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On 1 May 1950, the first commercial radio station in South Africa, Springbok Radio, took to the air. [1]: 728 [2] Bilingual in English and Afrikaans, it broadcast from the Johannesburg Centre for 113 and a half hours a week. [3] The service proved so popular with advertisers at its launch that commercial time had been booked well in advance. [4]
Pages in category "South African radio presenters" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
the fittest man in the world. Jet Jungle is the name of an early seventies scifi adventure hero, who appeared in a hit radio play: "The incredible adventures of the most amazing man of our time" broadcast on South Africa's Springbok Radio as well as a Sunday comic of the same name.
SAfm was the SABC's first radio station, and the country's first public radio station. From 1924 to 1936, the only radio service in South Africa was a privately owned station called JB, which broadcast to the cities of Johannesburg, Durban, and (later) Cape Town.
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Radio has always been South Africa's biggest broadcast medium; From the 1960s, South Africa was a world leader in FM radio technology. In 1962, five FM radio stations broadcast, each to a particular language group. The content of the broadcasts ranged widely, over music, sports, religion, current affairs and drama.
In 1976 he began his own communications company and began staging music festivals in South Africa. He wrote and produced 'A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix' at the Market Theatre (Johannesburg) . He returned to radio presenting in 1982 with an afternoon slot on Radio 702 presenting “The Stan Katz Goodtime Lowdown Rock and Roll Radio Show”.
CapeTalk: CapeTalk is a commercial AM radio station based in Cape Town, South Africa, broadcasting on AM/MW 567 to Cape Town. The station is also webcast via its website. It was established in 1997. 702: 702, is a commercial talk FM radio station based in Johannesburg, South Africa, broadcasting on FM 92.7 and FM 106 to the greater Gauteng ...