Up until the late 1980s, 702 was a popular music station. The most popular radio presenter during this era was Stan Katz presenting the Morning Zoo show. The government run Radio 5 (today known as 5FM) moved from medium wave to FM Stereo in the major centres, and 702 found it could not compete technically. The station dabbled with a half-talk/half adult contemporary music format from 1989, and on 11 February 1991 the station adopted an all talk and news format, however the station retained Solid Gold and Big Band shows on the weekend. By 2016, Bandstand had ended and Solid Gold had become Solid Soul as the station changes the audience it is catering for.