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| Broadcast area | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Current affairs, News, Sport |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Wright family (75%) Sean Plunket (25%) |
| History | |
First air date | September 2021 |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | theplatform |
The Platform is a New Zealand online radio station,[1] founded by former MagicTalk broadcaster Sean Plunket in September 2021.[2][3][4] Significantly funded by Tauranga mega-donor Wayne Wright Jr, the station is owned by the Wright family and Plunket.[5][6] Notable hosts include Plunket, Otago Regional Council member Michael Laws, sports broadcaster Martin Devlin and Leah Panapa.[5][7][8] In September 2024, The Platform entered into a new partnership with Radio Aotearoa to broadcast on its morning weekday frequencies.[9]
- ^ Donnell, Hayden (18 August 2022). "A conundrum over how to cover the conspiracists". RNZ. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Vance, Andrea (19 September 2021). "Sean Plunket: putting the unfashionable back on air". Stuff. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Home". The Platform. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Van Dongen 2022, pp. 30–31.
- ^ a b Greive, Duncan (20 August 2022). "Two hours with the secretive rich lister bankrolling Sean Plunket's The Platform". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Greive, Duncan (22 August 2024). "Meet the secretive rich lister bankrolling Sean Plunket's The Platform". Stuff. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Re-Platformed: radio outcasts make their own platform". Radio New Zealand. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ "Combatting loneliness and social isolation in older people, interview on The Platform with Chief Executive Denise Cosgrove". The Selwyn Foundation. 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Collaboration Between Radio Aotearoa And The Platform". Scoop. 14 August 2024. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.