RadioActive.FM began life as the student radio station for Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA) first broadcasting in August 1977, on 1260kHz AM. At 7PM, On February 22, 1982, Radio Active became the first radio station in Wellington, and the second in New Zealand, to (legally) broadcast FM, at 89MHz. Today, RadioActive.FM is the longest serving FM broadcaster in New Zealand. By 1998, Radio Active was broadcasting online – one of the first radio stations in the world to do so, and one of the first to have a stream available 24/7. In 2017, the Radio Active Charitable Trust was formed to oversee the station. The trustees represent many of Wellington’s creative communities. RadioActive.FM is proudly part of the Student Radio Network (SRN) along with 95bFM, Radio Control, RDU and Radio One. RadioActive's flagship show is the Breakfast show, which hosts a range of local and interviews daily ranging from politics, music, theatre and a sprinkle of everything else! The station is known for providing a platform for underrepresented voices, being a training ground for budding DJ's, broadcasters, journalists, musicians and artists, platforming more NZ music than any other radio station in 2024 with over 85%. Gardeners of the underground!