Throughout our Good Friday broadcast on Newstalk ZB we crossed live back 2000 years to news reports from the day of Jesus’ crucifixion.

We imagined a fictitious radio network broadcasting in the day that would have sounded a lot like on Newstalk ZB.

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Since Jesus was 33 years old at his execution, we altered the radio call sign to reflect the year, temporarily rebranding the station Newstalk 33AD.

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We even incorporated known voices from Newstalk ZB as characters including newsreader Bernadine Oliver-Kerby, reporter Hannah Bartlett, and political commentator Barry Soper.

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Each short episode played every hour of the day from 7:30am to 4:30pm reporting in “real time” the events that would have taken place throughout the original Good Friday.