What's happening to ZM? Are the managers at NZME trying to kill the station? More axings...

I don't like to make assumptions about stories in the media, or stories which haven't yet made it to the mainstream media, but earlier today I discovered that Luke and PJ from ZM are no longer hosting the night show.

PJ now hosts 10am - 3pm, presumably so Sarah Gandy can focus on her Programme Director duties which she stepped up to following Christian Boston's resignation last year.  And Luke is nowhere to be seen having finished at ZM recently.  You may recall that Jacqui Jensen was sacked last year despite having been with the network on and off since 2003.  She was axed around this time last year without any warning.  It's my understanding from her tweets that she was only told AFTER the show that she was going to be going.  Now Jay and Flynny host the show.  Zoe Marshall, Benji Marshall's wife co hosted for a while before leaving herself.  Jacqui managed to score herself another gig after the restraint of trade was completed and she now works for MediaWorks in various capacities.

In April this year Polly and Grant who hosted the morning show for 20 years were shifted from ZM to The Hits, formerly known as Classic Hits.  They were replaced with Megan, Fletch and Vaughan from The Edge.  Now it would seem Sarah Gandy has taken the axe to the hosts once again.

Guy and Georgia (the intern) now host the evening show and have done the last week.  It appears from Luke's Twitter page that he was fired from ZM because he is now unemployed.  I find it very hard to believe that you would voluntarily leave a gig at ZM to be unemployed.  It seems more logical that he was axed as Sarah tries to make more of a mark on the station.  ZM is owned by NZME, formerly known as TRN and has connections with radio stations in Australia.

Another thing is that Georgia is not an intern.  True interns aren't mentioned by the radio station.  Someone who is truly interning at a station will be behind the scenes and not receive any public mention.  It seems as if ZM is copying Sydney's Kiis FM (Kyle and Jacqui plus Pete the intern).

Are the managers at NZME trying to kill ZM?  It sure looks like it, or is Sarah Gandy trying to axe everyone who posed a threat to her personally?  Or is she simply trying to make her own mark on the station and killing it in the process?  For the first time ever, The Hits actually looks better and more credible than ZM, as does The Edge which has strong personalities.  ZM has killed off strong personalities (other than Megan, Fletch and Vaughan who won't go the distance like previous ZM announcers have).