Two hours of musical nostalgia

Press, 13 March 1985, Page 15

Two hours of musical nostalgia

Radio New Zealand’s popular night-time “Nostalgia” music programme has a new name and a new format. The “Tonight Show” host, Kevin Soster, will be joined by a variety of guests each Thursday night for “Play it Again,” two hours of music and memories from 1945 to 1965. On “Play it Again" with

Kevin Soster will be: • Barry Holland, an Auckland broadcaster who is-the host of the noon to 4 p.m. show on Auckland IZB and is the face in television’s Countrywide commercials. • Cathy Saunders, a television personality and the “bigger block of cheese” woman, who is now the chief executive in charge of

promoting Auckland as a tourist and convention area. • Justin du Fresne, who was the first host of Wellington 2ZB’s popular “Sunset Show” of the 60s. He recently returned to radio after a long break and is now the host of the 12 to 3 p.m. shift on 2ZB. 9 Murray Forgie, a broadcaster who has worked throughout New Zealand. He

now presents Radio New Zealand news nationwide. “Play it Again” will begin tomorrow, at 9 p.m., and the two-hour show will be aired every Thursday on Radio New Zealand community stations. Robbie, the co-host of the long-running “Nostalgia” show, will drop in each week to play a special feature song.

One of several forthcoming highlights for “Play it Again” will be a sports quiz that will test memoriesThe producer of the “Tonight Show,” Maureen Sinton, says: “With such a great line-up of talent we’re predicting that ‘Play it Again’ will be one of the best nostalgic music/news programmes Radio New Zealand has ever produced.”