MediaWorks has revealed the look of its new Magic Talk station, and announced that  Peter Williams is return to radio on the newly formatted station.
 
The station will carry talk and lifestyle content aimed at an over 45 audience.
 
Peter Williams says he is returning to air for really great opportunity:
 

Results from the fourth and final ratings survey for 2018 have been released for New Zealand.

Newstalk ZB retained top spot nationally, despite a slight fall of 0.5 to 10.7%.

Second placed More FM dropped 0.4 to 8.0%.

Breeze was ranked third in network share, down 0.2 to 7.8%.

The Rock moved into fourth place, up one share point to 7.6% overall.

Coast network was fifth, up 0.1 to 7.5%.

The network results aggregate the 13 major markets in New Zealand. See the chart below (click to enlarge).

NewstalkZB has scored top postiion in the second New Zealand radio ratings survey, reelased today.

The Edge network had the biggest weekly commercial cumulative reach in New Zealand national survey 4, with 613,100 weekly listeners. 

“2018 is set to be an exciting year for MediaWorks radio,” according to Leon Wratt, Group Content Director - Music at MediaWorks Radio.

“From January 15, 2018, Polly & Grant’s breakfast show will be extending beyond More FM Wellington and Kapiti into four additional regions: Waikato, Rotorua, Whanganui and More FM will broadcast on two frequencies in Dunedin, giving listeners the option to tune in to Si & Gary on 97.4FM or Polly & Grant on 100.6FM.”

The results of 2017's third New Zealand Commercial Radio Audience Measurement survey are in, and 3.36 million people, more than 80% of New Zealanders aged 10+, listen to commercial radio each week