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Seems like the only thing ICASA are good at, closing down Radio stations, Heaven forbid that we should fall pray to the evil of Independent Radio stations
They most certainly do not seem to be able to do anything about the sorry state of Telecommunications... and just let Telkom do as they please
Capital Radio Started out on Boxing day (December 26th 1979) They had one of the most powerful Medium Wave Transmitters in the Southern Hemisphere, sadly it got hit by lighting soon after opening and they battled to reach further than the Eastern Cape and Durban - In many ways they changed the face of Radio broadcasting, they also offered an alterative to the SABC which in those days was the Voice piece of the Nationalist Government
In fact what a lot of people do not know is that the SABC came to be the only broadcaster because the Government passed a law forbidding advertising - and then later, no free advertising. Then came Springbok Radio, which was allowed to have ads, and for all the young folk that missed LM Radio and Swazi Music Radio - They invented Radio 5 - which was pretty dire
Anyway... After many years of struggle it came to pass that this little station from the heart of the Transkei, saw the passing of it's Nemesis the National Party (which was never big on invites) One would have thought that the people it had helped over the years might get to realise their dream of being able broadcast on FM - In fact the then Minister of Communications Jay Niadoo was all for them. There are many reasons why they were closed by the IBA (later became ICASA after a good few shake ups) But as stated by Capital Radio themselves in their last broadcast, SABC Radio Stations had been sold off for a lot of money, and the only way to get that investment back would be not to have to share the market. And there you have it, looking back now you could say it was a taste of what was to come, something about learning the lessons of history
It's water under the bridge now... A bridge over troubled waters perhaps
Website with info, pics and podcasts
www.capital604.com
A few names you might remember
Martin Bailie - John Berks - Tony Blewitt - Mike Hanna (now with CNN) - Alan Mann - Jeremy Mansfield - Oscar Renzi - Alan Pierce - Kevin Savage - Darren Scott - Treasure Tshabalala - Rubin Goldberg
They most certainly do not seem to be able to do anything about the sorry state of Telecommunications... and just let Telkom do as they please
Capital Radio Started out on Boxing day (December 26th 1979) They had one of the most powerful Medium Wave Transmitters in the Southern Hemisphere, sadly it got hit by lighting soon after opening and they battled to reach further than the Eastern Cape and Durban - In many ways they changed the face of Radio broadcasting, they also offered an alterative to the SABC which in those days was the Voice piece of the Nationalist Government
In fact what a lot of people do not know is that the SABC came to be the only broadcaster because the Government passed a law forbidding advertising - and then later, no free advertising. Then came Springbok Radio, which was allowed to have ads, and for all the young folk that missed LM Radio and Swazi Music Radio - They invented Radio 5 - which was pretty dire
Anyway... After many years of struggle it came to pass that this little station from the heart of the Transkei, saw the passing of it's Nemesis the National Party (which was never big on invites) One would have thought that the people it had helped over the years might get to realise their dream of being able broadcast on FM - In fact the then Minister of Communications Jay Niadoo was all for them. There are many reasons why they were closed by the IBA (later became ICASA after a good few shake ups) But as stated by Capital Radio themselves in their last broadcast, SABC Radio Stations had been sold off for a lot of money, and the only way to get that investment back would be not to have to share the market. And there you have it, looking back now you could say it was a taste of what was to come, something about learning the lessons of history
It's water under the bridge now... A bridge over troubled waters perhaps
Website with info, pics and podcasts
www.capital604.com
A few names you might remember
Martin Bailie - John Berks - Tony Blewitt - Mike Hanna (now with CNN) - Alan Mann - Jeremy Mansfield - Oscar Renzi - Alan Pierce - Kevin Savage - Darren Scott - Treasure Tshabalala - Rubin Goldberg