Channel X (New Zealand radio station)

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Channel X
Channel X logo 2023.png
  • New Zealand
Broadcast area16 markets
RDS channelX; PI 9240
BrandingYour Throwback Playlist
Programming
Format Classic alternative
Ownership
Owner MediaWorks New Zealand
History
First air date
8 May 2023 (2023-05-08)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website channelx.co.nz

Channel X is a New Zealand classic alternative music station owned by MediaWorks. The station can be heard in 16 markets across New Zealand, and online through MediaWorks's streaming platform, Rova. [1] The station plays uninterrupted music from the 1990s to 2010s with occasional one-liners or station IDs. [2] The station does not have announcers and does not air news, sport, weather or traffic information. It does have occasional advertising.

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History

Channel X began on 8 May 2023, following the demise of news and talk station Today FM on 30 March. Regions where another brand was not allocated ran a music-only playlist of songs from the 80s and 90s as a stunt.

In mid-April, MediaWorks filed for trademark of the "Channel X" brand name and domain channelx.co.nz. [3]

The station was announced on 3 May through an encoded message playing on what would become Channel X's frequencies with the station's name, along with a shift in the stunt to a loop of various songs, TV show clips and news stories from the 90s and 2000s. The message was visible using an audio spectrogram. [4] On 5 May, the loop was updated to encode the date and time the station would begin airing. [5]

At noon on 8 May 2023, the station began with a countdown where they encoded "5.. 4.. 3.. 2.. 1.. hello :)" into the audio [6] before introducing the radio station that "doesn't have any prizes, or shows". This was followed by a skit referencing the Now That's What I Call Music! album compilations that were popular in the late 1990s. The first song to play on the station was the 2006 single "When You Were Young" by The Killers. [2] [7]

Frequencies

Channel X broadcasts to 16 markets [2] on these FM frequencies:

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References

  1. ↑ "Rova Entertainment on Command". rova.nz. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mediaworks Welcomes a New Music Only Radio Station to the Whānau" (PDF). MediaWorks. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Channel X Trademark". Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "'Now, I'm in charge': Revealed – Duncan Garner's new role at MediaWorks". NZ Herald. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Channel X date spoiler". MediaSpy. 7 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Channel X launch spectrogram". MediaSpy. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Channel X New Zealand – Station Launch (May 8th, 2023) , retrieved 8 May 2023
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