5FM wins Coolest Radio Station at Sunday Times GenNext Awards

27 September 2023 5FM has announced that it won the award for Coolest Radio Station in South Africa at the 2023 Sunday Times GenNext Awards. The awards event...

Tarryn Lamb joins Kfm 94.5’s The Flash Drive

27 September 2023 Kfm 94.5 has announced that Tarryn Lamb will be joining The Flash Drive team as of Monday, 2 October. The musician and SAFTA Award-winning actress...

Jane Linley-Thomas hangs up her mic after 20 years on East Coast Radio

27 September 2023 East Coast Radio (ECR) has announced that it is bidding farewell to Jane Linley-Thomas after two decades on the airwaves. Linley-Thomas will be hanging up...

Smile FM pledges to help ten thousand South Africans find jobs by Christmas

27 September 2023 Smile FM has announced a plan to ensure that more families in South Africa in Cape Town enjoy Christmas this year. The station aims to...

UMHLOBO Wenene FM brings IsiXhosa broadcasting to Bulawayo for cultural and heritage experience

21 September 2023 Umhlobo Wenene FM, a popular South African radio station has extended its broadcast in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe for a cultural and heritage experience called “Khenketha NoMhlobo...

Lack of infrastructure and human and financial resources impedes switch to digital broadcasting in Africa

21 September 2023 Members of the International Radio and Television Union from about 50 countries, meeting recently in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, say a lack of infrastructure and...

YMA Launches first Liberian young journalist award

21 September 2023 A Liberian pro-media development group, Youth Media Action (YMA), has launched its first Young Journalists Award aimed at celebrating the work of Young Reporters. Addressing...

Nigerian Radio Station Bans Naira Marley Songs

20 September 2023 Splash FM 105.5, a radio station in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, has reportedly banned the songs of Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley. According...

Mr. Haglah wins ‘Best Radio Producer’ at Ghana Entertainment Awards USA

20 September 2023 The Executive Producer of Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, Joshua Nii Sackey Allotey, popularly known as Mr. Haglah, has been adjudged ‘Best Radio Producer’ at...

Women Represented Only 5.37% Of Experts on Ghana Radio Shows – Report

20 September 2023 Ghana Women Experts has released a new report on women in media in Ghana on the amount of airtime dedicated to featuring women experts on...

East Coast Radio hosts braai with listeners in support of the Boks

20 September 2023 The East Coast Radio held a braai in support of the Springboks in their rugby match against Romania in the Rugby World Cup at the...

SA’s Rhodes Music Radio back in full force

12 September 2023 Rhodes Music Radio (RMR), a south African campus-based community radio station located in the heart of Rhodes University is fully back on air. The station...

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