using four frequencies – 95.6FM in the Far North, 106.1FM in the Bay of Islands, 95.6FM in the Mid North and 95.6FM in Whangārei. Originally known as Radio Northland and broadcasting on 1026 and 1215 AM with the call sign 1ZN, the station moved to 96FM in Whangārei during the late 1990s. The station is located on Bank Street, Whangārei. Local programming: Charmaine Soljak presents the local weekday show between 9am and 3pm. Auckland 97.4FM The Hits 97.4 is the flagship of the brand. The majority of the network announcers are based here. The station is located at new NZME Radio headquarters in Graham Street in central Auckland. Since February 2017 The Hits has run a local breakfast show, initially presented by Sarah Gandy, Sam Wallace and Toni Street. Gandy left the show and was replaced by Laura McGoldrick, with the addition of The Hits’ content director Todd Campbell. From April this became a Network show presented across the North Island. Most shows outside of breakfast are presented from the Auckland studio to markets taking network shows, most announcers based in Auckland produce two voice breaks, a local voice break for Auckland mentioning Auckland frequency and region specific information for Auckland and a separate voice break for the rest of the country tailored to a national audience. Local programming: Dave Nicholas presents the local day show between 9am to 3pm. Megan Papas presents the 3pm pick up between 3pm to 4pm Brad and Laura Driving you home between 4pm to 7pm Estelle Clifford presents the night show between 7pm and 12am weeknights. Saturday Morning Breakfast with Jono & Ben is a replay of their show and Sunday Morning is ? & is followed by various announcers in the afternoons. Waikato 98.6FM Originally Waikato's 1ZH this station was first started in 1949 broadcasting on 1310 AM. The station moved to 1296 AM in 1978. On air names included 1300 1ZH and Hits and Memories 1ZH during the 1980s. The station became 98.6 ZHFM on 25 May 1990 when the station switched to FM. The Classic Hits name was actually used on a bumper sticker as well as A Better Music Mix before the station was re branded as Classic Hits ZHFM in 1993. The 98.6 ZHFM frequency can also be heard in Tauranga, the outskirts of Auckland and in a number of places in Northland due to its high power and