, The Sound and Magic), which are operated locally by Port FM under a franchise arrangement with MediaWorks.
The Port FM network is based in Timaru and can be heard throughout South Canterbury and the MacKenzie Country. Since 2006, two other stations owned by Port FM in Ashburton and Oamaru have been renamed Port FM Local. They were originally known as Fox FM (Ashburton) and Whitestone 100FM (Oamaru), broadcasting locally during the day and at nights relaying the Port FM feed programme from Timaru.
The current breakfast programme is The Region's Big Breakfast With OJ and Sam. This is followed by a network daytime show, and a network drive show with James Valentine. The night line-up includes the two-hour Keepin' It Kiwi music show and a three-hour rock music segment. Saturday programming includes a sports breakfast show, the syndicated United States show Retro Pop Reunion with Joe Cortez, and an automated Automated Party Mix. The Sunday line-up includes a daytime show with James Valentine.
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