North Canterbury News: September 26, 2019
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Station’snew broom sweeps in<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Listeners to Compass FM will<br />
already be familiar with the<br />
station’s new manager.<br />
Kerry Treymane has been the<br />
station’s breakfast announcer<br />
since July and took over as<br />
station manager this month.<br />
‘‘I’m anew broom bringing<br />
new opportunities for positive<br />
relationships and that’s what<br />
I’m looking forward to.<br />
‘‘<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> should be<br />
really proud of their local radio<br />
station because we are sounding<br />
really good.’’<br />
Kerry started out in radio with<br />
More FM in 1994, having<br />
previously worked as apainter.<br />
‘‘I had alife before radio in<br />
the painting industry, but I<br />
couldn’t shut up. So Itried<br />
working in aclub as aDJ.’’<br />
He worked alongside wellknown<br />
radio announcers like<br />
Simon Barnett, Phil Gifford and<br />
Gary McCormick, as well as<br />
former Waimakariri District<br />
Council communications<br />
manager Rory Christie.<br />
He then had abrief stint with<br />
CTV, before taking over as<br />
station manager of Classic Hits<br />
and ZB in Ashburton.<br />
‘‘I’m really proud of the<br />
achievements we had down<br />
there. It was around the time of<br />
the global financial crisis, but it<br />
was also when dairying was<br />
active in Mid<strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />
‘‘We were one of the few radio<br />
stations to make budget and we<br />
had an announcer win at the<br />
New Zealand Radio Awards.’’<br />
After the earthquakes, Kerry<br />
returned to the painting trade to<br />
help with the rebuild in<br />
Christchurch and Waimakariri,<br />
until he damaged his elbows<br />
and was forced on to ACC.<br />
‘‘One elbow still hasn’t<br />
recovered, but what Ican do is<br />
sit behind amicrophone, a<br />
keyboard and amouse, wake<br />
people up with asmile, and say<br />
silly things to make people<br />
laugh.<br />
‘‘Radio plays an important<br />
role in people’s lives. Istill<br />
remember the announcers from<br />
when Iwas growing up, so it<br />
would be nice to think that in<br />
2050 people would remember<br />
me on the radio.’’<br />
Kerry says he leads atalented<br />
team, as fellow announcer John<br />
Cameron and content director<br />
Steph McDonald have also both<br />
been in radio for more than 20<br />
years.<br />
Bruce John, who is relatively<br />
new to radio, completes the onair<br />
team, along with two casual<br />
announcers who regularly fill<br />
in.<br />
Behind the scenes, founding<br />
station manager Mike Le Petit,<br />
who has been in radio since the<br />
1970s, has returned as<br />
production engineer, while<br />
Sally Lane is back in asales<br />
role.<br />
‘‘I can tell you right now, I<br />
could take that team into any<br />
major commercial station and<br />
we would make agood fist of it.’’<br />
Kerry says listeners will<br />
notice some changes, as he has<br />
‘‘tightened up the music’’ and<br />
introduced some new shows.<br />
As acommunity radio station,<br />
NEWS<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>26</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Breakfast radio ... Kerry Treymane says he is enjoying ‘‘waking people<br />
up with asmile’’.<br />
PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />
Compass FM relies on<br />
sponsorship, in particular<br />
MainPower, and is governed by<br />
‘‘a board of trustees which has<br />
the best interests of the<br />
community at heart, as does<br />
Compass FM’’, he says.<br />
‘‘Stepping into this radio<br />
station is like stepping into an<br />
oldtime radio station and the<br />
best part is we don’t have to<br />
answer to overseas investors.’’<br />
Names<br />
given to<br />
rooms<br />
21<br />
The roomsinthe<br />
Pegasus Community<br />
Centre have newnames.<br />
The WoodendSefton<br />
Community Board<br />
approved the new<br />
names, acknowledging<br />
the developers who<br />
played apart in<br />
establishing Pegasus, at<br />
its meeting this month.<br />
The Waimakariri<br />
District Council recently<br />
extended the centre by<br />
leasingadditional space<br />
next to the existing<br />
building.<br />
The combined space,<br />
when open to the public,<br />
will have differentsized<br />
rooms available for<br />
booking.<br />
The existing centre<br />
building will be named<br />
the Big Room. The<br />
Infinity Room is the<br />
name for the new<br />
reception/entry area in<br />
the extension. Two other<br />
spaces are named the<br />
Todd Room and the<br />
Southern Capital Room.<br />
The new names were<br />
suggested by the<br />
Pegasus Residents<br />
Association, whichhas<br />
been managing the<br />
community centre<br />
since it opened two<br />
years ago.<br />
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