Palmerston's community radio station, Puketapu Radio, is having a board shake-up and has just bought its broadcasting licence, enabling announcers more freedom, the organisation's chairman says.
The charitable trust chairman and trustee, John Blair, said the 17-year-old non-profit group would organise a public meeting within a month to elect new board members, with the hope of bringing in new ideas.
"We want to bring in new blood, to bring in more local interest to the radio station.''
He said in the past five weeks the trust had bought the station's broadcasting licence, but he would not say what it paid, citing commercial sensitivity around the deal.
Other changes included adopting Oamaru Heritage Radio's breakfast programme.
The changes would not impact the style of programme content being broadcast, Mr Blair said.
"We're not going to change the sound at all. Rather, we're going to give the announcers more [freedom] in what style of music they can play rather than dictate what they can play.''
Oamaru Heritage Radio station manager, Wyn Machon said he was pleased that his station's breakfast programme was picked up for syndication.
It meant a lot to the volunteers and workers at the media outlet.
"It means we have more listenership and a greater area."
Puketapu Radio transmits as far as Dunedin, Oamaru and Omakau.
