History
Retro Hit Radio was developed as an idea in 1996, when the building of the music library began. It began trial broadcasts in 2001, then started as a test broadcast on Waitangi Day, February 2004 on the frequency 106.9 FM in Otahuhu, and continued until a frequency change to 88.1 FM after securing a broadcast site at Goodwood Heights in November of that year, and began broadcasting to Manukau City.
On 1 October 2007, the 88.1 transmission in Manukau was switched off, and relocated to Kohimarama on the same frequency, where it was broadcasting until 10 February 2008.
The station then became a dedicated online radio station, which was based in Grey Lynn until 25 April 2010.
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