Magic Talk broadcasts news updates, breakfast and drive current affairs, open-line talkback, and weekend lifestyle content. News, sports and weather updates are broadcast live half-hourly during current affairs programmes and hourly at other times, through a partnership with MediaWorks's 24-hour Newshub service.
Newshub Live at 6 was simulcast live every night until 19 January 2020.
Breakfast From 5 am - 6 am, Rural Today is hosted by
agricultural journalist Dominic George. The show focuses inside and outside the farm gate, featuring rural news, detailed weather reports and sport, while covering hot on-farm topics as well as some off-farm too. Rural Today is broadcast on Magic Talk and on Magic Music in
Taranaki. From 6 am - 9 am,
The AM Show hosted by
Duncan Garner, Amanda Gillies and Mark Richardson, with social media guru Aziz Al-Sa’afin.
The AM Show is New Zealand's second groundbreaking multi-platform breakfast show, broadcasting simultaneously on
Three and online; the first was
Paul Henry, hosted by the
broadcaster of the same name and ran from 2015–2016.
Daytime From 9 am - midday
Peter Williams hosts Magic Mornings, a three-hour show which invites its listeners to "discuss the news that affects you most. What's happening in NZ and around the world - you'll hear it first". Former morning hosts during the RadioLIVE era include
Michael Laws,
Sean Plunket and
Mark Sainsbury. Magic Afternoons was hosted by
Sean Plunket from 12 pm - 4 pm (12 pm - 3 pm during 2019). This show allows listeners to call the free speech hotline for "no-holds barred common sense talk that you control". Former afternoon hosts during the RadioLIVE era include
Willie Jackson,
John Tamihere,
Alison Mau and Wendyl Nissen.
Drive Magic Drive (commonly known as The Ryan Bridge Drive Show) is hosted by Ryan Bridge from 4 pm - 7 pm (3 pm - 6 pm during 2019, followed by a live simulcast of
Newshub Live at 6). With a mixture of current affairs and open-line talkback, this show sees its host, Ryan Bridge, driving the conversation home when listeners need it most, with unrivalled insight and the passion to share their truths. Previous drive hosts during the RadioLIVE era have included
Paul Henry in 2005, 2007 and 2011,
James Coleman in 2006,
Bill Ralston in 2008,
Maggie Barry in 2009 and 2010, Brent Impey in 2011,
Duncan Garner from 2011–2016,
Alison Mau from 2017–2018, and Lisa Owen in 2018.
Early Evenings A daily
Newshub simulcast played from 6 pm nightly until 19 January 2020. Monday–Thursday from 7–8 pm was InFocus, a deeper look at the day's top interviews and stories, hosted by former
More FM newsreader Brin Rudkin. The final edition was broadcast in December 2018 during the RadioLIVE era. On Friday evenings during the RadioLIVE era, the Outdoors Group Fishing Show ran from 7–8 pm.
Nights Magic Nights is hosted by Leah Panapa from 7 pm - 11 pm. Time to discuss the day's events and have your say with what matters most to you. Previous night hosts during the RadioLIVE era have included
Marcus Lush,
Karyn Hay,
Andrew Fagan and Mitch Harris.
Overnights Magic Overnights is hosted by Tony Amos from 10 pm - 3 am, Sunday to Thursday nights. Tony Amos is the man for all you night owls out there, non-stop talkback to take you through the nights. Always on the other end of the telephone to take your calls and turn up the conversation. Previous overnight hosts during the RadioLIVE era have included Ewing Stevens, Dave White, Dudley Stace,
Bruce Hopkins, Emma Lange, Joe Reid and Hayden Rickard.
Weekends Rural Exchange (commonly known as REX) is hosted by
Richard "Loey" Loe and
Hamish McKay. REX, which has been on air since August 2017, is a show dedicated to the backbone business of the nation, hosted by a couple of seasoned buggers. It broadcasts on Magic Talk (and on Magic Music in Taranaki) both Saturday and Sunday mornings from 6 am - 8 am. During the RadioLIVE era, REX ran from 5 am - 7 am and Sarah Perriam co-hosted the show until she left in early 2019 due to other commitments. On Weekend mornings during the RadioLIVE era,
Mucking In landscaper Tony Murrell hosted The Home and Garden Show. He was joined on Saturday by former New Zealand Woman's Weekly food editor Helen Jackson and Sundays by interior designer
Hamish Dodd and Stan Scott for advice on DIY. By mid-2019, The Home and Garden Show was replaced by The DIY Experts with Hamish Dodd and Stan Scott providing DIY tips and advice in a two-hour, fast-paced, question and answer type format; it broadcasts Saturday mornings from 8 am - 10 am. From 10 am - 1 pm on Saturdays is Weekend Life with
Carly Flynn. It's your perfect accompaniment to your Saturday morning covering lifestyle, real estate, books, home styling and food & nutrition. The Sunday Cafe broadcasts Sunday mornings from 8 am - 1 pm, hosted by Mel Homer. With a blend of guests, interviews and talkback, The Sunday Cafe is described as "a conversation at a cafe, covering off the Sunday papers in a laid back way". Previous Sunday hosts during the RadioLIVE era were
Wallace Chapman,
Mark Sainsbury, Ryan Bridge,
Heather du Plessis-Allan and Trudi Nelson. Saturday Sport hosted by Glen Larmer and, later, Brendan Telfer aired on Saturday from 2 pm - 6 pm, and included interviews with sports personalities and really getting to know our sports people. The final edition was broadcast in December 2018 during the RadioLIVE era. Sunday Sport hosted by Andrew Gourdie and Jim Kayes aired on Sunday from 2 pm - 6 pm, and included interviews with sports personalities and unique perspective for our sporting mad country. The final edition was broadcast in December 2018 during the RadioLIVE era. The Magic Talk Weekend Catch Ups fill the weekend afternoon schedule (after 1 pm) and feature clippings of the best segments from the previous week's shows. Occasionally, live talkback will replace the Magic Talk Weekend Catch Ups in the event of major news.
Weekend nights Sunday Social with Vaughn Davis was broadcast on Sundays from 7 pm to 8 pm - the social media, app and internet show for the rest of us. It is a geek-free zone, where 'buzzwords' are forbidden and jargon is busted. The final edition was broadcast in December 2018 during the RadioLIVE era. Weekend Variety Wireless aired both Saturdays and Sundays from 8 pm - midnight. The talk programme had been part of the station since its inception, and focused on music, conservation, world issues and science. Regular contributors included linguist Max Cryer, Stardome Observatory astronomer Grant Christie, Sceptic Siouxise Wiles and American John Dybvig. Host Graeme Hill is a former
Radio Sport and
bFM announcer,
Sports Cafe presenter and
The Able Tasmans band member. His on-air name is a musical pseudonym, due to his 'embarrassment' performing under his real name. "For anyone with a curious bone in their body, tune into the most interesting radio show on the planet!" The final edition of the Weekend Variety Wireless was broadcast in December 2018 during the RadioLIVE era.
Newshub News Bulletins Award-winning news bulletins, presented live hourly, are produced by the
Newshub Radio service. Network weekday newsreaders include
Amanda Gillies (The AM Show), Mary-Jane Tomasi (Workdays),
Geoff Bryan (Drive), and Richard Baddiley (Evenings/Overnights). Weekend and fill-in newsreaders include Trudi Nelson, Leanne Malcolm, Brin Rudkin, Karen McCarthy, Bridget Hastie, Kim Blair and
Eric Young. Sports readers include John McNeil, Chris Forster, John Day and Bruce Rickard.
Magic Music The
Magic Music programme is being simulcast on the Magic Talk network from 11 pm - 6 am on Fridays and after 7 pm on weekends and public holidays. The Saturday Night Jukebox is commercial free and run from 7 pm - midnight on Saturdays, while, on Sundays, Country Magic is hosted by
Mark Leishman and simulcast on Magic Talk until Tony Amos takes over at 11 pm. The final hour of Country Magic plays exclusively on the Magic Music network. Occasionally, live talkback will replace the Magic Music programme in the event of major news. ==Stations==