# List of radio stations in Hawke's Bay

This is a list of radio stations in Hawke's Bay in New Zealand.

## FM and AM Stations in Hastings and Napier

| Frequency | Station | Location | Format | Airdate | Previous Stations on Frequency |
| 88.7 FM | More FM | Mt Erin | Adult contemporary | 2015 | |
| 89.5 FM | The Hits | Mt Threave | Adult contemporary music | 17 July 1994 | Classic Hits 89.5, Classic Hits 89FM, Bay City Radio |
| 90.3 FM | Newstalk ZB | Mt Threave | Talk radio | 2011 | Easy Mix, Viva, Easy Listening i, Cool 90.3FM, Easy 90FM, Easy Listening 90FM, Easy Listening i90FM, The Alligator 90-100FM, The Alligator 90FM |
| 91.1 FM | RNZ Concert | Mt Erin | Classical music | | |
| 91.9 FM | The Sound | Mt Erin | Classic rock | 1 January 2012 | Solid Gold, Hawke's Bay's 92FM, 92 More FM |
| 92.7 FM | Magic | Mt Erin | Oldies | 2015 | More FM (now 88.7), Hot93, 93FM, Radio Hawke's Bay |
| 93.5 FM | Life FM | Mt Threave | Contemporary Christian music | 2001 | |
| 94.3 FM | Radio Kahungunu | Mt Threave | Urban contemporary Māori language & English | 4 September 2000 | |
| 95.1 FM | The Rock | Mt Erin | Active rock | 3 September 1997 | |
| 95.9 FM | ZM | Mt Erin | Contemporary hit radio | 1 March 1999 | Radio Hauraki, Classic Rock 96FM, Better Music 96FM, Greatest Hits FM96 |
| 96.7 FM | Radio Hauraki | Mt Erin | Modern rock | 17 September 2019 | Radio Sport, Easy Mix, Flava (previously operated on 96.8) |
| 97.5 FM | The Breeze | Mt Erin | Easy listening | 6 August 2007 | Radio Live; Radio Pacific |
| 98.3 FM | The Edge | Mt Erin | Pop music | 5 February 1998 | |
| 99.1 FM | Rhema | Mt Threave | Christian radio | 1994 | |
| 99.9 FM | Coast | Mt Threave | Middle of the Road | 28 March 2011 | Radio Hauraki, The Alligator 90-100FM (99.9 broadcast from Bluff Hill) |
| 100.7 FM | Bay FM | Mt Threave | Local Community radio | July 2009 | |
| 101.5 FM | RNZ National | Mt Erin | Public radio | | |
| 103.9 FM | PMN 531 | Mt Threave | English & Pacific Island languages | Jan 2019 | Niu FM |
| 104.7 FM | Radio Hawke's Bay | Mt Threave | Access radio | August 2022 | 27/11/2009-August 2022: Radio Kidnappers |
| 105.5 FM | Mai FM | Mt Erin | Urban contemporary | March 2010 | |
| 106.3 FM | Channel X | Mt Erin | Classic alternative | 8 May 2023 | 13/03/2015: Radio Live; Dec 2019: More FM; 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21/03/2022 - 30/03/2023: Today FM |
| 549 AM | Sport Nation | Opapa | Sports radio | 19/11/2024 | 11 April 2005: Radio Pacific/Trackside, 2007: BSport, 2010: LiveSPORT, 2015: TAB Trackside, 2021: SENZ |
| 630 AM | RNZ National | Opapa | Public radio | | |
| 765 AM | Radio Kahungunu | Opapa | Urban contemporary Māori language & English | 1990 | Greatest Hits 77ZK (relocated to 95.9FM as Greatest Hits FM96 in December 1989), Hit Radio 77ZK, Apple Radio (1977) |
| 909 AM | AM Network (Parliament) and Sanctuary | Opapa | Parliament and Christian radio | 4 June 1999 | 14/02/2025: Star rebranded Sanctuary |
| 1125 AM | Gold Sport | Pakowhai | Greatest hits & Sports radio | 01/07/2020 | 30/03/2020: Radio Sport; 30/03 - 30/06/2020: Newstalk ZB |
| 1278 AM | Newstalk ZB | Pakowhai | Talk radio | 1 August 1994 | Bay City Radio, 2ZC |
| 1368 AM | Radio Aotearoa | Whakatu Substation | | 2024 | 07/08/2007-18/01/2019: Radio Live; 19/01/2019 - 20/03/2022: Magic Talk; 21 Mar - Dec 2022 Today FM on 106.3; The Breeze temporary for Feb 2022 floods information |
| 1431 AM | Radio Hawke's Bay | Whakatu Substation | Access radio | August 2022 | 1995-August 2022: Radio Kidnappers |
| 1530 AM | Radio Spice | Whakatu Substation | Punjabi language (relay of Radio Spice 88FM Auckland) | Nov 2022 | 20/09/1995 - Nov 2022: Coast, Jammin' Oldies (Jo 1530), Gold 1530, The Wireless Station |
| 1584 AM | Decommissioned | Pakowhai | | | Coast |

### LPFM Stations

| Frequency | Station | Location | Format | Airdate | Previous Stations on Frequency |
| 87.6 FM | Instrumental FM | Hastings West | Instrumental music | | |
| 87.7 FM | | Tamatea | | | Apr 2022 - 13 Aug 2024: Soundwave FM |
| 87.8 FM | Kai FM | Napier | | 2025 | Soundwave FM until April 2022 |
| 88.1 FM | Small FM (Previously Magic FM) | Onekawa | Classic Hits | 1997 | |
| 88.3 FM | Greenmeadows FM | Greenmeadows, Napier | Rock-Pop | | |
| 88.3 FM | Instrumental FM | Napier Hill | Instrumental music | | Hastings 2014: Hit Mix FM, relay of Radio Spice (1530AM Nov 2022) |
| 106.7 FM | Small FM (Previously Magic FM) | Taradale | Classic Hits | 1997 | |
| 106.8 FM | Frimley Primary School | Frimley, Hastings | Computer generated music mix | | |
| 106.9 FM | Taradale Intermediate School | Taradale | | | |
| 106.9 FM | Tamatea Eye | Tamatea | Tamatea Intermediate School | | |
| 107.1 FM | | Napier Hill | | | TLC Radio, Instrumental FM |
| 107.1 FM | Instrumental FM | Onekawa | Instrumental music | | |
| 107.3 FM | Three Angels Broadcasting Network | Parkvale, Hastings | Seventh Day Adventist - Relay Off Satellite | | |
| 107.5 FM | Three Angels Broadcasting Network | Greenmeadows | Seventh Day Adventist - Relay Off Satellite | | |
| 107.7 FM | | Tamatea | | | 1997 - 18 Aug 2024: Soundwave FM |

## Stations in Wairoa and Central Hawke's Bay

| Frequency | Station | Location | Format | Airdate | Previous Stations on Frequency |
| 88.0 FM | Radio Te Wairoa (Previously 88.5FM) | Wairoa | | | |
| 88.1 FM | Three Angels Broadcasting Network | Waipawa | Seventh Day Adventist - Relay Off Satellite | | |
| 92.5 FM | Rhema | Wairoa | Christian radio | | |
| 94.1 FM | The Rock | Wairoa | Active rock | | 94FM |
| 98.9 FM | More FM | Wairoa | Adult contemporary | | |
| 99.4 FM | Central FM | Dannevirke Reservoir | Community radio | | |
| 99.7 FM | The Hits | Wairoa | Adult contemporary music | 30 December 2010 | ZM, Radio Hauraki 96FM, Classic Rock 96FM, Better Music 96FM, Greatest Hits FM96 (Dec 1989) |
| 105.2 FM | Central FM | Waipukurau Tourere | Local Community radio | | |
| 106.0 FM | Central FM | Waipukurau Two Peaks | Local Community radio | | |
| 107.1 FM | WPS 107.1FM | Waipawa | Waipawa Primary School | | |