{"id":10185,"date":"2014-07-06T09:40:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T13:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10185"},"modified":"2015-01-12T07:17:53","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T11:17:53","slug":"rnzi-peter-fry-says-goodbye-to-saturday-nights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/rnzi-peter-fry-says-goodbye-to-saturday-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"RNZI: Peter Fry says goodbye to Saturday Nights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/full_peter-fry-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-10192\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/full_peter-fry-014-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"full_peter-fry-014\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/full_peter-fry-014-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/full_peter-fry-014-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/full_peter-fry-014.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Peter Fry, host of Radio New Zealand National&#8217;s music request program, <em>Saturday Night,<\/em> said goodbye last night after fifteen years on the air. Many <em>SWLing Post<\/em> readers have written about their love of the program, having\u00a0heard\u00a0Fry&#8217;s voice over the shortwaves through Radio New Zealand International&#8217;s relay.<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I received the following message from <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Frank:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I caught [Fry&#8217;s final <em>Saturday Night<\/em> broadcast] on my [<a title=\"Tecsun PL-660\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004H9C4JK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004H9C4JK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=swlcom01-20&amp;linkId=T2OBFX5IH6V2GECX\" target=\"_blank\">Tecsun PL-660<\/a>] while on watch last night.<\/p>\n<p>For the last 2 months I have been &#8216;on passage&#8217; from Antofagasta, Chile to Auckland on my wee boat and last night, having left Bora Bora 5 days ago bound Tonga, we were sailing through the &#8216;southern Cooks&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Listened to his last program while sailing into the setting moon on a balmy tropical night right down to the last &#8216;goodbyeeee&#8217;.<br \/>\nTo me its what SWLing is all about.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He continues:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Beats listening to the <a title=\"Happy Summer\/Winter Solstice: Listening to New Zealand and Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/happy-summerwinter-solstice-listening-to-new-zealand-and-australia\/\">footy on RA<\/a>. Beats DXing in <a title=\"Portables, SDRs, dongles, kits, and a spy radio: our virtual radio challenge responses\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/our-virtual-radio-challenge-responses\/\">Tristan da Cunha<\/a> as well&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I must admit, I agree, Frank. \u00a0I would certainly love to be in your place: on the open water, listening to distant stations&#8230;Thanks for sharing, and safe travels to you and your crew.<\/p>\n<p>And fans of the show, fear not. Though we will miss Peter, and are grateful for his years on the show.\u00a0<em>Saturday Night<\/em> will continue with a new host, and I&#8217;m willing to bet that it&#8217;ll still be a treat to hear.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed hearing <em>Saturday Night<\/em>, yesterday, check out the audio files below, which cover the entire final broadcast:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radionz.co.nz\/audio\/remote-player?id=2602295\" width=\"100%\" height=\"62px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radionz.co.nz\/audio\/remote-player?id=2602297\" width=\"100%\" height=\"62px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radionz.co.nz\/audio\/remote-player?id=2602299\" width=\"100%\" height=\"62px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.radionz.co.nz\/audio\/remote-player?id=2602301\" width=\"100%\" height=\"62px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Fry, host of Radio New Zealand National&#8217;s music request program, Saturday Night, said goodbye last night after fifteen years on the air. Many SWLing Post readers have written about their love of the program, having\u00a0heard\u00a0Fry&#8217;s voice over the shortwaves through Radio New Zealand International&#8217;s relay. This morning, I received the following message from SWLing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,442,746,43,1167],"tags":[2573,3069,2576,87,737],"class_list":["post-10185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-music","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-peter-fry","tag-peter-fry-saturday-night","tag-radio-new-zealand-international","tag-rnzi","tag-shortwave-radio-recordings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Eh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10105,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-new-zealand-international-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":10185,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio New Zealand International","author":"Thomas","date":"June 30, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"For your listening pleasure: three hours\u00a0of Radio New Zealand International, recorded on June 28, 2014\u00a0starting around 7:59 UTC on 9,700 kHz. 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