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The Hits Waikato is a New Zealand radio station based in Hamilton, New Zealand. It is part of The Hits radio network and is owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment. It started at 1XH in 1949, broadcasting on 1310 AM. It became 1ZH in 1968, and moved to station moved to 1296 AM in 1978. On air names included 1300 1ZH and Hits and Memories 1ZH during the 1980s. The station became 98.6 ZHFM on 25 May 1990 when the station switched to FM. The ''Classic Hits'' name was actually used on a bumper sticker as well as ''A Better Music Mix'' before the station was re branded as Classic Hits ZHFM in 1993. It became part of Classic Hits in 1993, and became part of The Hits in 2014. Mark Bunting joined the station in 2000 as the breakfast host, and moved to Classic Hits Auckland to present the Drivetime show over the entire Classic Hits network between 2003 and 2006. He moved back to the Waikato breakfast show in 2007. Bunting continued presenting breakfast following the rebrand to The Hits but had actually tendered his resignation and announced a pending move to opposition The Breeze in Waikato. He left The Hits a week after the launch of the station and the networked breakfast was put in place of this show. The 98.6 ZHFM frequency can be heard in Tauranga, the outskirts of Auckland and in a number of places in Northland due to its high power and the high elevation of its transmission site.〔 These markets are already served by other network stations: The Hits Northland in Northland, The Hits Auckland in Auckland and The Hits Bay of Plenty in Tauranga. The station is located on Hardley Street in Hamilton Central. Local programming: Daytime 9 am - 3 pm: Blair Dowling ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hits Waikato」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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