Otago Access Radio, previously known as Toroa Radio and Hills AM, is a radio station in Dunedin, New Zealand. It is an access community radio station, broadcasting on 1575AM and 105.4FM.
Otago Access Radio has several paid employees, but is largely run by volunteers. The current Manager is Lesley Paris. Shows are sponsored. Hills AM has been running since 1990.
At the station's air awards in September 2008, Hills AM announced that it was changing its name to Toroa Radio. Toroa, the Māori word for albatross, was chosen as being representative of the Dunedin area due to the location of a notable albatross colony within the city limits at Taiaroa Head on Otago Peninsula.
One of the regular shows on the station is Write On, the radio show of the Otago Southland branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors, hosted by local crime fiction author Vanda Symon.
In March 2011, the station was renamed again, to Otago Access Radio, broadcasting on 105.4FM.
It is a member of the Association of Community Access Broadcasters.
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