Historic NZ Radio Stations

The following list of service duration for some NZ radio stations may assist members in dial dating.

Station	LOCATION	YEAR STARTED	YEAR ENDED
1XH	HAMILTON	JULY 1949
1XN	WHANGAREI	AUG 1949
1YA	AUCKLAND	MAY 1923
1YB	AUCKLAND	SEPT 1923	BECAME 1ZB DEC 1933
1YC	AUCKLAND	SEPT 1948
1YD	AUCKLAND	JAN 1926	BECAME 1YQ JUNE 1926
1YQ	AUCKLAND	JUNE 1926	BECAME 1ZQ AUG 1926
1YX	AUCKLAND	JULY 1933	BECAME 1YC SEPT 1948
1YZ	ROTORUA	APRIL 1949
1ZB	AUCKLAND	DEC 1933
1ZC	ROTORUA	JULY 1959
1ZD	AUCKLAND	SEPT 1948	BECAME 1ZM
1ZD	TAURANGA	FEB 1961
1ZH	HAMILTON	MAY 1930	AUG 1935
1ZJ	AUCKLAND	NOV 1930	DEC 1938
1ZM	AUCKLAND	AUG 1930	BECAME 1ZD SEPT 1948
1ZQ	AUCKLAND	AUG 1926	MARCH 1933
1ZR	AUCKLAND	DEC 1930	DEC 1933
1ZS	AUCKLAND	JAN 1931	JUNE 1934
2XA	WANGANUI	OCT 1949
2XB	MASTERTON	MARCH 1958
2XG	GISBORNE	SEPT 1948
2XM	GISBORNE	SEPT 1948	MAY 1963
2XN	NELSON	SEPT 1948
2XP	NEW PLYMOUTH	SEPT 1948
2YA	NELSON	JULY 1923	1923
2YA	WELLINGTON	JUNE 1927
2YB	WELLINGTON	AUG 1922	BECAME 2YK NOV 1923
2YB	NEW PLYMOUTH	APRIL 1929	BECAME 2XP SEPT 1948
2YC	WELLINGTON	FEB 1933
2YD	WELLINGTON	APRIL 1937
2YF	PALMERSTON NORTH	DEC 1925	BECAME 2ZF AUG 1926
2YH	NAPIER	NOV 1938	BECAME 2YZ SEPT 1948
2YK	WELLINGTON	NOV 1923	AUG 1925
2YK	WELLINGTON	DEC 1925	BECAME 2YA JUNE 1927
2YM	GISBORNE	OCT 1923	BECAME 2ZM AUG 1926
2YN	NELSON	NOV 1937	BECAME 2XN SEPT 1948
2YX	WELLINGTON	JUNE 1950
2YZ	NAPIER	SEPT 1948
2ZA	PALMERSTON NORTH	OCT 1938
2ZB	NAPIER	AUG 1931	SEPT 1932
2ZB	WELLINGTON	APRIL 1937
2ZC	NAPIER	OCT 1957
2ZD	MASTERTON	AUG 1929	JULY 1937
2ZE	EKETAHUNA	AUG 1929	DEC 1932
2ZF	PALMERSTON NORTH	AUG 1926	AUG 1937
2ZG	WANGANUI	AUG 1929	DEC 1929
2ZH	NAPIER	AUG 1929	BECAME 2YH NOV 1938
2ZI	HASTINGS	JULY 1930	SEPT 1932
2ZJ	GISBORNE	DEC 1930	BECAME 2XG SEPT 1948
2ZK	WANGANUI	JUNE 1928	NOV 1932
2ZL	HASTINGS	SEPT 1930	NOV 1937
2ZM	GISBORNE	AUG 1926	BECAME 2XM SEPT 1948
2ZO	PALMERSTON NORTH	DEC 1930	SEPT 1937
2ZP	WAIROA	APRIL 1930	JUNE 1937
2ZQ	MASTERTON	APRIL 1929	NOV 1930
2ZR	WANGANUI	MAY 1930	APRIL 1931
2ZR	NELSON	JULY 1932	BECAME 2YN NOV 1937
2ZU	DANNEVIRKE	NOV 1930	FEB 1931
2ZW	WELLINGTON	MAY 1931	DEC 1933
2ZX	WELLINGTON	APRIL 1930	JUNE 1932
3AC	CHRISTCHURCH	AUG 1923	BECAME 3AQ APRIL 1924
3AQ	CHRISTCHURCH	APRIL 1924	BECAME 3YA MARCH 1926
3XC	TIMARU	JAN 1949
3YA	CHRISTCHURCH	MARCH 1926
3YC	CHRISTCHURCH	SEPT 1948
3YL	CHRISTCHURCH	JAN 1934	BECAME 3YC SEPT 1948
3YZ	GREYMOUTH	SEPT 1948
3ZB	CHRISTCHURCH	SEPT 1937
3ZC	CHRISTCHURCH	FEB 1927	DEC 1933
3ZE	GREYMOUTH	SEPT 1931	JAN 1935
3ZM	CHRISTCHURCH	MARCH 1933	BECAME 3ZB SEPT 1937
3ZR	GREYMOUTH	JAN 1931	BECAME 3YZ SEPT 1948
4AB	DUNEDIN	AUG 1923	BECAME 4ZB SEPT 1926
4XD	DUNEDIN	SEPT 1948
4YA	DUNEDIN	AUG 1922	(VLDN FOR SHORT WHILE IN 1925)
4YC	DUNEDIN	SEPT 1948
4YO	DUNEDIN	AUG 1923	1925
4YO	DUNEDIN	MARCH 1934	BECAME 4YC SEPT 1948
4YZ	INVERCARGILL	AUG 1938
4ZA	INVERCARGILL	OCT 1956
4ZB	DUNEDIN	SEPT 1926	BECAME 4ZD JULY 1937
4ZB	DUNEDIN	OCT 1937
4ZC	CROMWELL	SEPT 1932	1938
4ZD	DUNEDIN	JULY 1937	BECAME 4XD SEPT 1948
4ZF	DUNEDIN	JUNE 1931	JULY 1934
4ZI	INVERCARGILL	NOV 1929	APRIL 1932
4ZL	DUNEDIN	OCT 1927	JUNE 1937
4ZM	DUNEDIN	OCT 1927	MARCH 1939
4ZO	DUNEDIN	OCT 1928	JULY 1937
4ZP	INVERCARGILL	JAN 1930	BECAME 4YZ AUG 1938
4ZR	INCHCLUTHA	JUNE 1931	APRIL 1937
4ZW	DUNEDIN	JUNE 1931	MAY 1935
5ZA	APIA	JAN 1931	MARCH 1933
5ZB	MOBILE STATION	APRIL 1939	APRIL 1940