Photo: RNZPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern is "frustrated" that RNZ pushed ahead with announcing proposed changes to its Concert radio station. More than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling on RNZ to ditch plans to gut its music station Concert. Concert would be taken off FM radio on 29 May and the youth platform would be phased in ahead of its full launch on 28 August. The move would eliminate 17 jobs at RNZ Music, including all Concert presenter roles, from late March. She said the marginalisation of RNZ Concert equated to a dumbing down of cultural life in New Zealand.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 09, 2020 20:26 UTC