Energy FM was a privately owned radio station that broadcast from studios in New Plymouth, New Zealand.

At the time the station was also in competition from a number of other companies also seeking the right to broadcast full-time on the FM band.

At the time this had the potential impact of delaying the stations launch by up to six months while the appeal went through the High Court in Wellington.

The appeal was against the twelve-month period the BCNZ had to wait after Energy FM's launch before it could go to air with its own rival station – ZMFM.

The High Court appeal was dropped[3] in August 1987 clearing the way for the station to launch by the end of the year.