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NEW MUSIC AOTEAROA
New Music Aotearoa is a brand new show that's available for syndication for free to radio stations around the world. Each week, host John Watson plays the very latest and greatest music by New Zealand music artists thanks to New Zealand On-Air. Details about the show are:
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Between 56 and 60 minutes long in a single mp3 file in 128kps stereo format and levelled at 89db.
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Delivered via email weekly every Friday afternoon New Zealand time (currently GMT+13) via a WeTransfer download link.
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All shows are not time or day or station specific meaning they can be scheduled for airplay at any time.
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Customised logo for your station's website / social media feeds
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Customised 30 second audio promo for the show in mp3 128kps format.
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ABOUT JOHN WATSON
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John started his technical career at the age of 16 when he trained as a cinema projectionist at Auckland's St James Theatre. Through that period and the following 18 years in the industry he learned about electronics and sound engineering. He also had a part-time business DJing at various functions such as weddings, celebrations and dance parties. In 2013 he established Sleep Radio, a station that plays sleeping music to help insomniacs get to sleep. Then in 2021 he also established Radio Te Aroha, a small community FM station in Te Aroha, New Zealand where New Music Aotearoa is recorded. In 2023, John saw a huge anomaly in that new, New Zealand artists got very little, if any, airplay on mainstream radio stations - hence the birth of New Music Aotearoa.
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OUR AFFILIATE RADIO STATIONS
Fridays at 2pm &
Sundays at 12.30pm
(GMT+13)
Tuesdays at 12 noon
(GMT+13)
Wednesdays at 5.30pm
(GMT+13)
Fridays at 6pm
(US Central)
Saturdays at 1pm
(GMT+13)
Saturdays at 8pm
(20.00 AEST)
Download the Android & Windows app
Listen on-demand
7pm Fridays
(UK time)
Tuesdays at 8pm
(20.00 EST)
Mon at 12 noon
& Thurs 5pm
(UK time)
4am Wednesdays
(UK time)
Midnight Wednesdays & Fridays (UK time)
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KEEN ON AIRING THE SHOW?
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Simply get in touch. Email us at newmusicaotearoa@watsons.co.nz and we'll add you to our mailing list. Please make sure that you:
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State the name of your station / frequencies etc.
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Tell us where on planet Earth your station is located.
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Send us your website / social media urls
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Tell us your station's time zone (GMT + or - etc).
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Tell us what day and time the show will air.
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Attach a square station logo.
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In return, we'll then:
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Send you a 30 second, personalised promo for your station.
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Send you a logo for you to use on your website or social media pages.
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Plug your station on this website and our Facebook page.
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Send you a great show delivered to you every week via a WeTransfer download link.
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PLEASE NOTE: Sorry but we don't supply a playlist. It just takes up too much time.
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NZ MUSIC ARTISTS - KEEN ON SUBMITTING YOUR MUSIC FOR THE SHOW?
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Most of the music we feature on the show comes to us via the NZ On-Air website but we're always keen to have you send tracks to us directly, as long as they're in mp3 format. The best and easiest way to do this is using a free uploader website like WeTransfer and email files or folders to us at newmusicaotearoa@watsons.co.nz
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