X Static 89FM

X Static 89FM Blenheim's first FM Music Station run by the Marlborough Boys' College It ran on a part time schedule from
February 1986 till Mid 1991.
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X-Static Fm was a radio station owned and operated by the Marlborough
Boys' College Blenheim New Zealand. The radio station broadcast frequency was
89.0Mhz with an output of 100watts EIRP. The antenna system was a
stacked dipole with around 3-6dB gain. The transmitter was a PYE
Cambridge made in 1982. Station equipment included: 1x Chilton CM2
mixing concol 2X Technics 1200 mk2 turn tables 3X

Tascam 133 Cassette
decks(which were replaced in 1988 with 2 Otari cart decks) 1X Otari reel
to reel machine( this was increased to 2 in mid 1987) 1X Pye Cambridge
FM transmitter 1X SCK stereo compressor/Limiter 1X Phillips CD player. The hours of operation where: 1986 Monday - Wednesday 12:20-1:20pm
Wednesday-Thursday 12:20-1:20pm and 4:00-9:00pm Friday 12:20-9:00pm

In 1987 operation hours where extended to Monday - Wednesday
12:00-1:00pm Thursday 12:00-1:00pm 4:00pm-9:00pm Friday 12:00pm - 9:00pm
later in 1987 12:00am Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm

In 1988 X-Static FM was granted even more operating hours. The radio
station closed down over the Christmas break of 1987 to return in 1988
as "The New 89FM" Hours of Broadcast Monday - Thursdays 6:00am - 9:00am
"The Breakfast Club" hosted by Shaun Malzard and Michelle Cotton. 12:00
-1:00pm then 4:00-10:00pm with Friday's afternoon broadcast 12:00pm
-12:00am Saturday and Sunday 6:00am - 12:00am. By the end of 1988 89FM
were broadcasting 7 days a week 6:00am - 12:00am. In 1990 The radio station moved it's operations from the High School to
the 5th floor of the Blenheim Post Office Building. This is were it
stayed until the launch of the full time FM radio station Sounds 93FM. Past staff of X Static FM include Chris Cotton ( Program director More
FM Wellington) Matthew Molgaard( 1XX-FM,Kiwi FM and recently Radio
Hauraki)Shaun Malzard(Fifeshire FM Nelson) Martin Good ( Classic Hits
Hawk's Bay)Glenn Wallace(C93FM Christchurch)Richard Wayne(Radio1 Otago)
and Rubin Atchenson(Fifeshire FM Nelson)

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Blenheim

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 6am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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X-Static Fm was a radio station owned and operated by the Marlborough Boys' College Blenheim New Zealand. It ran on a part time schedule from February 1986 till Mid 1991. The radio station broadcast frequency was 89.0Mhz with an output of 100watts EIRP. The antenna system was a stacked dipole with around 3-6dB gain. The transmitter was a PYE Cambridge made in 1982. Station equipment included: 1x Chilton CM2 mixing console 2X Technics 1200 mk2 turn tables 3X Tascam 133 Cassette decks(which were replaced in 1988 with 2 Otari cart decks) 1X Otari reel to reel machine( this was increased to 2 in mid 1987) 1X Pye Cambridge FM transmitter 1X SCK stereo compressor/Limiter 1X Phillips CD player. The hours of operation where: 1986 Monday - Wednesday 12:20-1:20pm Wednesday-Thursday 12:20-1:20pm and 4:00-9:00pm Friday 12:20-9:00pm In 1987 operation hours where extended to Monday - Wednesday 12:00-1:00pm Thursday 12:00-1:00pm 4:00pm-9:00pm Friday 12:00pm - 9:00pm later in 1987 12:00am Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm In 1988 X-Static FM was granted even more operating hours. The radio station closed down over the Christmas break of 1987 to return in 1988 as "The New 89FM" Hours of Broadcast Monday - Thursdays 6:00am - 9:00am "The Breakfast Club" hosted by Shaun Malzard and Michelle Cotton. 12:00 -1:00pm then 4:00-10:00pm with Friday's afternoon broadcast 12:00pm -12:00am Saturday and Sunday 6:00am - 12:00am. By the end of 1988 89FM were broadcasting 7 days a week 6:00am - 12:00am. In 1990 The radio station moved it's operations from the High School to the 5th floor of the Blenheim Post Office Building. This is were it stayed until the launch of the full time FM radio station Sounds 93FM. Past staff of X Static FM include Chris Cotton ( Program director More FM Wellington) Matthew Molgaard( 1XX-FM,Kiwi FM and recently Radio Hauraki)Shaun Malzard(Fifeshire FM Nelson) Martin Good ( Classic Hits Hawk's Bay)Glenn Wallace(C93FM Christchurch)Richard Wayne(Radio1 Otago) and Rubin Atchenson(Fifeshire FM Nelson)

In 1991 with the creation of Marlborough Media, X- Static FM was closed and relaunched as Sounds 93FM which became Marlborough’s first full time 24hr FM radio station broadcasting on 92.9MHz in Blenheim from their new transmitter site on the Wither Hills south of Blenheim and in Picton on 94.5MHz from Mt Freeth. Later Sounds 93FM networked in to Kaikoura on the East Coast of the South Island on 90.3MHz.

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