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. UCT Radio broadcasts on the online at radio.uct.ac.za. The station broadcasts from the main Upper Campus in the Southern Suburbs.

Management

* Station Manager: Natalie Brandreth * Programme Manager: Aphelele Jack * Tech Manager: Kyle Robbertze * HR Manager: Thendo Bianca Mukwevho * Marketing Manager: Erin Bailey * Head DJ: Clarence Ntini * Production Manager: Thomas Hele * News Manager: Mpho Makhetha * Music Manager: Zahrah Britow * Online and Social Media Manager: Nikiwe Zilwa * Events Manager: Allert Ramphisa

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.

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).

References

External links

UCT Radio official website

UCT Radio live internet stream
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