Digital, traditional media go hand in hand

[Noëleen Bruton] It's been exciting watching the phenomenal growth of digital media both locally and globally in the past say two decades. This, of course, has given marketers a whole new category of media in which to spend our advertising budgets. 13 May 2013 11:27

Radio listenership improves significantly over 2012

SAARF has released its Radio Audience Measurement Survey (RAMS) for May 2013, which shows that compared to a year ago, listenership is significantly improved, both during the working week and across the week. 13 May 2013 11:42

Guptagag

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The Gupta family isn't going to talk to the media until the report on its guests landing at Waterkloof is finalised, reports Mail & Guardian, and BD Live reports the DA is urging Zuma not to sign the secrecy bill. The ConCourt has reserved judgment on media's access to the Krejcir hearing, reports Mail & Guardian, and IOL reports that a Sun reporter has been charged in the UK hacking probe. 15 May 2013 07:29

Reddy, steady... Stop

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The press ombudsman has dismissed Durban tycoon Vivian Reddy's complaint against the Mail & Guardian newspaper in its entirety, the newspaper reports, and Icasa is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, reports BD Live. On a sad note, SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli has died, reports Times Live. 20 May 2013 05:59

East Coast Radio

East Coast Radio now the largest independent radio station in the country

[Issued by East Coast Radio] East Coast Radio now boasts a listenership of 1.873 million listeners every week, making it the biggest independent radio station in South Africa. The latest Radio Audience Measurement Survey (RAMS) figures, the first of 2013, were released by the South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) on Thursday, 9 May 2013. 14 May 2013 12:47

Smile 90.4fm lineup announced

Smile 90.4fm, the new Cape Town radio station which will hit the airwaves on Monday, 25 March at 7am, has announced its lineup. 13 Mar 2013 15:09

Boston College

Travel, tourism and traffic is what put this Boston graduate on the road to success

[Issued by Boston College] Growing up in the small village of Dithakong East, 15km outside Mafikeng, a young Thabiso Khambule would sit for hours recording his own voice, editing his 'reports' and then playing them back to himself - loving the sound of hearing his own voice 'on the radio'. Today he is a familiar voice to thousands of Jacaranda FM listeners as he guides them through the traffic each day with his traffic reports. 15 May 2013 12:22

Tune in radio's new frequency

Most South Africans listen to commercial and community radio stations across AM and FM frequencies, but many of us are tuning in to an online radio station. 16 May 2013 09:41

Health journalists finalists await results end May

The finalists in the fifth Discovery Health Journalism Awards will discover who has won in the various categories on 29 May 2013 at the awards ceremony. 14 May 2013 08:49

ICASA review in the pipeline

[Amukelani Chauke] Cabinet has approved a proposal to review some of the Independent Communications Authority of SA's functions to make it more transparent and accountable. 17 May 2013 10:08

[2013 trends] The year ahead for experiential marketing

[Mike Silver] First of all, mazeltov on surviving the Mayan apocalypse - it was touch-and-go for a second there. Now that we have staved off global obliteration and picked up a coastal tan (and a few kilos in the process), it's that time of the year where agencies are asked to haul out the old crystal ball and provide pearls of thumb-sucking wisdom. 29 Jan 2013 11:18

All the 2013 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards winners

Less than a week after World Press Freedom Day, top South African journalists were honoured at the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards. Under the auspices of Print and Digital Media South Africa (PDMSA), Sim Tshabalala, joint chief executive of the Standard Bank Group, presented awards in eighteen categories. 10 May 2013 08:14

Mr Magic serves breakfast on Ukhozi FM

Ukhozi FM has announced its new lineup for 2008/9, effective 1 April and finally confirmed that Sbusiso “DJ Sbu” Leope is leaving the station. Linda ‘Mr Magic' Sibiya will make a move from the afternoon drivetime show to host the flagship breakfast show (6.30am – 9am). 27 Mar 2008 22:37