Radio Review

Well it looks like Seth is making a full go of his 2OceansVibe internet radio offering. This week it was announced that Richard Hardiman from KFM is jumping ship and backing the new new start-up as “Programme Director” and running the “drive time” show.

There are also “rumours” on Twitter that Sasha Martinengo from 5FM is also being courted but who knows when it comes to Twitter…

Kudo’s to both Richard and Seth for having the entrepreneurial “gees” to go out and make a go of this thing.

There are some interesting stats / predictions which I pulled up from a press release on the Bridge Ratings site which I thought was quite interesting.

In 2006 – 93% of the US population listened to radio.
In 2010 – This was around 93.1%
By 2012 – This would have risen to 93.8%

I suppose those are about right but the next ones make for interesting reading:

Internet Radio:
2006 – 7%
2010 – 36.2%
2012 – 52.2%

Podcasting
2006 – 3.7%
2010 – 16.8%
2012 – 23.8%

Obviously you need to be a little wary of predictions but the numbers don’t seem to be too wild or ambitious. I’m also quite surprised by that podcasting figure.

I did a very brief skim of the web for South African internet radio statistics without finding anything too concrete. However one of the factors mentioned in that Bridge Ratings report is the integration between mobile devices, social medica platforms and radio stations as drivers of growth.

We will be watching this space quite closely.

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There is an article on MarketingWeb with comments saying that Darren “whackhead” Simpson is going to take over the Rude Awakening show after Jeremy Mansfield does his last show on the 12th of July?

No offense to Darren but I hope that Primedia / Highveld is taking note of some of the comments underneath that article because they are on the money. It is not a good idea to give your premier show to him…

To some people Darren is entertaining but entertaining in Darrens way will hurt the brand in the long run. It is a bit like a joke that goes on for too long.

By all means keep Darren involved in the role he is playing but to make him the host for one of the biggest radio shows around and a key show for Gauteng radio I don’t see working.

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After 22 years on both sides of the radio business, Bob Mabena is making an entrepreneurial move into radio consultancy.

The highly respected radio broadcaster and manager leaves his post as Managing Director of Makana Radio Communications (MRC) to establish Endow Media & Marketing which he will use to build a consultancy business that draws on Mabena’s unrivaled understanding of broadcasting in the South African context.

The good ! news for his extensive fanbase, is that Mabena will not be leaving his current weekend slot on Kaya FM where he presents the 2pm to 6pm shows on Saturdays and Sundays. “I think that this continuing relationship with MRC through my Kaya FM shows says a great deal about the ongoing positive relationship I have with the management at this amazing company.”

Read more…

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5FM’s internship opportunities are two weeks long and accommodate 6 interns at a time. This is an intensive programme, where the interns will experience every aspect of 5FM. The two-week internship dates for 2010:

21 June 2010 – 2 July 2010

22 November 2010 – 5 December 2010 

THE SCREENING PROCESS:

1.  Email intern@5fm.co.za with your name, age and region where you live; a 100-word motivation as to why we should pick you and what your aim in obtaining this experience is all about; and 5 things that make you stand out from the crowd. Please also specify whether you are interested in taking part in the 2-week internship, or to attend our open day.

2.  If you make it through the first phase, we will call you to take part in “The not so incredibly impossible 5FM intern quiz” over the phone 

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

1.  Any content produced by an intern during the duration of their time at 5FM is owned by 5FM, unless permission is granted otherwise by management

2.  The internship programme is an experience for which you will not be remunerated

3.  Interns need to be located in Johannesburg for the duration of their 2 week internship at their own expense 

5FM Open Days
You also have the opportunity of spending a day with us to see what goes down at 5FM in a day. The next dates:

5 August 2010

15 October 2010

Again, if you’d like to take part, mail intern@5fm.co.za with your reason. Also, please also specify whether you are interested in attending our open day or in taking part in the 2-week internship programme.

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This might be interesting opportunity which is being offered by 94.7 Highveld Stereo.

We at 94.7 Highveld Stereo are looking for fresh new talent for our airwaves. If you think you have what it takes post your demo on this group page or on Youtube titled ‘my947audition’ and we will let you know if you have been shortlisted to come into our studios for callbacks. get your entries in ASAP Callbacks will be taking place over the next three weeks.

The Facebook group

The 94.7 Highveld web page

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