Classic Hits FM - Classic Hits Music

Classic Hits Music

Classic Hits plays an Adult Contemporary mix of music however in more recent years the stations playlist have tended to be aimed towards a more younger audience. When Classic Hits was rolled out across New Zealand in 1993 and 1994 all stations were still local and made up their own playlists. In Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch the Classic Hits stations played mostly music from the 1960s and 1970s as an oldies format. The rest of New Zealand made up their playlist using a mixture of music from the 1960s to current hits in the 1990s. For many stations becoming part of the Classic Hits network saw a slight change in format with many older tracks being added into the stations playlists. By 1996 music from the sixties had been dropped from the playlists of Classic Hits stations except in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch 1960s music was dropped from these regions much later. By 1998 all regions were playing the same music, although at this point Christchurch remained local and made up its own playlist. In 2005 music from the 1970s began being dropped from the playlist and more tracks from the 2000s added in. By 2008 Classic Hits was typically playing one 1970s track per hour as a 'Back in the day Classic' at the same time more tracks from artists such as Nirvana, Snoop Dogg and Evanescence were being added into the playlist as the station aimed to target a younger audience. In 2009 music from the Eighties began being reduced as well the song each hour known as the 'Back in the day Classic' is typically from the 1980s with most music on the station now from the 1990s and 2000s.