Breakfast Show Expands Across North Island

Media Release for Immediate Release – Sunday 26 March 2017

Sarah, Sam and Toni’s New Hits Breakfast Show Expands Across North Island

26 March 2017 – Following their successful launch in Auckland Sarah Gandy, Sam Wallace and Toni Street will expand their new breakfast show on The Hits, to thirteen new regions throughout the North Island from Monday 10 April.
NZME Chief Content Officer, Mike McClung says rolling the show out to additional markets is a natural progression.

“Sarah, Sam and Toni have brought an exciting fresh burst of fun, energy and warmth to breakfast radio in New Zealand. They’ve got great chemistry, are well known and loved by Kiwis and most importantly we know our listeners enjoy waking up with them each morning.”

Toni Street is one of the most popular television personalities in New Zealand, best known as star of TVNZ’s Seven Sharp. Sam Wallace brought the weather to Kiwis on TVNZ’s Breakfast for six years until he decided in 2016 that his future was on radio with The Hits. Longstanding radio personality Sarah Gandy hosted The Hits morning show in 2016, after a ten-year career with ZM. She is also the entertainment expert on NZ Herald Focus.

Toni Street says “Our first month together on air has been so much fun. We all get on great and I’m so excited that our show is heading into these other towns and cities, especially my home province of Taranaki.”

The Sarah, Sam and Toni show replaces Polly and Grant. McClung says, “Polly and Grant have had a fantastic run on radio but their relationship with NZME has now come to an end. They have both been a huge part of listeners’ lives over many years and have certainly earned a memorable part in New Zealand broadcast history. We wish them all the best for the next stage of their careers and thank them for their incredible efforts”.

NZME is also excited to announce additional investment for The Hits in the South Island with a new breakfast show for Christchurch spearheaded by Dave ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald with the full line-up to be announced shortly - alongside new breakfast shows in Nelson, Marlborough, Timaru, Oamaru and the West Coast. These changes enhance the existing The Hits local breakfast show line-ups in Dunedin, Southland, Queenstown and Hawkes Bay.

The Hits Breakfast Show by Market

Northland 95.6FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Auckland 97.4FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Waikato 98.6FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Bay Of Plenty 95FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Rotorua 97.5FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Taupo 96.8FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Hawkes Bay 89.5FM Adam and Sarah
Gisborne 90.9FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Manawatu 97.8FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Wanganui 89.6FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Taranaki 90FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Kapiti/Horowhenua 92.7FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Wellington 90.1FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Wairarapa 90.3FM Sarah, Sam and Toni
Nelson 89.6FM Scott Radovanovich
Marlborough 96.9FM Scott Radovanovich
Christchurch 97.7FM Dave Fitzgerald
Ashburton 89.3FM Dave Fitzgerald
West Coast 90.7FM Israel Bai
Timaru 94.7FM & 98.7FM Josh Mac
Oamaru 98.4FM Callum and P
Dunedin 89.4FM Callum and P
Queenstown 90.4FM Ferg
Southland 98.8FM James and Liv

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