Radio Sport gets off the air
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Tuesday, 31st March 2020 at 12:17pmNZME has closed down sports station Radio Sport.
NZME management stated that all Radio Sport programming would be replaced by syndicated Newstalk ZB content. It’s official Facebook and Twitter channels were also deleted.
The decision was reportedly made in the absence of sporting activities due to the COVID-19 situation. It also ended Radio Sport’s long journey that started in the early 1990s as RNZ’s Sports Roundup.
However, staff were informed there were no guarantees of Radio Sport coming back if and when the pandemic subsided. Instead, they were asked to discuss alternate roles with the NZME hierarchy.
New Zealand media figures were left disappointed by the apparent end of Radio Sport.
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