the high elevation of its transmission site. Mark Bunting joined the station in 2000 as the breakfast host, and moved to Classic Hits Auckland to present the Drivetime show over the entire Classic Hits network between 2003 and 2006. He moved back to the Waikato breakfast show in 2007. Mark Bunting continued presenting breakfast following the rebrand to The Hits but was later fired when it was announced he would be moving to opposition The Breeze in Waikato. and the networked breakfast was put in place of this show. The station is located on Hardley Street in Hamilton Central. Local programming: Blair Dowling presents the local day show between 9am to 3pm. South Waikato 97.3FM Originally known as 1ZO or Radio Forestland on 1413 am in the 1980s and 1990s, then 'Classic Hits Radio Forestland' before switching to FM in 2006. The station was part of the Classic Hits Community Radio Network. The station used to have its own local breakfast show, but in 2012 this was replaced with the Waikato breakfast show hosted by Mark Bunting with local advertising. Following the rebrand to The Hits the station now has the same programming as Waikato The station still has a local office located on Bridge Street in Tokoroa. Local programming: Blair Dowling presents the local day show between 9am to 3pm. Coromandel The Hits Coromandel is the most recent station in the network which launched in December 2017. Prior to this, the station was called Sea FM and was an independently run station which merged with NZME in 2017. The station initially retained a local daytime show, however this ended in February 2018. The station broadcasts on the following frequencies across the Coromandel region, Thames 106FM, Paunui, Tairua, Whangamatā 100.3FM and Whitianga 106.9FM. Bay of Plenty 95.0FM Originally 1ZD Radio B.O.P. broadcasting on 1008 AM. The station moved to 95.0FM around 1990 becoming 95 B.O.P. FM. The station was rebranded as Classic Hits in 1993. The Hits 98.6FM Hamilton can also be heard in Tauranga. The station is located on Harrington Street in Tauranga City. Local programming: Lauren Mabbett presents the local weekday show between 9am and 3pm. Will Johnston now hosts the local weekend show on Saturday's from 9am - 12pm. Rotorua 97.5FM Originally known as Radio Geyserland on 1350 AM. The station moved to FM in 1988 and became known as 97.5 Geyserland FM. When the station was