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Roger Lacey

Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:30:47 +1300

Sorry to see Kiwi FM go. They were my go-to station when BFM played stuff I couldn't get my ears around. Their DJs were good and their specialist shows interesting. Their tag line "Playing 100% Kiwi music 60% of the time." always sounded a bit desperate and untrue. After all,…

Andre

Tue, 24 Mar 2015 00:31:18 +1300

The Warners were the ringmasters of New Zealand's most competitive mosh pit. I met these guys who lived at a doss house in Pt Chev while holidaying in Mangawhai over New Years 1985. They'd pub crawled from Auckland, arriving noisily late but were up and drinking over an open fire…

Brent Jackson

Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:11:23 +1300

Very sad to hear of KiwiFM's demise. They were my favourite station for many years – until they started playing overseas music, which, to my mind, then made them similar to other stations such as bFM and GeorgeFM. But that only relegated them to second favourite.

Rich of Observationz

Sun, 22 Mar 2015 13:12:00 +1300

I did buy some knock-offs there one time, and they are really flimsy

So they were more at

521-5103" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the $1 end of the scale I guess.

Shaun Scott

Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:05:29 +1300

Great track from Kane Strang- and an interesting interview on the Audience site. His stuff is always worth listening to, and is excellent live. He is also part of a band Dinosuar Sanctuary- brilliant fun live, and a really good album available on bandcamp http://dinosaursanctuary.bandcamp.com/

Kathy Fryer

Sat, 21 Mar 2015 07:44:25 +1300

I love Kiwi fm, I alternative between them and bfm. They're the best morning programme without all the talking, kid safe and the best music.

Russell Brown

Sat, 21 Mar 2015 00:20:49 +1300

Does this make all the cheap Asian ones good or bad value and are they the real thing?
They’re everywhere over there.

See also: Avondale Market. I did buy some knock-offs there one time, and they are really flimsy. Real Dres are heavier and better engineered, just not good for…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:23:18 +1300

It's time for a quota. Why don't we have a quota? It's crazy. Kiwi FM shouldn't have been such a bizarre concept.

Maybe the real reason they didn't do so well is because they have hosts who sound like nice people.

Rob S

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 20:27:08 +1300

Like we didn't already suspect it ...Dr. Dre’s Beats by Dre Cost An Estimated $14 To Make

Does this make all the cheap Asian ones good or bad value and are they the real thing?
They're everywhere over there.

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 18:35:09 +1300

Like we didn't already suspect it ...

Dr. Dre’s Beats by Dre Cost An Estimated $14 To Make

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:30:09 +1300

Aren’t bFM and Radioactive those places?

(I know bFM is technically “student radio” being liked to AUSA, right. But AFAIK Active doesn’t have any university links any more).

I've puzzled over this for literally years, but I think there's virtue in letting the student stations operate in a looser, less…

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:19:38 +1300

Hey Russell, I just posted a bit of a rant on my facebook page about Kiwi FM closure –

Thanks Ben — I did see this on Facebook and wondered about incorporating it in the post, but I was running out of time to finish it. It makes a very…

linger

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:10:57 +1300

maybe a future left wing government could take the tip and just stop subsidising the National Party’s various propaganda outletsThat’s a game the left can't win, as by definition the right have more backing from rich pricks who can keep the funding going and the spin circulating.

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:43:38 +1300

Aren't bFM and Radioactive those places?

(I know bFM is technically "student radio" being liked to AUSA, right. But AFAIK Active doesn't have any university links any more).

Why not grow those rather than trying to invent another tier.

(Oh, and maybe a future left wing government could take the…

Ben Howe

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 16:02:52 +1300

Hey Russell, I just posted a bit of a rant on my facebook page about Kiwi FM closure – I have copied it below as I think it covers off something around the closure that will otherwise be overlooked….as per the bottom, figures are imprecise, though perhaps someone could ask…

Russell Brown

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:58:05 +1300

New posts aren't showing up on the home page today, so this is just to get this one showing in PA System, y'all.

Public Address

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 15:58:05 +1300

Discussion from blog post.