ZM (New Zealand) - ZM History - 2010s

2010s

  • Since February 2010, between 5 am and 6 am, highlights of the ZM Morning Crew show have been played from the previous day, on Mondays this is highlights from the previous Fridays show.
  • In December 2010, the station launched a new online stream of ZM, where in a New Zealand radio first, the stream became the 20th ZM station to connect to the network in the same way regional markets do. The change meant ZM Online now had its own imaging & commercials. Local ads, weather and traffic have been removed from the online station, as they will be available on the new ZM iPhone App for all markets. Previously visitors to the ZM Online website could choose to hear either the Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch stream with local advertising for the chosen market, this allowed visitors to hear the local shows in Wellington and Christchurch when these regions had local programming.
  • In December 2010 the Ten Songs in a Row format was replaced with the Ad Free 50. The change sees ZM play 50 Minutes of continuous music before any advertising is played. This change also means the weather is often not heard at the Top of the Hour as it would be expected for most radio stations.
  • ZM is to launch its own iPhone App in 2011. This will allow for streaming of all of ZM's 19 markets, including local ads, weather and traffic. It is expected to be released in January 2011.

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