13 February 2018 is World Radio Day – a day to celebrate radio as a medium: to improve international cooperation between broadcasters; and to encourage major networks and community radio alike to promote access to information, freedom of expression and gender equality over the airwaves.
Radio is the mass media reaching the widest audience in the world. It is also recognised as a powerful communication tool and a low cost medium
For more visit World Radio Day.
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has declared the 13th February as World Radio Day. As Africa’s oldest community radio station project we at Bush Radio fully support this intiative as we believe in the power of radio to help build communities and improve lives.
Whether it is through our Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW) launched in 1996 where young people learn to use the medium to develop their skills and understanding of media or one of our programmes like Sakhisizwe – Bou die Nation, Build the Nation or even our specialised music programmes like Blues in the Bush where we connect the music to its roots in Africa – radio plays a vital part in almost everyone’s daily life.
Through technology like internet streaming Bush Radio is able to connect to the entire planet with it’s audience not just from Cape Flats but with dedicated listeners in Asia, Europe and the Americas tuning into the station online through computers or mobile phones, Bush Radio truly is more than just FM radio.
Related: How to listen to us online
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has declared the 13th February 2013 as World Radio Day. As Africa’s oldest community radio station project we at Bush Radio fully support this intiative as we believe in the power of radio to help build communities and improve lives.
Whether it is through our Children’s Radio Education Workshop (CREW) launched in 1996 where young people learn to use the medium to develop their skills and understanding of media or one of our programmes like Sakhisizwe – Bou die Nation, Build the Nation or even our specialised music programmes like Blues in the Bush where we connect the music to its roots in Africa – radio plays a vital part in almost everyone’s daily life.
Through technology like internet streaming Bush Radio is able to connect to the entire planet with it’s audience not just from Cape Flats but with dedicated listeners in Asia, Europe and the Americas tuning into the station online through computers or mobile phones, Bush Radio truly is more than just FM radio.
Related: How to listen to us online
In our continuous effort to engage with the communities we serve and make that interaction as easy – and cost effective- as possible, Bush Radio, Africa’s pioneering community radio station project, and Mxit, Africa’s largest mobile social network, have joined forces to provide listeners with a way to send messages to the station at 2 moola (that’s two cents!) per message.
According to Bush Radio Programme Integrator Adrian Louw: “Giving listeners another platform to interact with the station serves to fulfill our license conditions by making it easier for our audience to air their views and opinions.”
The new service combines Mxit‘s over 50 million registered users, and about 40 000 new registrations a day, and Bush Radio’s ability to be heard not only in Cape Town on 89.5FM, but nationally and internationally on mobile phones via its online stream.
Mxit Spokesperson Sphiwe T. Mahlangu says; “We are very happy to provide this solution to Bush Radio for all listeners of Bush Radio that are already on Mxit and the Mxit community that will have the opportunity engage with Bush Radio on this application.”
The station is confident that it will take radio to a new level of interaction and continue to be the leading community radio station on the continent.
Listeners who currently use Mxit will now be able to add Bush Radio on Mxit by going to Tradepost > Entertainment > Radio > Bush Radio.
You will then be able to find Bush Radio under Apps and send us a message whenever you like.
Get involved and join the conversation!
To download Mxit, go to m.mxit.com on your cellphone and follow the prompts.
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Connect with Bush Radio on the platform that suits you
It is the final week of the Bush Radio/Vodacom LG KP 265 cellphone give-away competition. Get your sms’s into 32158 before this Thursday at 4pm to qualify for the draw.
We are entering the final few weeks of the Bush Radio / Vodacom LG KP265 cellphone give away. We only have 4 phones left, so get sms’ing RICA to 32158 now!
We thought we’d recap the names of winners incase you missed it on-air
They are:
Olwethu Mhlontlo, Brendon Langeveldt, Elliot Dyasi, Joanne Philander, Myrtle Fortuin, Solomzi Baart, Zoorreyah Orie and Valerie Kenneth.
You could join this lucky list. Get you entry in now!
Brendon Langeveldt is the second winner of the LG KP265 cellphone Bush Radio and Vodacom give away this week.
SMS the keyword RICA to 32158 before next Thursday at 4pm to enter the next draw (Friday, 18 June 2010).
Remember your number must have been RICA’d and you must be a Vodacom subscriber.
Olwethu Mhlontlo is the first winner of the LG KP265 cellphone Bush Radio and Vodacom give away this week.
SMS the keyword RICA to 32158 before next Thursday at 4pm to enter the next draw.
Remember your number must have been RICA’d and you must be a Vodacom subscriber.
For the next twelve weeks Bush Radio 89.5 FM and Vodacom will be giving away one LG KP265 cellphone a week until the 20th August 2010.
If you are a Vodacom subscriber and had your number RICA’d sms the word “RICA” and your name to 32158 and win!
(SMS cost R1 and free minutes do not apply)
You will have until 4pm every Thursday to send in your sms and then you need to tune into the Morning Cruise on the Friday morning to hear if you are a winner.
Remember to enter this competition you must be a Vodacom subscriber and you must have RICA’d your number!
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