Umhlobo Wenene FM gives its on air programming a facelift
On the 23rd June 2016, Umhlobo Wenene FM paid a tribute to one of its fallen heroes the late Saba Mbixane .This tribute was a way of paying homage to a true son of the soil, to a leader in his community, to an achiever and to an activist of our traditions and customs. The station was inundated with listeners pouring their hearts out with fond memories of their fallen hero.
The station has also given its programming a facelift. Mr Phumzile Mnci and his management team have embarked on giving the station programming a well-deserved facelift. In the beginning of the current fiscal the station had a few vacancies due to the leaving of the station on-air personalities who decided to seek other business adventures, thus presenting the station with an opportunity to embark on a facelift exercise and/or a reshuffle among its workforce.
The station’s objective for this current fiscal is to grow its listenership to 5 million, and currently the station has 4, 6 million listeners. The midday show Sij’ikilanga is currently hosted by Amaza Ntshanga, with Nonala Tose being a co-presenter as well as being the producer of the show. Nonala will now bid farewell to Sij’ikilanga and assume a more behind the scenes position where she will produce the station’s mid-morning show called Khanya Gqiyazana. This show is hosted by the dynamic and versatile Lulu Haarmans who has a wealth of radio experience, having started her broadcast vocation at uBuntu Radio, then moved to Radio Grahamstown and later joined Umhlobo Wenene FM. Nonala Tose is a passionate radio producer and practitioner who holds a degree in psychology and organisational psychology. In 2013 Nonala Tose was awarded the Bright Star Young Achiever Awards at the MTN Radio Awards .She is also the founder of Nonala Tose Productions which focuses on childhood development .This young ambitious lady was born and bred in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. On Sundays Nonala will now host Umhlobo Wenene FM’s gospel show called Seza Umphefumlo, which is a gospel music driven show. This show currently has over a million listeners.
Sij’ikilanga will now be produced by Reggie Solani. Reggie is a Radio Practitioner, Events MC & Public Speaker with well over 15 years radio experience. He started at Radio Graaff Reinet as a Current Affairs Producer and Presenter. In 2002 while studying at NMMU he joined Bayfm. In 2005 he left Bayfm for Trufm where he spent 10 years of his career doing the Afternoon Drive, Breakfast show and Trufm Top 30.
He has been a Professional Public Speaker for 8 years. Speaks at Business Seminars, Graduations, Schools events, etc. He has a National Diploma in Audio Visual Production from MSC College and an Honours Degree in Public Administration from the University of Fort Hare. He is currently a Master’s Degree student in Development studies at NMMU.
Another change is that Nomonde Vakalisa a co-host of Imvuselelo which is a popular show on Umhlobo Wenene FM will now produce the Thursday midday show hosted by Mama kamaAsie who is a well-known sub-brand of Umhlobo Wenene FM. This is a religious show which enjoys a listenership of 1, 4 million listeners. Nomonde also hosts a religious driven music show every Tuesday night named Iqonga Levangeli. Nomonde is a distinguished and respected preacher. The changes above are effective from the 01st July 2016.
The Station Manager has urged the station’s listeners to continue supporting the station as they have always dedicatedly done so for the past 56 years. By effecting this facelift and reshuffle Umhlobo Wenene FM is re-committing itself to deliver on its mandate which is to educate, inform and entertain.
Issued by:
Faith Ngandi
Umhlobo Wenene FM
Marketing Manager
041 391 1103 or ngandifb@sabc.co.za
