city wellington new zealand broadcast area wellington frequency 88.6 mhz first air date 1977 ; 39 years ago 1977 format alternative webcast stream website see tfm www.radioactive.fm radio active is an alternative radio station broadcasting in wellington new zealand . it broadcasts on 88.6 fm formerly 89 fm as well as streaming online at www.radioactive.fm . it began as the student radio station for victoria university of wellington students association vuwsa in 1977 broadcasting on the am frequency . in 1981 it became the first radio station in new zealand to commence broadcast on the newly available fm frequency . 1 in august 1992 vuwsa decided that radio active could not make any more losses and sold the station to radioactive ltd in the hope that the station could become financially viable . 2 radio active commenced online broadcasting in 1997 being one of the first radio stations in new zealand to do so . today radioactive.fm has a very strong presence and following throughout the capital . it has a very strong listenership of around 45 000 weekly 1 plus a huge online audience via its website . with a highly talented pool of volunteer announcers many of whom have been with the station for over fifteen years radio active is renowned for the wide variety of interesting music that it plays . references edit a b about us . radioactive.fm . retrieved 2016 09 12 . a history of student radio episode 3 . radio new zealand . retrieved 2016 09 12 . external links edit official website v t e radio in new zealand private radio apna chinese voice coast fm port fm radio bay of plenty radio tarana rhema media tab trackside mediaworks george fm mai fm magic more fm radio live the breeze the edge the rock the sound nzme coast flava hokonui mix newstalk zb radio hauraki radio sport the hits zm public radio access radio network iwi radio network pacific media network radio new zealand rnz national rnz international rnz concert am network other lists call signs personalities stations authorities broadcasting standards authority nz on air te m ngai p ho organisations christian broadcasting association new zealand association of radio transmitters radio awards 2013 2014 2015 this article about a radio station in new zealand is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title radio active new zealand & oldid 741897076 categories radio stations in wellingtonstudent radio stations in new zealandnew zealand media stubshidden categories new zealand articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinatesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 september 2016 at 10 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view