Coromandel FM

Coromandel FM is a regional radio station that broadcasts across the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand. The station broadcasts a Hot AC music format along with local and national news and talk programmes. The station was launched as a summer only station in 1988 and went 24 hours a day in December, 1992.ref|site

The station operates independently of any national radio operator; however, its parent company has links to the RadioWorks and re-broadcasts the Mercury Bay version of The Breeze on 96.6 in Mercury Bay, a frequency previously used by Mercury FM.

Frequencies

Coromandel FM has broadcast on a number of frequencies. Currently these include:
* Maramarua – 96.2
* Matarangi – 94.1
* Coromandel – 89.1
* Thames Coast – 96.2
* Whitianga – 90.6
* Cooks Beach – 90.6
* Coroglen – 90.6
* Seabird Coast – 96.2
* Tairua – 94.1
* Whangamata – 89.1
* Waihi – 97.5
* Paeroa – 89
* Ngatea – 96.2
* Pauanui – 94.1
* Thames – 96.2
* Hahei – 90.6
* Waihi Beach – 93.8
* Hauraki Plains – 96.2

Daily schedule

A typical daily schedule:
* 06:00am-07:00am ... Wrightson Rural Hour
* 06:15am ... Down on the Farm with Bruised Handcock
* 06:20am ... Question of Sport
* 06:35am ... Graysons Brain Buster
* 06:45am ... Wrightson Paeroa Sale Report
* 06:57am ... 'Marc My Word' with Marc Alexander - political commentary by a National candidate
* 07:15am ... Today's Starguide (Your daily horoscope)
* 07:55am ... Video Ezy Birthdays
* 08:35am ... Mayoral Chat with Hauraki District Council Mayor John Tregidga
* 08:45am ... Window on Whiti (Whitianga I-Site)
* 09:30am ... Glenn Buckland from the 'Peninsular Beachfront Resort, Moloolaba, Sunshine Coast
* 09:45am ... Looney Tune - Fathers Tavern
* 04:55pm ... Birthdays
* 05:00pm-05:30pm ... 'Five at Five'

References

# [http://www.coromandelfm.com/ Coromandel FM Website]