- The Radio Network
The Radio Network (TRN) is a division of the
Australian Radio Network (ARN), a 50/50 joint venture ofAPN News & Media andClear Channel Communications . APN owns many New Zealand newspapers and other publications.Radio networks operated by The Radio Network include:
*
Newstalk ZB
*Classic Hits FM
*ZM
*Radio Sport
*Radio Hauraki
*Easy Mix
*Flava
*CoastLocal stations operated by The Radio Network:
*
Hokonui Gold Gore (Privately owned but currently leased to The Radio Network).Previous stations operated by The Radio Network:
*Cool Blue 96.1FM Auckland - Stopped operation by TRN in 2004 and frequency taken over byFlava . Still available online but no longer operated by The Radio Network.
*Easy Listening i - Rebranded asViva FM in 2005, and subsequently asEasy Mix in August 2007.
*The Planet 97FM Nelson - Played similar format to ZM and was shut down and replaced with ZM in 2004.
*Community Radio Network - stations taken over by either Newstalk ZB or Classic Hits FM.History
The network was created in
1996 when the commercial radio activities ofRadio New Zealand were divested by theNew Zealand government.The network was bought by a syndicate that included Clear Channel Communications of the
United States and Wilson & Horton, apublishing company that owned "The New Zealand Herald " and other publications.Wilson & Horton was soon purchased by
Independent News & Media of Ireland. Independent sold it's NZ interests to APN, which it owned a majority of. ARN, as a radio focused venture of APN and Clear Channel, subsequently took over the network.External links
* [http://www.trn.co.nz The Radio Network website]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.