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JUNE 2018
INSIDE PROGRAMMING
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The News Source for Radio Managers and Engineers
BY NOAH NORQUIST
Paul Kaminski
NAB SHOW
• The NAB Show in pictures — Page 12
BUYER’S GUIDE • Stations and technology make radio visual — Page 18
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South Africa’s CapeTalk at 20 “Punches Over Its Weight” Niche talk show station thrives as a forum for democratic society
• Malawi’s Capital Radio provides a platform for discussion among youth — Page 8
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CAPETOWN — Coming soon after the advent of democracy
in South Africa, Cape Town’s CapeTalk radio, part of Primedia Broadcasting, recently celebrated 20 years on-air. Offering the opportunity for public dialog and discussion that was once unimaginable, it has become an essential media outlet for many. While traditional news media struggle, CapeTalk has carved out a niche of dedicated listeners both on-air and through innovative approaches online. Like “unscripted” reality TV, talk radio looks spontaneous but creating quality programming requires meticulous planning and preparation.
“It’s incredibly challenging to do talk radio well,” said Tessa van Staden, program director. “It requires discipline in picking topics and properly prepping interviewers.” Van Staden arrived at CapeTalk back in 2008 after a career as a journalist. Since, she has helped advance what has become an institution. The sister station to Primedia’s 702, a talk powerhouse in Johannesburg, CapeTalk doesn’t boast the numbers of its older, bigger sibling with an audience of about 100,000, just a quarter of the listenership of 702. But what they lack for quantity they make up for in quality. These are mostly “silver surfers,” an upscale demographic in their late 40s and early 50s with the disposable income that advertisers covet. As (continued on page 10)
TWR’s Bonaire Facility Gets 440,000 Watt Makeover
Power boost makes station most powerful in Western Hemisphere BY JAMES E. O’NEAL In an era when most operators are reluctant to spend even very mod-
Listening, watching, reacting, learning…
est sums maintaining AM broadcast facilities, a southern Caribbean Island medium-wave broadcaster has “gone for the gold,” rebuilding its transmis-
sion facility and boosting power nearly five-fold from 100 kW to 440 kW. The rebuild was more of a “second
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