a #TheFutureByDesign interview. Radio producer Benedict Matjiu believes radio’s extensive reach and the powerful stories it can share make it timeless.
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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.
#CannesLions: South Africa wins gold in Radio
Cannes Lions 2015 has announced winners in the Product Design Design, Cyber and Radio categories. South Africa has no wins in the Product Design, Design or Cyber categories but won 16 awards in the radio category.
Media Report: Gareth Cliff. Radio reinvented.
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.
The ‘peculiar’ radio habits of Kenyans
a The Africa Annual feature by Carole Kimutai (@CaroleKimutai) Radio is one of the most powerful media in Africa — it is relatively inexpensive to set up, it can be customised for regions in terms of language, and it is ubiquitous.
Cannes Lions 2014: Grand Prix, gold for SA
The International Festival of Creativity, Cannes Lions, has announced the winners in the Cyber, Design, Product Design, Press and Radio Lions categories, with Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg taking the Grand Prix and three Gold Campaign Lions in the Radio category for its campaign ‘Teleconference’, ‘Kids Party’ and ‘Enrique Concert’, created for Lucozade.
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.
Smile 90.4fm aims to shake up Cape Town radio market
by Gill Moodie. Last week Smile 90.4 fm – Cape Town’s new FM radio station – started broadcasting.
Radio enjoys a healthy second life online
In the second of a series of columns on the future of music, ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK explores the impact the Internet’s Audio streams have had on radio.
As one traditional delivery channel for music, namely the record store, faces its demise, another is thriving. Radio was meant to be an early victim of the Internet revolution, given how easy it is to deliver an audio stream online. Instead, it remains the most pervasive mass medium in the world, reinventing itself again and again as it migrates onto cellphones, and uses the Internet to intensify its engagement with listeners.
Can you speak non-English? The Loeries are looking for YOUR radio ad!
This spot to promote the New Voice Award category at the Loerie Awards was put together by Ogilvy Cape Town (the agency working on the Loeries 2010 campaign) with aim to spread knowledge of this non-English radio category sponsored by the SABC.