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[[Image:Christoff1.jpg|right|thumb|''Max Christoffersen'' with Contact's new FM aerial on the top of the university library (Photo Waikato Times, reprinted in Nexus 15/9/1986)]] | [[Image:Christoff1.jpg|right|thumb|''Max Christoffersen'' with Contact's new FM aerial on the top of the university library (Photo Waikato Times, reprinted in Nexus 15/9/1986)]] | ||
− | ''Max Christoffersen'' was the manager of Hamilton's student radio station in | + | ''Max Christoffersen'' was the manager of Hamilton's student radio station in 1986 when it switched from [[Radio Contact]] on 1440 IXC to [[Contact 89FM]]. Under his reign information services were added to the broadcasts such as Job Search, and the Accommodation and Movie guides, features that remained a staple until the closedown of the station. He was also the first manager to write weekly articles in [[Nexus]] about the station. ''Christoffersen'' acted as a director of ''Contact 89FM Ltd.'' in the late 1990s, and made an unsuccessful bid to buy the station prior to its sale and closure. |
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− | ''Christoffersen'' acted as a director of ''Contact 89FM Ltd.'' in the late 1990s, and made an unsuccessful bid to buy the station prior to its sale and closure. | + | |
Christoffersen later went on to establish [[Max FM]], Hamilton's first NZQA recognised radio school at The Waikato Institute of Technology ([[Wintec]]). Max FM carried on where Contact FM left off focusing on student centered services and a music playlist that featured a 'new school - old school' rock format and a range of specialist music programmes. | Christoffersen later went on to establish [[Max FM]], Hamilton's first NZQA recognised radio school at The Waikato Institute of Technology ([[Wintec]]). Max FM carried on where Contact FM left off focusing on student centered services and a music playlist that featured a 'new school - old school' rock format and a range of specialist music programmes. | ||
− | In January 2009 Christoffersen launched Kiss-FM | + | In January 2009 Christoffersen launched Kiss-FM at Mt Maunganui. The station aims to provide entry-level radio study courses and volunteer on-air and station management work opportunities for recent graduates of radio courses. Kiss-FM 88.1 features a hard rock format with 'The Late Shift' providing Mount Maunganui with the 'hardest nightly rock radio show in New Zealand.' |
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