New menu for Radio Today breakfast show The new breakfast show on 1485 AM Radio Today - also on DStv Audio Channel 169 - is presented by Capetonian Richard Green and Durban born Lucas Linda. 3 Oct 2008 09:33
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East Coast Radio gives away six Chery cars - East Coast Radio When times are tough, East Coast Radio can always be relied upon to bring some welcome relief in the form of a great on-air promotion. The station once again makes radio history with the “Chery for my Cherry” competition which will see six lucky winners each win a Chery QQ3 car. 2 Oct 2008 11:03
Lotus lyric-writing competition This month Lotusfm launches its 2008 Lyric-Writing Competition for aspirant South African songwriters in each of the Indian languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Urdu and Gujurati. The final competition will be held in 2009 and the top prize is R12 000 each. 30 Sep 2008 09:18
Jacaranda 94.2 demonstrates the power of local music - Jacaranda 94.2 Fresh, local content is at the heart of Jacaranda 94.2's latest online Demo Station campaign that will see the station profiling hot, new local bands exclusively on its website and on-air. 29 Sep 2008 17:04
Appetisers added to Good Hope FM's lunchtime Good Hope FM has just announced that Guy McDonald will be joining the station to host the brand new, refreshed lunchtime show with Priya Reddy from Monday, 29 September. McDonald and Reddy's revamped lunchtime show titled ‘Lunch, Actually' follows Sifiso Maggz's departure as presenter of the show, broadcast Mondays to Thursdays, 12-3pm. Vania Cloete on news and Brandon Baatjies on sport will stay on as contributors. 25 Sep 2008 11:14
Kagiso Media announces annual results Kagiso Media yesterday, Monday, 22 September 2008, announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2008, with a revenue increase of 14% to R841.6 million (2007: R738.3 million) and operating profit showing an increase of 13% to R267.6 million (2007: R236.3 million). 23 Sep 2008 11:50
Challenges of broadcast media in Africa [Carole Kimutai] Kenya will host the first Broadcast and Film Africa Conference and Exhibition in Nairobi, 23 - 25 September 2008. The theme of the event is broadcast and film convergence in the digital age. Bizcommunity.com spoke to Sean Moroney, AITEC Africa chairman and the organisers of the event. 22 Sep 2008 12:32
AMPS 2008A: mixed fortunes for SA's media industry SAARF's latest All Media and Products Survey - AMPS 2008A - is hot off the presses and SAARF CEO Dr Paul Haupt has summarised how each medium has fared. “In a sentence, only print and online have attracted more media consumers than they did in the previous release,” he reports. 22 Sep 2008 11:12
Call for radical redefinition of public service broadcasting EUROPE: Francisco Pinto Balsemão, chairman of the European Publishers Council (EPC) and chairman and CEO of Impresa in Portugal, yesterday, Thursday, 18 September 2008, called for public service broadcasters (PSBs) to be redefined and radically changed in line with the realities of modern broadcasting and convergent communications in the context of the European Commission's current review of state aid rules for PSBs. 19 Sep 2008 09:22
Bullard joins Radio Today BREAKING NEWS: Controversial former Sunday Times columnist David Bullard has joined 1485 Radio Today, a not-for-profit, wholly owned business empowerment, job creation and skills development initiative of JAFTA, Drive Alive, NOAH, CHOC and The Salvation Army, it was announced yesterday evening, Wednesday, 17 September 2008. He will be hosting a feature called Media Today on Mondays, 11.30am to 12 noon. [audio] 18 Sep 2008 08:59
Graham Willcock new RadMark MD Radio media sales house RadMark has appointed Graham Willcock as its new MD, it announced this morning, Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Radmark represents five of South Africa's leading regional radio stations. 17 Sep 2008 10:48
Help Heart 104.9FM choose its rising star - Heart 104.9 On Saturday, 13th September Heart 104.9FM unearthed some of Cape Town's most incredible talent in their auditions for the station's next Radio Star. Five finalists were selected by a board of judges and now the station relies on its listeners and the general public to determine who is going to be their future entertainment correspondent. 16 Sep 2008 16:43