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Where Love Lives – Retro Hit Radio

The UK department store, JOHN LEWIS sums it up in their 2025 Christmas campaign - WHERE LOVE LIVES. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1bRlnyQeDk Nostalgia is at the heart of what we do as a radio station, playing the songs that we grew up with during our formative years, teens and into adulthood. This is the stuff we'll keep coming back to. The big hits, the guilty pleasures, the ones you first heard at the […]

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Yacht or Nyacht

Returning to Retro Hit Radio weekday mornings, throughout summer! “Hollywood” Steve Huey, David Lyons, JD Ryznar, and Hunter Stair, are the team that coined the term/ genre “yacht rock” with their legendary webseries. Join them as they rate curated and listener-suggested tracks on the highly-accurate Yachtski Scale to build out the playlist of certified yacht rock songs. Their analysis employs a precise scientific method that involves a deep well of […]

todayOctober 30, 2025 17

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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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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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International Womens Day

International Women's Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Throughout the day, we're putting the spotlight on the women who has impacted our lives in the same way. The trailblazers, the storytellers, the daring women who inspire us every day, through their music. You may recall Cyndi Lauper's induction into the 2025 Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, where she […]

todayMarch 3, 2025 10

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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 […]

todayJanuary 9, 2025 37

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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 […]

todayMay 10, 2024 10

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