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Radio New Zealand is New Zealand's public service radio broadcaster. Previously, radio services were provided by the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC), and, before 1961, the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS). It became a separate State-Owned Enterprise in 1988, along with Television New Zealand, following the dissolution of Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ).In 1995, the Radio New Zealand Commercial (RNZC) networks were privatised, with the non-commercial New Zealand Public Radio (NZPR) known simply as 'Radio New Zealand' (RNZ). The changes also resulted in RNZ's removal from the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 and it being made a Crown Entity.
RNZ has two main national networks, National Radio, which carries news, current affairs, and arts, and Concert FM, which is dedicated to classical music and jazz. National Radio generally broadcasts on AM, but is now increasingly available on FM in major cities. RNZ's third network, AM Network , is leased to a private Christian broadcaster while it is not broadcasting parliamentThe New Zealand Parliament is the legislative body of the New Zealand government. Technically, the term "Parliament" encompasses both the monarch and the 120-member House of Representatives, but to most people, "Parliament" refers to the House of Represen.
Radio New Zealand International broadcasts on shortwaveShortwave radio operates between the frequencies of 3,000 kHz and 30 MHz (30,000 kHz) and came to be referred to as such in the early days of radio because the wavelengths associated with this frequency range were shorter than those commonly in use at tha to neighbouring countries in the Pacific from a transmitter on North IslandThe North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. Several important cities are in the North Island, notably New Zealand's largest city Auckland, and Wellington, the capital, located at the southern extremity.
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- Public broadcasting in New ZealandPublic broadcasting in New Zealand has undergone many changes since radio broadcasts first commenced in the 1920s. Radio The first radio station, Radio Dunedin, began broadcasting in 1921, but it was only in 1925 that the Radio Broadcasting Company (RBC)
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international broadcastingInternational broadcasting is broadcasting deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. It usually is broadcast by means of longwave, mediumwave, or shortwave radio, but in recent years has used direct satellite broadcasting and the
