The Hawera 1557AM station continued to broadcast a local breakfast on Newstalk ZB called 'The 1557 Breakfast' In July 1996 the New Zealand Government sold off the commercial arm of Radio New Zealand, which included, among other things, the Classic Hits branded stations.

Outside this time nationwide shows based from Auckland took over, and the announcers simply called the station Classic Hits.

Previous breakfast host for 15 years, Barney (Brent Procter) retired from broadcasting on 20 December 2013.

Taranaki initially retained its local breakfast then show presented by Adam Green and Eryn Deverson.

The studios are based at Broadcasting House on the corner of Powderham and Brougham Streets in New Plymouth Central.