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Retro Now New Music

Retro NOW is our collection of new singles by some of our favourite retro artists. New albums, new EPs and singles and touring. It's all about the music at Retro Hit Radio, and every hour we'll put the spotlight on a new single! You also get bragging rights if they're touring and drop their new song. True fans (like us) love belting back the hits back to them on stage, […]

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Awards

Retro Now Music Awards

They're back! We mark the year of music with our Retro Now Music Awards on Boxing Day, and New Years Day Join Richard Phelps on Boxing Day and New Years Day to wrap up the year with a look at the best from the best, over the last 12 months. Throughout the day, we'll bring you the Retro Now Music Awards (or as we like to call them, the rnmas!) […]

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How To Listen

A million ways to listen! We're an internet radio station which means we can be heard wherever you are, without the need of a radio. We want to make sure you have THE MOST IMPORTANT info on how to listen. You can listen in a number of ways, so pick your pleasure Browser Edge, Chrome, Firefox  Option 1 - Our Player (yes, you're already here) On a computer or mobile browser, go directly […]

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New Zealand Music Month

Made in NZ. Played in NZ. Throughout May, we celebrate NZ music and 25 YEARS of NEW ZEALAND MUSIC MONTH! We've added LOADS of NZ retro classics from the '80s and '90s and around the millenium to the mix for you to enjoy throughout May, cos we all love to sing our homegrown hits loud!

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Record Store Day

Craving Crackle? We're dusting off the records, and hooking up the turntables. We're going 100% VINYL, throughout the day on Saturday, April 12! Record Store Day is coming and to celebrate, we've dusted off and cleaned our record collection, as we're going old school for the day. That's right, we're switching the computers off and playing 100% of our music from vinyl for Record Store Day. We'll immerse you in […]

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The Retro Event

Retro Hit Radio, is proud to support The Retro Event! The Retro Event is a huge step into a time capsule with New Zealand's biggest family-friendly 80s/90s event. Experience the iconic DeLorean, just like the one immortalized in "Back to the Future" as well as a 1979 Ferrari 308 as seen in Magnum PI, a Trans-AM stylised as 'KITT" made famous in the TV series Knight Rider, plus other surprise feature cars! The […]

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Retro Now Music Awards 2024

We've marked 2024 in music with our Retro Now Music Awards Richard Phelps has wrapped up 2024 with a look at the best from the best, over the last 12 months. The Winners for 2024 BEST REMASTER We look for the best remastered album, box set, expanded or anniversary edition WINNER: Green Day: ‘American Idiot’ (8LP + 2 x Blu-ray; 4CD + 2 x Blu-ray) INXS, All Juiced Up Part 2 […]

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I am hearing ads before your stream starts

We will always provide a player on this website free of any login or restrictions. We are aware that some platforms are inserting ads before or during our stream and some of you are concerned about these ads, and for your privacy. These ads are being inserted by them, not us. For Tune In users; You can read the explanation by TuneIn about their free app vs a subscription here, and […]

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I can no longer listen with Get Me Radio

Retro Hit Radio is no longer available on the Get Me Radio platform. We have no control over how third party platforms operate, so due to the following you will not be able to listen to us on their platform. Here's why. This is from an email we received from Get Me Radio: Since the creation of the Get Me Radio! platform in 2020 we’ve seen a huge amount of growth […]

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The history of Neo Radio

Neo Radio is now a show and a podcast.  History of Neo Radio Back in 2016, we launched a sister radio station, "Neo Radio" that played new music by new artists, whose musical inspiration came from the '80s. As if it was 'NEW' 80s music... and we had a great time over 5 years. Neo Radio was run by the same team behind Retro Hit Radio and gained a great […]

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