Our History

• 31 December 2000 -
  Our Top 100 chart/plays for 2000 is officially released. Number 1 - 'Bad For Me' by Splitter. 2 - 'Winning Numbers (Changing Places)' by The Mutton Birds, 3 - 'Part Of Me' by Stellar, 4 - 'Hibiscus Song' by Greg Johnson, 5 - 'Landslide' by Breathe, 6 - 'Mad About The Boy' by James Hall (featuring Ce Soir), 7 - 'Underwater Mountain' by Tim Finn, 8 - 'Switch Off' by Liquidelerium, 9 - 'Summer Comin'' by The Holidays, 10 - 'I Sort Of Love You' by Handsome Geoffery.

• 01 December 2000 -
  VISION 100 is mentioned by New Zealand's 'Loop' magazine December 2000 issue 'Big Ups - Roll of Honour' feature, page 22: "Radio station Vision 100 FM in Palmerston North have a 100% NZ playlist, and are sparking global interest in our music online (www.vision100.com)." http://www.loop.co.nz

• 28 November 2000 -
  Peter Sinclair's article in The New Zealand Herald newspaper, titled "Turn on, tune in at cyber-dial", says "Enough Kiwi music to satisfy a Labour bureaucrat can be heard at Palmerston North's Vision 100". http://www.nzherald.co.nz

• 29 September 2000 -
  VISION 100 is mentioned by hosts, Dominic Bowden & Jaquie Brown, of TV2's live 'Space' show when Wellington band 'Jennifer Says' is introduced and interviewed - performing later in the show. Hear Jennifer Says' No. 1 song on VISION 100 called 'Metronome' - from their EP 'Regular Tones'. http://www.jennifersays.com http://www.spacenz.com

• 24 September 2000 -
  VISION 100 becomes the first radio station in New Zealand to link its individual programme elements (hourly on front page, daily under Programmes, weekly and monthly under Top 100) to a shopcart/purchase option. VISION's own merchandise can also be ordered and paid for on-line. Orders to be processed by VISION 100 FM Palmerston North (E-tailer) - http://www.vision100.com, CCNow (Credit Card Processing) - http://www.ccnow.com, New Zealand Post (Shipping) - http://www.nzpost.co.nz, SOUND NOETZ (Software) - http://www.soundnoetz.com. The first order received under this new initiative came from a listener in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA - for the album 'Mix' from New Zealand band 'Stellar' on the strength of their song 'Violent'. http://www.stellar.co.nz

• 01 September 2000 -
  VISION 100 receives notification from Sonicbox reiterating that VISION 100's content represents the 'Best of Planet™' on their iM Band™. After installing Sonicbox software and/or hardware*, choose iM Band™ Guide, then F31 or U9. *The Sonicbox iM Remote Tuner™ - officially released 24 July 2000 - is the first product to market that enables consumers to remotely control and listen to Internet radio from any stereo in the home.
  http://www.sonicbox.com/about/news/release_072400_1.html
  Audio Review found, 10 August 2000: http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/html/soundstore.html
  Written Review found, 11 August 2000: http://www.rnw.nl/realradio/software/html/sonicbox000811.html

• 12 August 2000 -
  VISION 100 Limited's business unit 'www.manawatu.com,' after giving assistance to restore the Feilding Clock Tower, has its plaque (along with others) unveiled at the official hand-over ceremony to the Manawatu District Council - to look after on behalf of the community. http://www.manawatu.com/photos_feilding_clock_tower.htm

• 01 June 2000 -
  A drought of nine months was broken when two local (Palmerston North or Manawatu) bands 'clicked on' to VISION 100 on the Internet. First up, Mailbox Skipole's new 'Lose The Halo' CD had two tracks selected for air-play on VISION 100. http://www.mailboxskipole.co.nz

• 11 May 2000 -
  Murray Cammick speeds out of Auckland, heading to Palmerston North with bands D-Super (Wellington) and Stayfree Carefree (Auckland). Murray, band members, and staff from VISION 100 meet each other for the first time then enjoy the two late-night gigs at Harvesters, Palmerston North.

• 10 May 2000 -
  Microsoft's 'Creative Assets' department invites VISION 100 to be part of their new Radio Station Sub-Feature opportunity under http://www.windowsmedia.com. See also 19 August 1999, VISION 100 is the first New Zealand radio station to be listed on http://windowsmedia.microsoft.com/radio, now located at http://www.windowsmedia.com/radiotuner

• 14 April 2000 -
  Greg Johnson, New Zealand singer-songwriter, mentions VISION 100 - even asking us questions from the stage - during his show in Palmerston North to launch his latest album 'Sea Breeze Motel,' officially released that very day. We think Greg knew more about VISION 100 than we knew of Greg. He receives e-mails from his overseas fans who hear his songs on VISION 100 via the Internet. Greg came down and spoke with VISION 100 staff in the audience before and after his show and what a show! http://www.gregjohnson.co.nz

• 15 March 2000 -
  Murray Cammick includes VISION 100 in his regular column under Xtra's Home/Entertainment/Music section. Story: On The Road Part II. http://www.xtra.co.nz/homepage/entertainment/main/ 0,1166,Entertainment%3AMusic%3A151626,00.html (or, for this current story) http://www.xtrasite.co.nz/entertainment/music/cammick

• 08 January 2000 -
  Listener magazine (New Zealand), for TV & Radio since 1939, reports on the VISION 100 project under 'Radio Best.' http://www.listener.co.nz

• 02 January 2000 -
  Pete Zed's "small tribute to New Zealand" web site reports on VISION 100 under his 'Music' page. http://www.zedontheweb.co.nz

• 01 January 2000 -
  VISION 100 logged more than 29,000 listening sessions in the first hour of the VISION 100 programme on the Internet, when the clock rolled over to the 1st. VISION 100's first song for the year 2000 was New Zealand's 'official' Millennium song, 'I'll Meet You There' sung by Brett Sawyer & Pearl Runga. Stellar's Andrew McLaren is playing the drums, Clint Brown (ex-Warratahs) is on bass and Dave Dobbyn contributes the guitar. We also began an off-line talk-fest with radio shows who called until 04:00 am (NZT). American radio breakfast shows in prime time was the most frequent call received. Music stations tendered to focus their questions about how New Zealanders were celebrating, while Talk stations' first question was commonly whether the Y2K bug had bitten - "No problems." The e-mails we received were numerous and from all over the world, including many e-mails from listeners of the radio stations that we had talked with.

• 01 January 2000 -
  Because of VISION 100's 'New Zealand' location/time zone, i.e. New Zealand is the first country in the world to see the first light of the year 2000, VISION 100 is the radio station on Microsoft's Radio page - http://windowsmedia.microsoft.com/radio - to hit the year 2000 *first* and VISION 100 also retained the title of being the only New Zealand radio station on Microsoft's Radio page. See also: 19 August 1999.

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