Radio Dunedin
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Radio Dunedin was the first radio station in New Zealand. The station has had a number of call signs since it first went to air in 1922, including DN, 4AB, 4ZB and 4XD.
Until 1990, 4XD was operated by the Otago Radio Association as a non-commercial and voluntarily run radio station. In 1990, Radio Dunedin was set up as a commercial radio station. The station broadcast across Dunedin City on the 1305-kHz AM frequency. Radio Dunedin is one of the oldest radio stations in the country and is the oldest radio station outside North America and Canada; being the fifth oldest station in the world and is five weeks older than the BBC.
Today Radio Dunedin is owned by Canwest which also owns More FM, The Breeze, The Rock, The Edge, Solid Gold and Radio Live. The announcers on between 6am and 6pm Monday to Friday are paid. The Otago Radio Association leases air time outside these hours.
The Otago Radio Association is made up of volunteer presenters who man the station weeknights, weekends and public holidays.
Radio Dunedin is the only "Live and Local station" in Dunedin and is one of the very few community stations that is not networked in the country today. It has a widely diverse songlist; The listeners are treated to reminiscences and tales in between lively talk-backs and all the good music from the last 60 years.
Radio Dunedin has been rated number one in many radio surveys in the Dunedin area and still rates very highly today.
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