{"id":30346,"date":"2016-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/"},"modified":"2016-11-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T00:00:00","slug":"bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>FIVEAA brekky has paid tribute to radio legend Bob Francis who passed away at the weekend, aged 77.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David and Will replayed Bob\u2019s teary farewell at the end of his last ever show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/292879231&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would rather dance with life than wrestle with it,\u201d Bob said during his farewell, \u201cbut sometimes you have to be you and tell people to stop the bullsh*t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood night South Australia, and thanks for listening!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FIVEAA weekends announcer and Bob\u2019s producer at the time of his final show Andrew Reimer told the boys that Bob lived a life \u201cthat mattered\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe accumulated wealth, but he gave a hell of a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was compassionate, he was caring, he was understanding. If you were doing it tough, he would go out of his way to help you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bob\u2019s wife Anna told Matthew Pantelis she wasn\u2019t surprised by the public outpouring following news of Bob\u2019s death\u2026<br><br \/>\n\t\u201cWhen Bob retired, when we\u2019d walk through the city, strangers would always come up and say how missed he was,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a lot of things to many people. He was unique.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no replacing Bob Francis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/292888646&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leon Byner speaks to former producer Joan Hall and&nbsp;former program director Trevor Cowling about Bob Francis and their memories of him:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/292906171&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>WATCH BOB&#8217;S FAREWELL HERE:<\/h3>\n<h3>MOST POPULAR<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/caro-stands-by-port-adelaide-slap\"><strong>AUSSIE GOVERNMENT TIPS MILLIONS INTO CLINTON \u201cSLUSH FUND\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/leon-byner\/aussie-government-tips-millions-into-clinton-slush-fund\"><strong>CARO WILSON STANDS BY PORT ADELAIDE SLAP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIVEAA brekky has paid tribute to radio legend Bob Francis who passed away at the weekend, aged 77. SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR VIDEO David and Will replayed Bob\u2019s teary farewell at the end of his last ever show. LISTEN HERE: \u201cI would rather dance with life than wrestle with it,\u201d Bob said during his farewell, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":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":""},"categories":[244,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-30346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-david-and-will","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FIVEAA brekky has paid tribute to radio legend Bob Francis who passed away at the weekend, aged 77. SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR VIDEO David and Will replayed Bob\u2019s teary farewell at the end of his last ever show. LISTEN HERE: \u201cI would rather dance with life than wrestle with it,\u201d Bob said during his farewell, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FIVEAA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-11-13T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bob-francis.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@1395FIVEaa\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tim Ashdown\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"headline\":\"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-13T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bob-francis.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"David and Will\",\"Show\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off - FIVEAA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bob-francis.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-11-13T00:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bob-francis.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/bob-francis.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/show\\\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEaa sign-off\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/\",\"name\":\"FIVEAA\",\"description\":\"Always Adelaide\",\"alternateName\":\"FIVEAA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687\",\"name\":\"Tim Ashdown\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tim Ashdown\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\\\/author\\\/tashdown\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off - FIVEAA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off","og_description":"FIVEAA brekky has paid tribute to radio legend Bob Francis who passed away at the weekend, aged 77. SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR VIDEO David and Will replayed Bob\u2019s teary farewell at the end of his last ever show. LISTEN HERE: \u201cI would rather dance with life than wrestle with it,\u201d Bob said during his farewell, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/","og_site_name":"FIVEAA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1395FIVEaa","article_published_time":"2016-11-13T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bob-francis.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tim Ashdown","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_site":"@1395FIVEaa","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tim Ashdown","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/"},"author":{"name":"Tim Ashdown","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"headline":"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off","datePublished":"2016-11-13T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/"},"wordCount":253,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bob-francis.jpg","articleSection":["David and Will","Show"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/","name":"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEAA sign-off - FIVEAA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bob-francis.jpg","datePublished":"2016-11-13T00:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bob-francis.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bob-francis.jpg","width":800,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/bob-francis-emotional-fiveaa-sign-off\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bob Francis\u2019 emotional FIVEaa sign-off"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/","name":"FIVEAA","description":"Always Adelaide","alternateName":"FIVEAA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/c9993afbb4e9c76944cb880fa918b687","name":"Tim Ashdown","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d478e03918069695ae92ceb9741ab4b36830cf8102e75dd26c3949e28ad1aba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tim Ashdown"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/author\/tashdown\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/bob-francis.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30346"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=30346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}