New Zealand
The music format at PrimeTime Radio in UK inspired the establishment (by totally different people) of a low-power FM and Internet station in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. Primetime Radio 1ZZ offers a broadly similar format to its British predecessor, along with repeats of classic US drama and serials and evening programmes of jazz and blues. This format is more common among New Zealand broadcasters than others. The New Zealand station features specially produced American Sixties-style jingles by Ben Freedman, who originally worked at the famous PAMS studios in Dallas. The 'callsign' 1ZZ is reminiscent of the callsigns traditionally used in New Zealand radio until the mid-80s. If the callsign system had survived, 1ZZ would have been the last possible one to be issued in the upper part of the North Island.
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