UCT Radio

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UCT Radio
  • Cape Town
  • South Africa
Broadcast area Cape Town
Programming
Format Campus radio
Ownership
Owner University of Cape Town
History
First air date
1976
Links
Website www.radio.uct.ac.za

UCT Radio is a campus radio station operated by students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in Cape Town, South Africa. UCT Radio broadcasts on the online at radio.uct.ac.za. The station broadcasts from the main Upper Campus in the Southern Suburbs.

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Management

Programming on UCT Radio

As a student-run, campus-community station, our programming reflects the culture, ethos and diversity of campus life, following a cross-genre approach to music and playing 60% of South African music. [1]

Notable alumni

Dan Corder (5FM Presenter) Mark Gillman (Former 5FM presenter), Randall Abrahams (Former Idols SA judge), Station Director Russell Warner (transformed the station into a community broadcaster and consequently obtained the first legal and current licence to broadcast on the FM 104.5 frequency using a 20 W transmitter). For the first time UCT Radio was a fully fledged radio station as opposed to a wired public address system (there was a history of the occasional pirate wireless broadcast from time to time until authorities would shut it down. Suga (Good Hope FM/MC at 46664 events), Bongani Njoli (e.tv) and Natalie Bekker (P4/Free Spirit/Top Billing presenter). [2]

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References

  1. "UCT Radio - About Us". University of Cape Town. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  2. "UC Radio - About Us". University of Cape Town. Retrieved 2018-09-19.