Jacaranda FM’s Purple Rhino project has won the Rhino Conservation Award in the Media and Journalism Support category at the gala dinner held at Lombardy Boutique Hotel in Pretoria on 29 November 2012. The inaugural awards in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Affairs and The Game Rangers Association of South Africa recognise [...]
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Stevie B looks at challenges facing SA entrepreneurs
Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare and Stevie B will be looking at the challenges facing entrepreneurs in South Africa in his slot, Kaya FM Bizz from Monday 12 to Thursday 15 [...]
Mediamark launches Lab42
“Lab 42 is an initiative to pool creative resources with the objective to offer even more targeted solutions to our advertisers,” explains Cindy Diamond, Mediamark’s Inland Sales Director. Mediamark and the radio stations within its portfolio collaborate to ensure “our solutions offered to advertisers resonate with our audiences”. Diamond adds that “advertisers are continuously [...]
5FM wins three awards in 2012 Leisure Options ‘Best of Joburg’ survey
It’s been an award-winning year for 5FM. Following hot on the heels of the recent MTN Radio Award for Station of the Year as well as being voted the Coolest Radio Station at the Sunday Times Generation Next awards for the seventh year in a row, comes three awards in the 2012 Leisure Options ‘Best [...]
Jacaranda FM wins 2 Diamond awards
Jacaranda FM scoops Diamond awards in Entertainment and News Jacaranda FM received 2 diamond awards at the PMR.africa City of Tshwane Leaders and Achievers Awards Breakfast held at the Pretoria Sheraton. This followed a recent survey across the City of Tshwane which is done annually to identify and celebrate companies who have excelled [...]
David Watts joins Mix93.8FM
Seasoned broadcaster David Watts has joined Mix 93.8FM as programme manager. Watts holds 20 years’ experience in the broadcasting sector as radio presenter, programme manager and scheduler, voice over artist and general manager among others. “Mix 93.8FM is the fastest growing radio station in Gauteng,” says Watts, “and the challenge presented is to sustain and build [...]
Phat Joe leaving Heart 104.9 FM
On-air morning show host Phat Joe has announced he will be leaving Heart 104.9 FM. His last day on-air will be Friday, 12 October 2012. With more than seventeen years of broadcasting experience, Phat Joe says “I have decided to focus my time and energy on my television show Real Goboza (RGB) on SABC 1 [...]
Toyota Jacaranda Pops is back
After a sold out performance in 2011, Toyota Jacaranda Pops is back with top mainstream music acts who will perform with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, 27 October. “Toyota Jacaranda Pops is a unique musical concept that fuses the best of pop and classical music”, says Kevin Fine, Jacaranda FM’s General Manager, “Jacaranda’s [...]
Heart 104.9FM MD is moving on
Gavin Meiring was appointed as the Managing Director of Heart 104.9FM in 2006 and played an instrumental role in developing the Heart 104.9FM brand and repositioning and launching the new station. Now, seven years later, Meiring has announced that he will be leaving Heart 104.9FM at the end of December 2012 in order to pursue [...]
Ten thousand gather for Jacaranda FM Spring Walk
The inaugural Discovery Jacaranda FM Spring Walk is just a few days away and Pretoria residents are urged to put on their walking shoes and show the rest of the country what they’re made of. Saturday 15 September will see more than 10 000 people gather at Harlequins Rugby Club in Pretoria for a 5km, 8km, 15km [...]
