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Media invited to final draw volunteers training programme

Members of the media are invited to attend tomorrow, Friday 6 November 2009, the opening session of the three-day training session at Good Hope Centre, Cape Town, for the 362 volunteers who will be working at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw, to be held at Cape Town International Convention Centre on 4 December. 5 Nov 2009


B2B editors take to twitter with Twitterfest

Today, Wednesday, 21 October 2009, is the second and last day of the first TABPI Twitterfest. 21 Oct 2009


International radio playwriting competition deadline looms

The closing date for the BBC World Service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition 2009 is on 31 March 2009. 25 Mar 2009


CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2009 deadline extention

The CNN MultiChoice African journalist awards competition entry deadline has been extended from 16 February 2009 to 16 March 2009 and the judging will take place in April. 17 Feb 2009


Trolley grand prix no hype

Ahead of the A1 Grand Prix held in Durban this past weekend, East Coast Radio’s Bokomo Big Breakfast show hosted the first South African Shopping Trolley Grand Prix outside East Coast Radio House in Umhlanga last week. 26 Feb 2007


New OFM programme manager

OFM, which is celebrating its 21st year of broadcasting, has appointed Shana Kilbee as its new programme manager, effective since February 2007. 13 Feb 2007


Ryan O'Connor returns to Good Hope

Ryan O'Connor, who joined Cape Town-based 94.5 Kfm four months ago, is returning to Good Hope FM mid-March, the radio station announced on Friday, 9 February 2007. 12 Feb 2007


Stationery drive benefits school kids

Earlier this week, 94.7 Highveld Stereo started distributing the almost R2 million's worth of stationery it recently collected together with Outsurance for underprivileged school children. 31 Jan 2007


Jeff Moloi replaces Kwena Moabelo on Kaya

Kwena Moabelo, sports manager for Kaya FM 95.9, is leaving the radio station to join SAFM and SABC sports television. 15 Jan 2007


SABC trio charged for corruption, fraud and money laundering

Fin24.co.za reports that the Lesedi FM husband-and-wife team of radio presenters, Thuso and Mmamontha Motaung, as well as associate Joshua Ramme, are facing a minimum of 17 charges for corruption, fraud and money laundering. 8 Dec 2006


Increased traffic reports over festive season

OFM has increased the number of traffic reports to assist holiday traffic over selected dates in December 2006 and January 2007. 6 Dec 2006


Hip-hop group wins Metro music awards

Hip-hop group Teargas has won the seventh annual Metro FM Music Awards presented in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, taking home three awards in total: Best Hip-hop, Best Album and Song of the Year. 27 Nov 2006


Putting music in the spotlight

The seventh annual Metro FM Music Awards, in partnership with Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, take place on Saturday, 25 November 2006 at the E.P.R.U Stadium in Port Elizabeth. 21 Nov 2006


Toys for charity

The Nigel Pierce TOY TOY feature kicked off towards the end of last week, with the show broadcasting live from a different company each day. 5 Nov 2006


702 completes historic move

Talk Radio 702 officially moved to its new home on the FM frequency on Wednesday, 1 November 2006, when it launched its second, and biggest, FM transmitter in Pretoria at an outside broadcast and celebration at Church Square. 1 Nov 2006


94.7 top of the pops again

Once again, 94.7 Highveld Stereo is officially Joburg's best radio station, and 94.7's Jeremy Mansfield and his show the Rude Awakening are Joburg's best radio personality and Joburg's best radio show respectively - for the 10th consecutive year. 26 Oct 2006


R1 million giveaway marks end of Africa tour

Metro FM celebrated its twentieth birthday last week by giving R1 million to lucky listener Neelen Jeffries from Eesterus in the east of Pretoria at Maropeng, The Cradle of Humankind. 27 Sep 2006


Learn to fly

In the lead up tp Africa's largest aerospace, defence and security exhibition this year in Cape Town, 20 - 24 September 2006, OFM and the National Airways Corporation are giving away a six-week course to become a private pilot, through the 43 Air School in Port Alfred - all expenses paid. 19 Sep 2006


Best Radio News award for 702 reporter

Stephen Grootes, Talk Radio 702 afternoon news anchor and reporter, has once again walked off with the Best Radio News Award in the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award: Southern Northern Region, the second consecutive year that he has done so. 31 Aug 2006


Showing commitment to SA music

16 September 2006 sees the return of the Joburg Day Music Festival with 94.7 Highveld Stereo and Santam at the Randburg Sports Complex in celebration of heritage month. 21 Aug 2006


International stars to tour SA

Heineken Music, 5fm and Big Concerts announced last week the upcoming tour of hip hop singer Jay-Z and Caribbean singer Rihanna. 14 Aug 2006


Owlhurst to promote Kagiso

Owlhurst Communications has been appointed by Kagiso Media Investments to enhance the brand awareness for its portfolio of premier radio brands, consisting of RadMark, national radio advertising sales house and four regional stations: Jacaranda 94.2 (Gauteng, Lowveld, Mpumalanga and Limpopo); Gagasi 99.5, East Coast Radio (KwaZulu-Natal); and Heart 104.9 (Cape Town). 8 Aug 2006


On a fashion high

Get ready for daily afterparties, presented by Peroni in association with 5FM, at ftv café in Sandton from this Thursday, 27 July 2006, until Sunday, at the tenth Sanlam SA Fashion Week (SSAFW) this year. 26 Jul 2006


Radmark and Classic FM part ways

Classic FM and Radmark have mutually agreed not to renew their current advertising sales agreement. 17 Jul 2006


Tune into Good Hope for fashion

Good Hope FM is the exclusive radio partner for Nokia Cape Town Fashion Week, currently running in the Mother City from 11-15 July 2006 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. 10 Jul 2006


OFM auditions end tomorrow

OFM presenters have been running auditions at Potchefstroom, Kimberley, Welkom, Bloemfontein and Vanderbijl Park from 3 - 7 July 2006 in search of the radio station's next big star. 5 Jul 2006


Getting with the programme in Grahamstown

At this week's National Festival of the Arts in Grahamstown, SAfm is broadcasting several of its flagship programmes live (including The African Connection, Best of Jazz, SAfm Literature) co-hosting jazz line-up each evening with the Trading Store, supporting the Sundowner Concerts at the Monument and sponsoring a new production of the South African play Wathint' Abafazi Wathint' Imbokodo (You Strike a Woman You Strike a Rock). 4 Jul 2006


Acting station manager for Good Hope appointed

Anthony Duke has been appointed as acting station manager of Cape Town radio station Good Hope FM. 28 Jun 2006


Reaching out to SA's youth

94.7 Highveld Stereo will be hosting a 13-hour radiothon for charity on 14 June 2006. 12 Jun 2006


All heart and soul for winter warmer charity

Jacaranda 94.2 has whole-heartedly gotten behind its winter warmer campaign, including running internal challenges to raise financial aid and blankets for chosen charity Children of Fire. 12 Jun 2006




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