About Us   

AudcomNZ started life in 1993 as an audio communications business (hence the name) initially in Wellington city as a commercial radio station operator, but since 2000 it has been based in Hutt City.

• The owner and managing director of the company is Wayne Newth.
• AudcomNZ was originally a commercial radio station operator, creating (in partnership with SM Network Ltd) New Zealand's first fully-automated, 24 hour, Top 40 music radio station - The Heat 91.7FM Wellington, and adding shortly afterwards, 94.3FM on the Kapiti Coast.
• Although 'The Heat' was a local Wellington station, with Kiwi music, Wellington commercials and local Wellington information, it was musically programmed by the ABC in Dallas, Texas.
• It first went to air in February 1993 and quickly established itself as a major player in Aotearoa New Zealand's youth-oriented radio market.
• Because international satellite technology for broadcast was in its infancy at the time, it was not possible to run a 'live' satellite service, so the station's programmes were couriered to Wellington on Bernoulli removable hard drives daily from the USA.
• This was cutting-edge stuff in the early 90's; it was an entirely new concept for broadcasting in New Zealand, and it should be noted that it pre-dated the arrival of MTV in New Zealand by 14 years!
• Eventually, with the rapidly changing Wellington radio market, AudcomNZ amended its core business model, and switched to focus solely on computer-related technology.