Well-known veteran radio presenter Darren Scott will be joining the OFM family from Monday, 3 July, as the host of the brand-new afternoon drive show, Just Plain Drive on OFM. Scott will be replacing popular host of the Afternoon Delight, André Kunz, who is relocating with his family to Johannesburg. Scott has a highly successfully..
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Darren Scott joins OFM
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Gagasi FM makes new waves with the Loeries.
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South Africa’s largest regional commercial radio station, KZN-based Gagasi FM, has joined forces with Loeries® Africa Middle East as the Official Radio Partner. With a reach of over 1.4 million listeners comprising primarily of urban black young adults, the partnership will be highly instrumental in communicating and encouraging young creatives to take up successful careers..
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Addressing inequality: Time to relook community radio stations?
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Community media is a tough gig. Recently I looked at the fortunes of our commercial and PBS radio stations, which according to Ad Dynamix (March 16 – Feb 17), accounted for 98.3% of the R7.439 billion allocated to radio in this country. Community stations were allocated R123.3 million during this period. With Ad Dynamix tracking..
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OFM fighting to keep Toyota Cheetahs in Super Rugby
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OFM, the sound of your life in Central South Africa, is fighting for its rugby pride, the Toyota Cheetahs, and the station is urging its loyal listeners to join them in this effort. The South African Rugby Union is due to make a ruling on 6 April 2017 as to whether the Toyota Cheetahs will..
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Nominations Now Open For 2017 Marconi Awards.
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The annual Marconi Awards recognize overall excellence and performance in radio. And the time to determine this years’ best of the best is now. The National Association of Broadcasters has opened the nominations window for the 2017 Marconis, which taps the best in stations and personalities. Nominations continue through May 31. The honors will be..
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Why are we afraid of blurring lines between talk and music radio?
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In a world of fake news and people who only too readily believe that any written word is true, let’s do some heavy lifting on the strategy behind running a radio station. Succession plans are not annual documents When your products are people, there are many layers of possibility, problems and potential in every move..
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Listeners Want Longer Podcasts.
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New research suggests that longer may in fact be better when it comes to the ideal podcast length. Data presented Wednesday at the NAB Show in Las Vegas by podcast hosting service Libsyn showed 84% of podcasts with more than 100,000 downloads were more than 51 minutes long while just 9.9% were less than 30..
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Glen Lewis leaves Metro FM to join Touch HD
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Cape Town – Radio DJ Glen Lewis has reportedly resigned from Metro FM. The veteran radio DJ, who hosts the First Avenue Breakfast Show alongside Unathi Msengana and Melanie Bala, has reportedly resigned from Metro FM to join digital online station, Touch HD. Touch HD spokesperson, Lulu Ndevu, confirmed to The Juice that Glen Lewis..
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Brendon Naidoo: DJ Zinhle’s Man Released On Bail With Conditions
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DJ Zinhle’s boyfriend and businessman Brendon Naidoo was released on R60,000 bail after appearing in the Alexandra Magistrates court on Tuesday. The hunky businessman appeared before the court on fraud charges, which he allegedly committed through his forex trading business. A lot of pensioners allegedly lost their hard earned money while investing in the business..
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Tony Sanderson – Putting the magic back into SA Radio Broadcasting
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Tony Sanderson is the “doesn’t look or sound like he’s in his 70s” radio personality behind the success of Magic 828AM, which had roughly 80,000 listeners at their last own-audited report from end-November 2016. He elaborates on how they’re getting the broadcast model right and what’s wrong with radio. Sanderson is the man behind the..
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