South Africa’s Radio Awards #MyStationCompetition receives a record number of votes

13 September 2022 The twelfth iteration of South Africa’s Radio Awards has seen a record of more than 1.1 million MyStation votes being received from listeners of radio...

South Africa Station of the Year finalists revealed for 2022 Radio Awards

13 September 2022 South Africa’s radio Station of the Year finalists have been released for the 2022 Radio Awards. The annual Radio Awards are meant to honor hard-working...

HOT 102.7FM receives 13 nominations at 2022 SA Radio Awards

13 September 2022 HOT 102.7FM has announced that it has made its mark on the local industry with 13 nominations in the 2022 SA Radio Awards. The nominations...

Jacaranda FM launches ‘Only Local’ pop-up station for Heritage Month

13 September 2022 Jacaranda FM has announced the launch of its ‘Only Local' pop-up station for Heritage Month. The digital pop-up station is set to showcase the very...

Fire guts Abuja radio station

31 August 2022 There was a fire incident at Eagle FM radio station in Logokoma, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Monday afternoon. Punch Nigeria reported that the raging...

Nigeria’s deputy governorship candidate petitions NBC over radio station’s ‘defection’ story

31 August 2022 A deputy governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), in Akwa Ibom State, Godwin Afangideh, has asked the country’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)...

Good Hope FM, the SABC and the City of Cape Town launch Cape Flats 7’s rugby tournament

26 August 2022 Good Hope FM, the SABC and the City of Cape Town will officially launch the inaugural Cape Flats 7's rugby tournament at Spine Road High...

Editors, SERAP drag Nigerian President, National Broadcasting Commission to court over shutting down of 53 broadcast stations

26 August 2022 The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have instituted a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and the National...

Radio station closures and arbitrary arrests signal press freedom decline in Nigeria

26 August 2022 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it is alarmed about a decline in press freedom in Nigeria, amid the suspension of 53 public and privately-owned radio...

More than 200 Malawian journalists’ jobs at risk as regulator effects Media houses closure

26 August 2022 Media Institute for Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi Chapter say over 200 media practitioners in the country may lose their jobs following the revocation of broadcast...

Jacaranda FM launches ‘HER Perfect Pitch’

23 August 2022 Jacaranda FM has announced the launch of its 'HER Perfect Pitch' campaign. The station says that the launch is in the spirit of Women's Month...

Jacaranda FM launches True Crime South Africa podcast in Afrikaans

23 August 2022 Jacaranda FM has partnered with Nicole Engelbrecht, the True Crime South Africa podcaster, to bring her successful podcast to the Afrikaans community. Engelbrecht started her...

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