The finalists in the Station of the Year, the My Station Awards, and the various nomination categories for the 4th Annual MTN Radio Awards have been announced. Chairman of the MTN Radio Awards, Rich Mkhondo says: “The overall quality of entries and the strength of the nominations made our task of selecting the finalists extremely tough. I am sure that there will be huge celebrations when the winners are announced at the Gala Dinner on 13th April.”
MTN Radio Awards CEO, Lance Rothschild says: “There were some extremely interesting revelations in the My Station voting category, the category where listeners vote via SMS for their favourite station. We received many exceptional nominations for the Hall of Fame and for The Bright Stars. I am confident that the most deserving of the nominees have been selected and will be recognized, and acknowledged in this year’s MTN Radio Awards.”
“I am really looking forward to acknowledging all the winners at the MTN Radio Awards,” says Serame Taukobong, Chief Marketing Officer of MTN SA. “We are proud of our sponsorship of these awards as I believe that these awards benefit the entire industry, and most importantly, they benefit radio listeners.”
The Gala Banquet will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday 13th April.
The Finalists
Hall of Fame:
- Jeremy Mansfield – Retired Breakfast Show Host
- Khotso Nkhatho – Executive Producer of Drama at Lesedi FM
- David Ramekosi – Radio Pulpit Producer and Presenter
- Saffee Siddiqui – (deceased) Presenter on Lotus FM
- Zwelakhe Sisulu – (deceased) Former CEO of the SABC
- Terry Volkwyn – CEO Primedia Broadcasting
Brightstars
- Seema Diahnan – East Coast Radio
- Nick Efstathiou – OFM
- Tshepo Makhubela – VOW FM
- Rayhaanah Omar – Radio Islam
- Nonala Tose – Umhlobo Wenene FM
Lifetime Achiever
- To be announced on 13 April 2013 at the gala event
My Station Award – Most Votes
| Ligwalagwala FM | Motsweding FM | Radio Tygerberg | Ukhozi FM | uMhlobo Wenene FM |
My Station Award – Most Loyal Listeners
| LENZ FM | Mix 93.8 FM | Radio Islam | Radio Pretoria | Tuks FM |
Station of the Year – Campus
| MFM 92.6 | PUK fm 93.6 | Tuks FM |
Station of the Year – Community
| Impact Radio 103 FM | Radio Khwezi | Radio Islam | Radio Tygerberg |
Station of the Year – PBS
| Lotus FM | Munghana Lonene FM | SAfm | Ukhozi FM | uMhlobo Wenene FM |
Station of the Year – Commercial
| 567 Cape Talk | 5FM | East Coast Radio | Kaya FM 95.9 | Talk Radio 702 |
Source: MTN Radio Awards
