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Lineup changes at Talk 702

4 Feb 2011 07:599 commentsBizLike
Talk Radio 702 has announced line-up changes with World @ Six extending an extra hour, "A Word On..." becoming more succinct in the shorter playtime, Udo Carelse becoming the weekend breakfast host and Rafe Lavine confirmed as the host of Solid Gold weekend evening slot from 4-7pm.
World @ Six, the award-winning show hosted by Bruce Whitfield, will now run from 6-8pm, Mondays to Fridays. "The new format gives us an opportunity to explore how business actually works and how it impacts on our everyday lives, rather than simply reporting on the numbers," explained Whitfield. "I'm looking forward to getting under the skin of South African business."

"A Word On..." shows, hosted by Leigh Bennie, will now run for an hour from 8-9pm. "We will still cover the same topics but the format will be tighter, with more succinct discussions," said Talk Radio 702 station manager, Pheladi Gwangwa.

Udo Carelse, well known to early risers as the host of the 4-6am breakfast show on 702 and presenter and producer for SuperSport, will be host the Saturday and Sunday morning shows from 7-10am.

"Listeners can expect a larger degree of interaction with a much more fluid format: the order of the day will dictate the flow but we will touch base with the big newsmakers and provide a space for much needed analysis with some hindsight," he said of the new show, adding that lifestyle features will add to the essential mix listeners already enjoy on the current shows.
 
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Russel
702 Line Up Changes-
Will A Word on Cars still pull the adspend that it enjoys now? I think not and besides, who wants extra businesspeak on a Friday night, for Pete's sake? Posted on 4 Feb 2011 14:50
Bruce Whitfield
"Businessspeak!"-
Hi Russel

I hear your concern and promise you a Friday night like you have never heard in SA Business Radio. Promise! Please listen a couple of times and give me feedback!

Sincerely
Bruce Posted on 7 Feb 2011 10:54
Cornelius
And the ads...-
I stopped listening to 702. The frequency of advertising – it is unrelenting during drive-time, John Robbie getting stale, an overly fluffy social agenda for Redi’s show and the fact that news, in general, is now better discussed on-line makes for a station that is just not relevant to me anymore. Posted on 4 Feb 2011 16:22
kgaugelo
good move-
I welcome the changes. 702 is one good example of getting it right on Radio and not fiddling with a good thing. this is a lesson to all commercial radio stations in south africa; dont change for the sake of changing. April is open season for a lot of commercial radio stations as we know and I hope that there wont be too much fiddling. "if it aint broke dont even dare to fix it" Posted on 7 Feb 2011 14:05
Celeste
...that's me gone!-
I doubt that you will care about just one person anyway. Still, at least I have some choice left with other stations. Ta ta. Posted on 7 Feb 2011 16:20
May Windsor
Changes to the wrong feature shows.-
An hour of business was great and then "A word on..." Not sure why they changed this part of the format when there are other slots that could be changed for the better. The 1 to 4 pm slot could be split into 2 shows. JCW from 1 to 2 and someone else from 2 to 4. The John Robbie show could do with a co-host. Redi is great and although Chris Gibbons is an obnoxious individual, he is a very good presenter. Maybe he could run from 12 to 2 each day. Posted on 8 Feb 2011 09:23
Archie
Advertising-
I must agree with Cornelius about the amount of advertising we are subjected to.
It is not only the commercial adverts but the 702's own adverts that that grate. Also the advertising disguised as competitions.
Take a listen to the business hour on RSG for a program packed with business information and very little else.
They pack into one hour what Bruce might be able to get into two hours. Posted on 11 Feb 2011 08:31
Arthur
Changes and Weekend music shows-
I must agree with the former, all be it change is great and shows do get stale, but why change the 7-9 slots and the the midday JCW slots as content is entertaining and varied? Business is already every day for an hour and I am sure the majority of us is not THAT interested in business..topics on the current 7-9 slots are far more relevant to the Joe average. What unfortunately is not changing is the extremely boring, endless music shows over the weekends, which has taken the joy, for me at least, out of most of the old favourites..after all there are only so many good golden oldies and hearing them week in week out Saturday, Sunday, sometime twice or more per weekend..would far rather then listen to repeats of the week's best, highlights or topical issues as one tends to miss, but having to listen to same-old, same-old where you are already hearing the oposite side of the "record" due to overplaying..... UGH! Posted on 11 Feb 2011 21:09
Richard Ramudzuli
Early Breakfast-
Just like thousands listeners who rise early in the morning and tune in 702, I enjoyed Udo on that slot but ever since he is gone i do not listen to radio anymore, Cubelwa is just a bore in all angles, she has no idea on anything. Can please 702 try and lure someone in that slot? I guess the reason Udo was remove is because he was hardly there and he had too much strain. Posted on 3 Mar 2011 20:49
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