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Do you like free coffee, BBQ, prizes and good times? Like, as if you hadn’t heard already RDU is turning 40 on Tuesday 23 February. Come hang out at 270 St Asaph St! Here’s what we got planned.

In April of 1978, Tony Priest came up to RDU to collect his son, Gary, who was doing the punk show. He ended up being the first person to ever swear on RDU, and he recounts how this all happened.

As part of the lead up to RDU’s 40th Birthday celebrations on February 23, on Up Again we’re interviewing some of the characters who’ve played a role in the life of the station. This morning, it’s Delwyn, the joiner who fitted out the old studios back in the UCSA building.  

UPDATED: The Green Room – RDU98.5FM playlist on Spotify. Listen here-> http://bit.ly/GreenRoomSpotify New this week: Louis Baker – The Way (Devin Abrams remix) Electric Wire Hustle – Blackwater

  WIN A TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS!!! Probably one of the dopest prizes of all time, you and a friend could win the trip of a lifetime – flights for 2 to New Orleans with 5 nights accommodation right in the heart of the French Quarter, all thanks to Orleans and Air New Zealand. Entry […]

RDU Live Sessions is a radio series that showcases the talents of the Christchurch music scene across a diverse range of genres and artists. Each episode is made up of two elements. A live session recording, with each artist performing four tracks at Orange Studios right here in the city and a video of the […]

#RDULiveSessions – S2Ep1 – Othersun by Rdu 98.5fm on Mixcloud RDU Live Sessions: Othersun – Never Alone RDU Live Sessions is a radio series that showcases the talents of the Christchurch music scene across a diverse range of genres and artists. Each episode is made up of two elements. A live session recording, with each […]

As soon as they gates opened, Laneway 2016 started with Groeni in the main stage. Clad in modern medieval robes, they were pumping out their nuanced dance-folk, but it is a sound that sits better at 6am with the sun coming up than at midday with the sun blazing down. Instead, I headed off to […]

This week at the Wall – STAR WARS SPECIAL. Warm up to The Wall with our playlist below THE WALL Winnie Bagoes City – 153 Madras St Thursday 28 January. Free b4 10, $5 after #wearethewall With Wallsters Paco Emerson Izonik Fletcher

UPDATED: The Sheep Technique ‪#‎Spotify‬ playlist The Mint Chicks – F*ck the Golden Youth Popstrangers – Her Lawrence Arabia – The Beautiful Young crew The Sheep Technique is every Monday from 4-6pm thanks to NZ On Air Music 🙂 Search RDU 98.5 FM on Spotify to hear all our other playlists