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Revision as of 02:02, 9 May 2023
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| Broadcast area | 15 markets in New Zealand |
| Frequency | 91.2 MHz - 106.3 MHz |
| Branding | Your Throwback Playlist |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic alternative |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Mediaworks |
| History | |
First air date | May 8, 2023 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | channelx |
Channel X is a New Zealand classic alternative music station owned by Mediaworks. The station begin broadcasting from noon on 8 May 2023 and can be heard on Rova and across 15 markets on the remaining former-Today FM frequencies. The station does not have any announcers, instead they play uninterrupted music 24/7 with occasional one-liners or station IDs.[1] In addition to having no announcers, the station does not air any news or ad breaks (as of yet) and mainly focus on playing tracks from the 1990s to 2010s.
History
Channel X was made possible by the disestablishment of Today FM, a former news station on March 30th, 2023. Two weeks after the station was taken off the air, Mediaworks filed for trademark of the Channel X brand name and domain channelx.co.nz by the 16th of April 2023.[2] All remaining frequencies after May 1st were allocated to Channel X.
The station was announced on May 3rd through an encoded message playing on what would become Channel X's frequencies with the station's name. This was visible using an audio spectrogram on the audio.[3] On May 5th, the loop was updated to encode the date and time the station would begin airing.[4]
At noon on May 8th, 2023, the station began with a countdown where they encoded "5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. hello :)" into the audio[5] before introducing that the radio station "doesn't have any prizes, or shows." Followed by a skit referencing the NOW That's What I Call Music! album compilations that were popular in the late 90s. The first song to play on the station was the 2006 single "When You Were Young" by The Killers.[1][6]
Frequencies
Channel X broadcasts to 15 markets on these frequencies[7] and on Rova:
- Auckland: 106.2 FM
- Hamilton: 104.2 FM
- Tauranga: 100.6 FM
- Rotorua: 95.1 FM
- Hawke's Bay: 106.3 FM
- Manawatu: 94.6 FM
- Kapiti: 99.1 FM
- Wairarapa: 98.3 FM
- Wellington: 104.5 FM
- Nelson: 96.0 FM
- Blenheim: 95.3 FM
- Timaru: 105.9 FM
- Oamaru: 100.8 FM
- Queenstown: 91.2 FM
- Southland: 94.0 FM
References
- ^ a b "MEDIAWORKS MEDIA RELEASE: MEDIAWORKS WELCOMES A NEW MUSIC ONLY RADIO STATION TO THE WHĀNAU" (PDF). MediaWorks. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Channel X Trademark". Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "'Now, I'm in charge': Revealed - Duncan Garner's new role at MediaWorks". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Channel X date spoiler". MediaSpy. 2023-05-07. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Channel X launch spectrogram". MediaSpy. 2023-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Channel X New Zealand - Station Launch (May 8th, 2023), retrieved 2023-05-08
- ^ "Channel X - Your Throwback Playlist". channelx.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
