94.7 Highveld Stereo
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| Broadcast area | Gauteng (Terrestrial FM) Africa (DStv Satellite ) |
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| Frequency | 94.7 MHz |
| First air date | September 1, 1964 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Owner | Primedia (private) |
| Webcast | Windows Media Format |
| Website | http://www.highveld.co.za |
Highveld Stereo is a radio station that broadcasts on the 94.7FM frequency from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
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[edit] History
The station first went on the air on September 1, 1964[1], as the first SABC regional FM service, Radio Highveld. At that time the station broadcast hourly news bulletins and easy listening music. In September 1996 the SABC sold Radio Highveld to private enterprise.[2]
Today this station, along with a number of other radio stations in South Africa, is owned by Primedia.
[edit] Format and Programming
94.7 Highveld Stereo is arguably the Gauteng province's most popular radio station, broadcasting the often controversial Rude Awakening breakfast show, hosted by Jeremy Mansfield. The target listen demographic is aimed at 25 – 40 year-olds, and as such the station tends to play contemporary "soft" rock, current pop hits as well as a few classics. Highveld also make a point of giving airtime to local South African musical talent. Other useful services to listeners include news bulletins and traffic reports for Johannesburg and Pretoria.
[edit] Presenters
- Jeremy Mansfield – Rude Awakening
- Sam Cowen – Rude Awakening
- Paul Rotherham – Rude Awakening
- Darren Simpson (also known as "Wackhead Simpson") – Rude Awakening
- Graeme Joffe (also known as "Joffers") – Rude Awakening
- Alex Jay
- Bailey Schneider
- Brad Brown
- Chillu Lemmba
- Bongani Nxumalo
- Crystal Arnold
- Kate Kearney
- Kenny Maistry
- Mark Pilgrim
- Pattrick Hayworth
- Sebolelo Makoanyane
- Sydney Matlhaku
[edit] Charity work
Highveld Stereo is well known for sponsoring and promoting many charity and social events in Gauteng, including the Pick 'n Pay 94.7 Cycle Challenge and the Rude Awakening Christmas Wish.
[edit] Legal actions
[edit] Zuma vs. Highveld
In response to Darren Simpson's parody of South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma's ongoing rape trial of 2006 – for which Zuma was duly acquitted – Zuma filed a defamation lawsuit on the 30th June, 2006, for the sum of R 5 million.[3][4] Zuma originally filed for R 2 million, but this was upped when Highveld Stereo re-broadcasted the allegedly offensive skit.
[edit] 702 and 94.7 vs. Forum of Black Journalists
In early 2008 Highveld together with their sister station Radio 702 submitted a complaint to the South African Human Rights Commission after the Forum of Black Journalists refused white journalists entry to a lunch with ANC President Jacob Zuma.[5]
[edit] See also
- 94.7 Cycle Challenge
- Jacob Zuma
- Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
- Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa
[edit] References
- ^ "MediaLibrary's History of SA Media...Media Sector...Broadcast". IBIS Media Data Services (Pty) Ltd. http://www.mediamanager.co.za/MediaLibrary/ML_History/chapters/historySector_Broadcast.htm. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
- ^ Alexander, Mary. "South Africa's radio stations". SAinfo. http://www.southafrica.info/about/media/radio.htm. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
- ^ "Zuma to sue SA media for libel". BBC. 2006-07-04. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5145808.stm. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
- ^ Swart, Werner (2006-07-03). "Zuma sues media". The Citizen. http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=19256,1,22. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
- ^ "In respect of its public hearing relating to the Forum of Black Journalists and the issue of exclusive organisations" (PDF). Primedia Broadcasting. 2008. http://www.702.co.za/download/hrc.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-11-19.
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