{"id":68,"date":"2024-06-03T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=68"},"modified":"2024-06-03T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:33:30","slug":"vale-bob-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/06\/03\/vale-bob-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale BOB ROGERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Industry body Commercial Radio &amp; Audio (CRA) has paid tribute to a legend of radio, Bob Rogers, after his death at the age of 97.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob Rogers\u2019 extraordinary radio career spanned 78 years \u2013 a remarkable feat and a testament to his talent, dedication, and character,\u201d said Jo Dick, CRA chief commercial officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob was the true definition of a radio star \u2013 working at some of the biggest commercial stations in Australia, he did everything from music, Top 40, talkback, entertainment, and racing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob joined Sydney radio station 2CH in 1995 and was on-air until he retired at the age of 93 in 2020 \u2013 an incredible achievement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe remain in awe of his extraordinary contribution to Australian commercial radio. He leaves a unique legacy, which lives on in the memories and hearts of his listeners, peers and colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry body Commercial Radio &amp; Audio (CRA) has paid tribute to a legend of radio, Bob Rogers, after his death at the age of 97. \u201cBob Rogers\u2019 extraordinary radio career spanned 78 years \u2013 a remarkable feat and a testament to his talent, dedication, and character,\u201d said Jo Dick, CRA chief commercial officer. \u201cBob was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/06\/03\/vale-bob-rogers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vale BOB ROGERS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}