MK89
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MK89 is an Afrikaans music channel, launched in mid 2005, that is part of the DStv bouquet of satellite channels owned by MultiChoice/M-Net, based in South Africa. MK is for Musiek Kanaal (Music Channel) and 89 is the channel number on DStv satellite decoders.
Even though the channel does not feature exclusively Afrikaans music, it is seen as a huge boost for the resurging Afrikaans music scene, especially “indie” type of music.
The channel is closely modeled after MTV, containing light material with fashionable graphics, and is mainly aimed at the late teens to early twenties age group.
[edit] Shows on the channel
• “Hoordosis” (A wordplay on the word oordosis which means overdose, and hoor means listen in Afrikaans). This show has the most airtime as it is a random collection of music videos.
• “Draadloos” (Afrikaans: wireless). An unplugged studio session featuring established as well as new music artists.
• “Hip-hop”. A magazine show focused on the South African hip-hop scene, and includes international hip-hop music videos.
• “X”. A show featuring only international videos. Three choices, from members of the public, are played at the end.
• “MyMK”. A viewer’s choice show, where one viewer’s selection is played, international or South African.
• “6@6”. A viewer’s choice show, where viewers select on the MK89 website their favourite music videos out of the top twenty.
• “JipChat”. A show with a studio guest which chat in real time with viewers on an Internet chat room while a DJ plays in the background. The chat thread is displayed onscreen with a corner insert of the guest.
• “Jip”. Based on a weekly newspaper insert, this show is a general magazine program which includes interviews and articles. The show is older than the channel and was migrated to MK89 by MultiChoice as it is a better fit here than on the previous, English only, channel “Go (TV channel)”.
• “Fliekfix”. A show that highlights the latest movies on the South African circuit.
• “Stook” (Afrikaans: stoke or burn). A lifestyle magazine show featuring reviews of movies, albums and videogames. The presenter has a celebrity guest to help him with reviews, and includes informal interviewing.
• “Jol24” (Jol is Afrikaans for fun or partying). A reality show where a viewer is given a video camera and a R1000 for 24 hours to document his/her day as he/she party or socialize.
• “Amp”. A show where an interviewer follows an artist/group around for a typical day in their lives, with snippets of the featured artist/group’s music videos thrown in.
• “Gons” (Afrikaans for noise generated by chatter). This is a studio based interview show with an artist/group or actor. The guests are asked to choose a music video at the end of the show. This show is the most formal show on the channel.
• “Af” (Afrikaans: “Off” in the context of not being correct). A show that features a set group of nicknamed students, doing silly (but almost always hurtful) stunts, annoying the unsuspecting public or just indulging in general strange behaviour. This show closely copies MTV’s “Jackass”. The show’s main cast member presents the show in a blatant copy of Ashton Kutcher’s style in MTV’s “Punk’d” (Black and white monologues with an all white background. The camera angles are face and profiles shots while he is talking, and switches randomly).
• “Hoenner” (Afrikaans slang for chicken). Another group of young people doing silly stunts. The stunts sometimes involve assembly of elaborate contraptions. There is a rumored rivalry with the “Af” cast members.
