MTN Radio Awards

The MTN Radio Awards are held in conjunction with the Future Group - a leading Johannesburg-based marketing and media solutions company, and has the full support of all of the country's major commercial and public service radio players including the SABC, Primedia Broadcasting, Kagiso Broadcasting, AME as well as acknowledgment by the NAB.

In total there are 20 categories including a variety of Best Show, Presenter and Producer awards in various categories; The “MTN Ayoba” Station and Community Station of the year, and lifetime achievement recognition in the MTN Radio Hall of Fame.

Judges for the awards include: well known ad critic and brand expert Andy Rice; Anthony Duke former radio station manager; Aubrey Malden award winning radio commercial writer; Dan Moyane broadcaster and former chairman of Primedia Broadcasting; top rated media planner and strategist Donald Liphoko; Franz Kruger head of Wits University's radio programme; media strategist Gordon Muller; digital citizen journalist Khaya Dlanga; radio commercials producer John Culverwell; radio consultant and former station manager Lance Rothschild; policy and convergence expert and former regulator Lara Kantor; CEO of business consultancy BBDO Consulting Lebo Biko ; youth brand expert Musa Kalanga; Norman Gibson General Manager of the SA Radio Advertising Bureau; former newspaper editor and media consultant Ryland Fisher; former radio manager and now CEO National Arts Festival Tony Lankester; Nomahlubi Simamane CEO Zanusi Brand Solutions; Koos Radebe Executive, Communications & CSI Director Tracker Network (Pty) Ltd. and Lawrence Dube, CEO of the Music Union of South Africa (MUSA) Investment Trust.
The MTN Radio Awards will initially recognise broadcasting in the English language with plans to broaden the language base in the second year. Long-term Future Group plans taking the event to other major African markets.

Date: 15 May 2010
Venue: Montecasino, Johannesburg