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Our Radio Shows

If you live in Central Hawke's or Tararua, join us on-air for our radio shows or listen via the I-Heart app. 

Do you have an idea for our radio shows? Drop us an email at centralfm@xtra.co.nz

Our radio frequencies are 106, 105.2 - 99.4 

The Country

Mon, Wed, Fri 12pm-1pm

Join Jamie Mackay on New Zealand’s flagship rural radio show.

As a former sheep farmer and a current equity partner in a Southland dairy farm, Jamie Mackay knows agribusiness.
He delivers your daily fix of everything going on in NZ's biggest industry, along with a generous side-serve of news, sports and politics.
Tapping into contacts throughout the industry, Jamie always gets to the heart of a story.

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The Cockies Hour

Tues & Thurs 12pm-1pm

Steve Wyn-Harris has combined sheep and beef farming, Coopworth sheep breeding, farm forestry, hosting a twice-weekly radio show and writing a weekly column for farming newspapers, for which he has received many awards. He is a born communicator and loves talking about farming and life’s challenges, rewards and mishaps. 

Find out more about Steve's business by checking out his website Marlow Coopworths and Facebook Page

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Centralines Sports Show

Saturday 8am-9am

Join Tim “Coach” Ewen for the latest in news, views, and interviews from the wonderful world of sport on the Centralines Sports Show 

There have been many memorable guests on the Centralines Sports Show over the years but in Coachs view it will be hard to top two former Central Hawkes Bay College students who have made their mark in rugby, Dominic Bird and Emma Jensen.

With his rapier wit, quirky sense of humour and one liners, he is quicker than a Pete Burling tack on Te Rehutai,  he is without a doubt the  brightest star in the Central FM line up – and he keeps the music going after the Centralines Sports Show on Saturdays to midday..

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NZ Retro Weekly Countdown

Sundays 8am-12pm

The New Zealand Retro Weekly Top 40 Countdown is a weekly trip back in time to New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s. Rob Walker hosts the show which is a countdown of the top 40 songs as they were on the official NZ Singles charts for the corresponding weekend. It also includes a look at some tracks off some great albums that were on the official New Zealand album charts for that same year and weekend. 

Saturday Night Juke Box

Join us as we load up the juke box with the best hits from the 60's and 70's. 

The 1960's was a time when excitement ran rife in the music scene. Expressive, lyrical tunes, hip gyrating pieces, and numbers that provoked the thoughts of all who heard were produced. It was a time when social issues were daringly broached.

The 1970's saw Funk, Soul, R&B, Pop, Hard Rock, Soft Rock and Disco cement their place in the music world . The late 70s also witnessed the birth of another young music style: hip-hop. …

Duncan Tolmie's Country Countdown

Sundays 12pm-1pm

Every week, Duncan Tolmie's Country Countdown showcases the top 10 hottest tunes in country music. Between the songs, Duncan keeps listeners up to date with the latest in country music news and remembers the moments that made country music history.

Listen on FM Frequency 106FM - 105.2FM - 99.4FM

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