5FM
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5FM is a SABC radio station mainly based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Formerly known as Radio 5, the country-wide broadcasted station evolved from a commercial station, LM Radio, which had been operating from Lourenço Marques (now Maputo) in neighbouring Mozambique. Radio 5 first went on the air on October 13, 1975 after Mozambique gained its independence. Radio 5 was established with 8 mediumwave transmitters, catering for the pop music audience. The name indicated the SABC's 5th radio channel at that time.
5fm plays a wide variety of music, to help increase listenership throughout South Africas dynamic cultures. At any time, a mixture of hiphop/urban/rap can be mixed with house music followed by Britney or Madonna and ending with Linkin Park or Cradle of Filth.
The 5fm DJ's themselves signify the market the radio station is trying to appeal to: Young trendy adults with a belief in South Africa. It should be noted that Teens and older adults also listen to the station.
A large amount of the music played (+- 25%) is local music, thus promoting the talent that RSA has to offer. 5fm has a large identity throughout South Africa, often its playlists will determine the success of an artist in South Africa.
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[edit] Disk Jockeys
[edit] Current
Current DJ's who play at the station:
[edit] Weekdays
- The weekday morning rush-hour show DJ is Gareth Cliff.
- Elana Afrika follows with the 09:00 - 12:00 show.
- Ian F and Sasha Martinengo do the afternoon luchtime show between 12:00 - 16:00 together as the duo F and Martinengo
- DJ Fresh does the afternoon Rush-hour show 16:00 – 19:00.
- Nicole Fox is on 19:00 - 22:00 starting off each show with the "Hottie of the day" with Leigh-Ann Mol.
- Koula hosts the late night 22:00 - 01:00 slot on Mondays to Thursdays, as well as the Sunday morning show 10:00 - 14:00.
- Sureshnie Govender hosts the 04:00 - 06:00
- KAMZA hosts the graveyard shifts of 01:00 - 04:00 Tuesday to Friday and 22:00 - 01:00 on Sundays.
[edit] Weekends
- Mlungisi Dlukulu hosts the The Official [Ministry of Sound] Show on Friday nights 22:00 - 01:00.
- Roger Sanchez presents his show "Release Yourself" from New York on Saturdays 22:00 – 00:00 exclusively to 5FM South Africa.
- Sureshnie Govender plays the early Saturday & Sunday mornings 04:00 - 07:00
- Kevin Fine wakes everyone up for the 7:00 - 10:00 Saturday & Sunday morning show with Angie Meintjies at the News desk.
- Nicole Fox hosts the 10:00 - 14:00 Saturdays Top 40 World Chart Show.
- Dicksy hosts Saturday and Sunday afternoons 14:00 - 17:00 with Sureshnie Govender doing the News and Mlungisi Dlukulu doing Sports.
- "DR" Roger Goode plays dance music on the 18:00 - 22:00 Saturday Surgery and 19:00 - 22:00 Sunday Sessions
- Joe Mann has no set timeslot.
[edit] Former
Former popular DJ's who have since left the station include:
| *Cleone Cassidy, moved to Heart 106.2 in London and after a few years in the UK founded Podcastdjz.com when she realised that there was no outlet for South African music there. A popular website in the expatriat community and the first South African podcasting website Podcastdjz merged with Radio SA in the UK when Cleone became Programme Director at the station. Radio SA is an internet radio station featuring South African music, DJs, bands and artists in live shows and webcasts. |
| *Mark Gillman, Retired from the breakfast show, which got taken over by Gareth Cliff. Article |
| *Alex Jay, moved to Johannesburg's 94.7 Highveld Stereo in 2002 after being let go due to "his image no longer complying with that of the station" |
| *Mark Pilgrim, who also moved to 94.7 Highveld Stereo when he was fired from his Saturday morning show after joking about the then-romance between DJs Gareth Cliff and Nicole Fox. |
| *Kevin Savage, moved to Cape Town's KFM |
| *Barney Simon, passionate Rock DJ was let go for similar reasons as Alex Jay. He now is a popular DJ at the acclaimed campus radio station TuksFM, and also presenst a weekly evening slot on Radio 2000 showcasing new local music and talent. |
| *Derek "TheBandit" left 5FM at the end of March 2005. He is now with Jacaranda fm doing an 80's party show Saturday nights from 18h00 - 22h00 under the name of Richardson. TheBandit continues to bring Electronic Dance Music to people via his Podcast at http://www.soundrepublic.co.za |
| *Tony Blewitt, After 5FM he had a short stint at 94.7 Highveld Stereo and is currently on ClassicFM. |
| *Martin Bailie, aka 'The Little Irish Devil', a popular breakfast show DJ. His original 'Breakfast Team' included producer Barney Simon, newsman Jeremy Thorpe, sportsman Glenn Hicks and comic Amanda Forrow. He broadcast 5FM's first stereo broadcast and the SABC's first live simulcast on TV and radio. He also worked on 702, 604, Springbok, SaFM, Peace Radio and Cape Talk. On television, for over a decade, he hosted the hugely popular 'TellyFunQuiz', What-a-Win, Video2, AM2Day and Small Talk. He now broadcasts for BBC Radio Cornwall in the UK. |
| *Chris Prior, Also know as the Rock Professor is now back on Radio with The Rockfest 1465 AM while also running a small firm which assists companies with Credit Control problems during the day time. |
| *Darren Scott, Currently on Durban's East Coast Radio |
| *Phil Wright, Still playing Heavy Metal and Hard rock on the The Rockfest 1465 AM. |
| *Rafe Lavine, Spent some time with The Rockfest 1465 AM but left recently (2006) to devote more time to his family and business. |
| *Jason Roberts, became a TV presenter, presenting shows on The Travel Channel, E! Entertainment Television (USA), NBC Europe, worked as a sports commentator for Eurosport, presented for BBC’s ‘Holiday’, National Geographic’s ‘Explorer’s Journal’ and was the voice for BBC Worldwide’s ‘Wild Spirits’ and ‘World Yachting’ series. He remains an international, entertainment correspondent for SA Television. |
| *Brian Oxley (The Ox on the Box) |
| *Peter de Nobrega |
| *Rory O'Donovan |
| *Gordon Hoffman |
| *Keith Lindsay - presented the "Saturday Shadow Show" with Barney Simon, together introducing South Africa to Gothic Rock music |
| *Clive Smith |
| *Tony Murrell |
| *Tich Mataz, left the station after being involved in a deportation scandal in 2001. He was found to have fraudulently obtained his South African identity document but managed to secure a work permit to resume his broadcasting career in South Africa. He did some radio and television productions in Zimbabwe before being appointed Media Consultant to Swaziland King, King Mswati III, in August 2006. Mataz currently resides in Swaziland with his new Kenyan wife.[1] |
[edit] Charts
5fm charts that are listened to by a large audience across South Africa. 5fm currently has 4 charts which are:
- Liqui-Cooler 5FM Top 40 (The 40 biggest songs in South Africa) - Hosted by Koula (Sunday 10h00 to 14h00)
- Pepsi World Chart Show (The 40 biggest songs in the World) - Hosted by Nicole Fox. (Saturday 10h00 to 14h00)
- Vodacom Hi 5 @ 5 (The 25 most voted songs as voted by the listener) - Hosted by Dj Fresh On The Fresh Drive (Weekdays at 17h00)
- Hit 40 UK ( The 40 biggest songs in the UK) - Hosted by Nicole Fox (Mondays 20h00 to 22h00)
[edit] External links
| Radio stations in the Johannesburg, South Africa market | |
|---|---|
| By frequency |
98.0 | 702 | Short Wave | 102.7 | 94.7 | 94.2 | 95.9 |
| By callsign |
Channel Africa | Classic FM South Africa | Highveld Stereo | Jacaranda FM | Kaya FM | 5FM | 702 Talk Radio |
