a The Media Report 2014 interview. Once l’enfant terrible of SA’s airwaves, Gareth Cliff caused a major stir when he left his former employer, 5FM, for the brave new world of streaming digital content. The result of Cliff’s digital content experiment? Some 500 000 listeners a month as of September 2014.
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Grubstreet: How is CliffCentral doing one year on?
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) Top SA radio presenter Gareth Cliff launched CliffCentral in May 2014. Just over a year since the launch, Grubstreet put these questions via email to Cliff to find out how the new venture is doing.
Grubstreet: Here come the radio disrupters, CliffCentral leading the pack
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) Two major disrupting forces are headed for the South African radio market that have the power to shake up the industry, just as online and blogging platforms have done to the print media.
CliffCentral.com live
Gareth Cliff’s CliffCentral.com started broadcasting on 1 May 2014, taking a multi-screen approach. Every show should be available via podcast an hour after it has gone out live, according to CliffCentral.com.
Dear Radio: Review of Pure Conversations with the Fired 5
by Paulo Dias. I consider myself a major radio nerd and anorak but even I nerdgasmed hard at the Gareth Cliff-led audio-crossover event of recent memory.
Grubstreet: Barney Simon app breaks new ground for radio
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) Last year 5FM’s Gareth Cliff struck out on his own and started CliffCentral.com that goes out on web and WeChat. This year Kagiso Media has launched an app curated by Barney Simon — the legendary alternative DJ from Radio 5 days.
Smart Africa TV: WeChat Africa
Brett Loubser, Head of WeChat Africa talks about: how WeChat is a social communications platform; the countries WeChat is focusing on growing in; how South African “shock jock” Gareth Cliff used it to launch an online radio station called Cliff Central; and its use as a second screen by the Big Brother series in South Africa.
An Accountant in Adland: Learnings from industry events [S1 E3]
by Siwe Thusi. I attended two events recently, and ruminate here on what I learnt.
Dear Radio: The people you need to know in a radio station
by Paulo Dias. With more hyphenated titles appearing on email signatures than ever before, I thought it would be handy to start a guide of who the key people in a station are.
Motive: The new wave of radio presenters
by Paulo Dias. Who owns the audience today — the radio presenter or the radio station?