Vuyo Mbuli gets me thinking

[Anton Harber] If you want to get people thinking and debating, you have to surprise and discomfit them, you have to prod and provoke. 1 Jun 2013 09:46

Dali loses his cool over Kieno's comments

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Dali Tambo, responding to CapeTalk567 radio presenter Kieno Kammies' dismissal of Tambo's Mugabe interview as little more than a PR exercise, abandoned his usually measured responses and upped the volume somewhat, reports Mail & Guardian. 4 Jun 2013 07:38

Pabi's Power FM trip

Pabi Moloi blindsided all and sundry earlier this week when it was announced that she would join the lineup at new radio station, Power FM, after saying that she was leaving 94.7 Highveld Stereo to focus on her philanthropic commitments and an upcoming debut album. 6 Jun 2013 08:24

New station adds power to airwaves

[Gabi Mbele] With R90m in the bank, the team behind new radio station, Power FM, could afford to splurge on heavyweight talent. 10 Jun 2013 08:47

No sex please - we're Metro FM

Well, perhaps not necessarily no sex talk at all, but there was one sex talk that got Metro FM all hot and bothered... The station this week banished drive time presenter T-BO Touch and his team to the naughty corner, after their interview with sex educator Jade Zwane left management squirming. 24 May 2013 10:03

Pule wants in on SABC board appointments

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Communications Minister Dina Pule wants to be in on SABC board appointments, reports Mail & Guardian, which also reports that both the ANC and the DA are upset over a BBC programme on the plight of SA whites. MyBroadband reports on the hack attack on the SAPS website, and the SABC says that TV and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli will be given a provincial official funeral. 22 May 2013 07:52

The radio natives are restless

[Travis Bussiahn] Marissa Mayer is a businessperson I admire greatly. I think her story is edgy. I think it was brave of her to leave the ever-rising star of Google to take to the helm of the former rising star of Yahoo. I feel she has a mixed media mindset that sees her understanding that traditional media is as important as new media and I like what she had to say about advertising in the mobile space. (Yes! This article is about radio). 21 May 2013 08:01

MSG Afrika to launch Power FM

A new outdoor brand campaign went up in Johannesburg over the weekend to announce the launch of a new FM talk radio station, Power FM, set to launch by end of June 2013. Media operating group MSG Afrika Media, a subsidiary of MSG Afrika Investment Holdings, owns it. 21 May 2013 10:16

Making talk radio "fashionable"

[Mfundo Ntsibande] It's an exciting time for radio in SA. With so many radio stations with different value propositions, listeners are spoilt for choice. 12 Jun 2013 11:18

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

Don't ban-boozle us

[TJ Strydom] A ban on alcohol advertising would cost nearly 12,000 jobs and almost R1.8bn in tax revenue. 13 Jun 2013 15:21

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Kaya FM fined R5,000 for wordplay on 'coolie'

Kaya FM has been fined R5,000 by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) for using a play on the word "coolie" in its morning breakfast show. 29 May 2013 12:11