Radio Marlborough

Radio Marlborough was a radio station in Blenheim. The station was first started in 1965 as 2ZE broadcasting on 1540AM. The station moved to 1539AM in 1978 when the AM band in New Zealand was adjusted from 10khz spacing to 9khz spacing at this time the station became Radio Marlborough.

In 1981 a relay to Picton was established also on 1539AM with the call sign 2ZF and in 1993 the Picton frequency was adjusted to 1584AM. In 1991 Radio Marlborough began broadcasting on 96.9FM.

In 1998 Radio Marlborough became part of the Community Radio Network with all programming outside of the breakfast show being fed from a central studio originally based in Taupo.

In 2001 all Community Radio Network stations became part of the Classic Hits FM network with programming outside of the breakfast show based from Auckland. At this point the station became known as Classic Hits Radio Marlborough. The local breakfast show is hosted by Scott 'Rado' Radovanovich. In 2001 the 1539AM frequency in Blenheim was used to broadcast Radio Sport into the Marlborough region but continued to broadcast on 1584AM in Picton, until 2010 when it was changed back to 1539AM in Picton, and Radio Sport moved to 98.5FM in Blenheim. On 1 March 2012 Classic Hits ceased broadcasting on 1539AM frequency in Picton and is scheduled to be replaced by Coast in the future.