Michael Jackson songs are starting to seep back on to New Zealand airwaves, after some stations made the call to drop them earlier this year. SUZANNE PLUNKETT Michael Jackson songs are starting to make the playlists of some New Zealand radio stations after being dropped earlier this year. READ MORE:* Michael Jackson: Australian radio station pulls songs due to Leaving Neverland* Leaving Neverland director Dan Reed would hate to see Michael Jackson music ban* New Zealand radio stations drop Michael JacksonHe added: "The audience has always been pretty split over Michael [Jackson]," before stressing that audience trends guided the stations' playlists. NZME entertainment group director Dean Buchanan said songs by Michael Jackson had always been included in the bank of songs available to programmers on some NZME radio stations. "Currently we have a small selection of Michael Jackson songs playing on Coast," he said.

Source: Stuff November 14, 2019 00:01 UTC