BUILDING Project

A few temporary changes coming up

Tauranga City Council (TCC) are undertaking an earthquake strengthening and fire egress progamme for the building we occupy in The Historic Village (17th Avenue, Tauranga). This work will commence in August 2025 and will likely take 4-6 months to complete.

TCC are making arrangements so Village Radio can continue to occupy this building for the duration of the building works. We will not need to temporarily relocate to another building in The Historic Village as previously planned.

The works will not impact the sound of the music we broadcast. However, our listeners will likely hear some construction noise when our announcers are talking on air.

We may need to make a few minor changes to our broadcast during this time. We may play longer sequences of music without talking, and/or we may need to shorten the shifts our announcers are filling. We will advise our regular listeners of what is changing in advance through updates on-air.

During the period of construction, visitors will not be able to access the studios. TCC are providing temporary scaffold stairs for volunteers to access the studios which are not suitable for visitors. We look forward to welcoming visitors to our studios when the works are complete.

We have closed our museum so that we can safely store items that may be impacted by the odd vibration. This will re-open when the building work is finished.

If you have any questions please email info@villageradio.co.nz.

We look forward to bringing pure nostalgia to our listening audience through this construction period, just as we have over the last 41 years!