Foveaux FM
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| Broadcast area | Southland New Zealand |
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| Slogan | "Southland's Best Music Mix" |
| First air date | 1981 |
| Frequency | 89.2 FM 1224 AM |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Callsign meaning | 4XF |
| Owner | Canwest |
Foveaux FM was a local radio station in Invercargill New Zealand that began operating in around 1981. Originally known as 4XF Foveaux Radio, the station began broadcasting on 1224 AM. In 1991 Foveaux made the switch to FM when it began broadcasting on 89.2 FM and retained the AM frequency.
During the early nineties Foveaux was a popular choice for younger listeners playing the latest music and shows such as the Top 9 at 9, Foveaux also catered to older listeners by playing music from the 70's and 80's. Foveaux FM's main competitior was 4ZA, now branded as Classic Hits 98.8 ZAFM but with many network stations coming to Invercargill Foveaux was forced to adapt to a changing market. In 1997 Foveaux moved some of their talk shows such as Talkback with John Husband and Sports Comment and Opinion to play exclusively on the AM band while playing music on FM, this was in response to the arrival of ZM to Invercargill. These shows were axed years later.
Foveaux was always a live and local station 24 hours a day however some specialist nationwide shows were played on the station over the years these included:
- The Other Top 40 (was on-air Saturdays in 1988)
- Coke Shake 30 Countdown (Saturday Afternoons 1992 - 1995)
- Power Jam Countdown (Saturday Afternoons 1995 - 1997)
- Keeping it Kiwi (Sunday 5PM 1994 - 2001)
- Counting the Beat (Sunday 10PM 1994 - 1997)
- Rock Your Radio (Sunday 11PM Kiwi Music Show) (1994 - 1997)
- Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 (Sunday Afternoon 2002)
Up until 1999 Foveaux was owned by Radio Otago this was until Radio Otago was sold to RadioWorks. In 2000 Foveaux changed its music format to an Adult Comtemporary format this was after RadioWorks networked The Edge FM into Invercargill. The Top 9 at 9 was replaced by The Eighties at 8.
In 2002 TV presenter and former ZM announcer Marcus Lush moved to Invercargill and hosted the Foveaux FM breakfast show. This show ran for two years before Marcus left and took on his current role with Radio Live.
In November 2004 Canwest RadioWorks decided to rebrand many of their local heritage stations with the well known More FM brand name and then on the 15th January 2005 Foveaux FM became Southlands 89.2 More FM. The change also saw the station reduced to 13 hours a day of local programming when More FM introduced a networked night show and overnight show. 
The Foveaux FM building on the Corner of Tay and Kelvin Streets in January 2005 when the station changed from Foveaux to More FM, as you can see half the building says Foveaux the other More FM.
