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Stephen Grootes takes over Midday Report

Talk Radio 702 and 567 CapeTalk have announced that Eyewitness News (EWN) senior political reporter, Stephen Grootes, will be taking over the Midday Report as of September. Grootes replaces broadcast veteran, Chris Gibbons, who is moving on to pursue other opportunities after 32 years with the stations. Primedia Broadcasting CEO, Terry Volkwyn, said: “Chris has [...]

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Radio listening remains at a healthy 88%

has released RAMS May 2011, a survey which again highlights the stability of radio, both as a medium and in terms of individual radio brands. Incidence of listening remains at a healthy 88%. While not as high as the five-year high of 92.6% seen in RAMS Apr 2008, it is nonetheless better than the low [...]

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View 94.5Kfm’s exclusive interview with Kevin Spacey

94.5Kfm Breakfast Show host Ryan O’Connor was one of only three media granted permission to interview renowned actor, Kevin Spacey, who was in Johannesburg  on Saturday for the Jameson First Shot Premier. Cape Town Filmmaker, Alan Shelley, was one of three winners out of 748 international entries, whose script, ‘Spirit of a Denture’, was chosen to [...]

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Drama and excitement when fiction became reality

The public opened their hearts during yesterday’s auction of Neil Pauw’s painting and pledged an incredible R570 000 towards the training of tracker dogs that will assist in Jacaranda FM’s anti rhino poaching efforts. The event took place at Jacaranda  FM’s studio in Montecasino and the band surprised the public with several live performances in [...]

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Kagiso Broadcasting wins at MTN Radio Awards

      The recent MTN Radio Awards held a number of big wins for Kagiso Broadcasting and radio brands Jacaranda FM, Heart 104.9FM and East Coast Radio. Between them the stations hauled several of the accolades on offer to commercial stations. Describing the wins as “significant”, Kagiso Broadcasting said it w as the quality, [...]

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MTN Radio Awards winners

The 2012 MTN Radio Awards were presented at a gala banquet at the Sandton Convention Centre last night. This is the MTN Radio Awards’ third year of existence and the competition attracted 866 entries, in excess of double the number of entries received in 2011. MTN Radio Awards congratulate the respective category winners: BREAKFAST SHOW [...]

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