The Hits
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Frequency | FM |
|---|---|
| Slogan | The Best Music |
| City | 26 markets |
| Former callsigns | 1ZM |
| Auckland | |
| Owners | New Zealand Media and Entertainment |
| Format | adult contemporary |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1176569 |
About The Hits
The Hits is a Hot adult contemporary music radio network, broadcasting to 26 markets across New Zealand. It was set up by Government broadcaster Radio New Zealand in 1993 by consolidating existing stations into a single brand and has been privately owned since 1996.
Now That's What I Call Music turns 40: Forty facts about the compilation giant
... In 1984, CBS and WEA launched a rival series, titled The Hits, which focused on big American acts like Madonna, Prince and Bruce Springsteen...
Dire Straits star Mark Knopfler to auction Brothers In Arms guitars
... The sale includes the 1983 Les Paul that Knopfler used to record The Hits Money For Nothing and Brothers In Arms, and which he played on stage at Live Aid in 1985...
Prince's Diamonds and Pearls: An oral history
... " Prince [liner notes for The Hits, 1993]: " Diamonds and Pearls [was] written as a duet with Rosie Gaines...
Smash Mouth frontman Steve Harwell dies at 56
... It went triple platinum and included The Hits Can t Get Enough of You Baby and the incredibly catchy All Star - a song which Rolling Stone magazine said " inexplicably mesmerized the world for 20 years"...
Paul McCartney: Global search for missing Beatles' 1961 Höfner guitar
... The bass features in The Beatles music of those years, including The Hits Love Me Do and She Loves You...
Latitude: George Ezra, James and Siouxsie closes the festival on 'Singalong Sunday'
... But when they turn to The Hits - Tomorrow, Born Of Frustration, Laid - everything comes to life...
Arctic Monkeys at Glastonbury: A tale of two halves
... But even so, some of the broodier sections failed to connect with a festival audience who just wanted to hear The Hits...
AKA: The murdered rapper from South Africa 'destined for greatness'
... " But already in 2014, on Congratulate, one of The Hits that solidified his megastar status, he said he would be " shining like a diamond that s forever, now congratulate me"...
Paul McCartney: Global search for missing Beatles' 1961 Höfner guitar
A global search has been launched to find one of The World 's most iconic instruments - Paul Mccartney 's original Höfner Bass Guitar .
The Lost Bass Project is appealing for information about what it describes as " The Most important bass in history".
McCartney bought the instrument for £30 ($38) in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961, but it disappeared eight years later.
The Bass features in The Beatles ' music of those years, including The Hits Love Me Do and She Loves You.
Nick Wass is heading Höfner's search project and has joined forces with two journalists in trying ".
He has collaborated extensively with McCartney and written a book about The Missing Höfner 500/1 Violin Bass.
Wass told The Bbc that the famous Beatle asked him about The Guitar during a recent conversation - and that is how The Campaign to find it began.
It is not clear What Happened to the instrument, which was put away presumably after The Beatles finished filming Get Back in 1969, He Said .
" It's not clear where it was stored, who might have been there.
" For Most People , they will remember it. . it's The Bass that made The Beatles , " Wass said.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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