is followed by a local 9am 3pm show with Tracy Chambers. Southern Lakes Launched in 2005 as Classic Hits Southern Lakes. The station covers Queenstown on 90.4FM, Wānaka on 96.2FM and Alexandra on 99.9FM. The station is based on Earl Street, Queenstown. Local programming: Craig 'Ferg' Ferguson present a local breakfast show between 6am and 9am followed by networking programming for the remainder of the day. Southland 98.8FM This station was originally Southland's 4ZA on 864AM. After converting to FM in the early 1990s, the station was known as 'Southland's 4ZA 98.8FM' for some time before joining the Classic Hits network as 'Classic Hits ZAFM'. The station also broadcasts in Te Anau on 90.4FM. Historically the breakfast show was hosted by John "Boggy" McDowell. Boggy started on the 4ZA breakfast show on 1 June 1979 and remained presenting this show until 21 December 2012. Local news and sport was read by Malcolm Gayfer until the end of 2012. A local news service is no longer available. Malcolm Gayfer was with the station for 25 years and for a time was Boggy's co-host. More recently the breakfast show was presented by James McRobbie and Liv McBride, James left in early 2018 with his short lived replacement being Bradley Craig (BC). Following the departure of BC and with Liv going on maternity leave a decision was made to network Dunedin's breakfast show presented by Callum and P into Southland. In April 2020 the network breakfast from Dunedin was replaced with the national network breakfast show. Despite no local show the station is located on the corner of Don and Deveron Streets, Invercargill with the studios used to broadcast the Marcus Lush night show on Newstalk ZB and some programming for Hokonui. Other services Events and promotions The Hits runs a range of promotions, from activities at shops and gyms to giveaways of cars and travel. It is the official radio network of the Silver Ferns netball squad, the Fast5 Netball World Series and local community netball tournaments. In 2014 and 2015, it was the official network of the ANZ Championship Northern Mystics, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Central Pulse, Canterbury Tactix and Southern Steel teams. Ticket giveaways and player interviews are broadcast on-air. Classic Hits has sponsored touring artists, local events and national music tours. Between 2012 and 2014, for example, it secured naming rights to the Acoustic Church Tour and Winery