METRO FM celebrated 20 years of beat with a BANG

Mafikizolo

From the live broadcast black capert with four presenters to the main event, everything was stunning and well prepared.

On Saturday, the 1st of March 2014, Metro fm hosted their 13th annual music awards at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Conversion Centre formally known as Durban ICC. Looking at the event setting perspective, everything was on top, stunning and well prepared. The Black and white themed #MMA13 took a a different step this year from the black carpet as we seen four ladies giving us updates live on Real Goboza, Amanda, Sinazo, Zizo and the guest presenter.



Phat Joe and Pearl Thusi


MC of the night were Phat Joe and Pearl Thusi who made a fabulous job by keeping the audience entertained.

Big winners were Mafikizo with three awards from their latest album called United, Euphonik was among of the winners, including Danny K and Uhuru.

Here is the list of all winners:

Best urban jazz
Nomfundo

Best urban album
Takie Ndou

Best new comer
Happy

Best produced album
Mafikizolo

Best RnB album
Danny K

Best collaboration
Uhuru

Best African pop album
Mafikizolo

Best compilation album
Euphonik

Best dance album
Heavy K

Best styled artist
Vusi Nova

Best Hip hop artist
Kwesta

Best Kwaito album
Charector

Best music video
Khuli China

Best female artist
DjCndo

Best male artist
Culoe de Song

Best duo/group
Mafikizolo

Best hit single
Khuli China

Life time achievement awards
Robbie Malinga and Oskido

Song of the year
Uhuru for Y-tjukutja

Lets give a big thumbs up to sponsors who made sure that this event is a successful one. KZN government, City of Durban, BP, SA express, and SABC.

South African teen tops Ryan Seacrest's competition

Johannesburg - South African teenager Filipa Carmo da Silva has won Seacrest's cover song competition for her One Direction's hit song Story of my life.







SA's most favourite at this moment



Filipa, the Gauteng based teen, was listed in top 26 category  where she knocked-out all contestants even the most trusted UK X Factor twins John and Edward who came second. To the listeners of 947 Highveld Stereo's Breakfast Xpress Filipa is not a surprise as she became familiar on air with Darren Simpson and co-host Samantha. Thumbs up should be given to 947 Breakfast Xpress team for making sure that they spread the word to all South African to watch and vote for Filipa's Story of my life video on youtube.

Filipa Carmo da Silva, who will be studying at the Cape Academy of Performing Arts in Cape Town is very excited about this announcement, and she said she is working on her new debut album which will be released next month.

Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4daK_XNbX5U&feature=player_detailpage to download Filipa's 1D Story of my life.

Savanna brought BlingAndBraai at Chaf Pozi

Johannesburg- On the 24th of September 2013 Savanna Cider South Africa brought some vibe in Soweto's Chaf Pozi Shisanyama...#BraaiAndBling




Savanna Lemons entertaining the crowd

 

Well, when I am talking about Savanna you first think of booze, just only booze, right? but this time think of booze and braai, and that will give a better picture of what Sivanna's National Braai Day was all about. Chaf Pozi was in yellow suits from its entrance till you get inside the venue. Yfm with its YTKO djs made Chaf Pozi red and yellow with their best entertainment, from Just Mo, ZanD, Dj Sabby, the gergeous Thando Thabethe and Mo Flava.



New Savanna Dark



According to Lizanne from Savanna Cider, the National Braai Day was aimed at giving their customers the the taste of the new Savanna Dark that will be officially launched soon. Customers took pictures with their Savanna Dark in hand, I'm sure we will be expecting a lot from this Savanna Dark as I had a bit of taste to it...Yup, it is also Dry, But you can also drink it.

4th MTN Radio Awards To Take Spotlight This Weekend

 

MTN Radio awards to take spotlight this weekend.

On the 13th of April 2013 MTN Radio Awards are gearing up again, judges has spoken and the public has choosen their favourate radio station for the most wanted category "My Station Of The Year".

 

The following information adapted from MTN website:

The MTN Radio Awards aims to present a credible, well-judged transparent programme that promotes and recognises excellence in radio, with the objective of ensuring that radio remains one of South Africa's foremost media choices.

It’s about rewarding those individuals and organisations who combine talent, hard work and skill to ensure that their listeners are compelled. With radio still at the forefront of media utilised by South Africans to interact with their world, the MTN Radio Awards seeks to motivate radio people and organisations to constantly raise the bar in terms of their performance; with a firm focus on keeping their listener engaged and happy.

2012 PBS Best Breakfast Show Team from Ukhozi Fm

We're proud to recognise and honour South Africa's outstanding radio talent, from in-front-of-the-mic presenters to behind-the-scenes producers. In doing so, we hope to inspire people wishing to enter this dynamic industry.

The 2013 MTN Radio Awards will be the fourth edition of this Awards programme and winning an MTN Radio Award needs to be seen as a key achievement, something to be added to the individual's or the station's résumé.

An event will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday 13th April 2013.

SA MUSIC GOES DIGITAL



ON THE MOVE: Dj Cleo is one of the
SA artist who adopted digital music
www.digitalmusic.com



The music industry has gone too far and there are significant changes over the years, while I was reading about the shifting of traditional music into being digital I was quite surprise to know how music has been up-graded/modernised in order to be in-line with today's generation or today's ever-changing technology society.

This has shown a marvellous results to most successful artists worldwide particularly in the United State, Also here in South Africa there are artists who has adapted/moved from being traditional into being digital, the likes of Dj Cleo-is one of the South African artist who showed a massive and significant growth and change, however this brings lot of benefits both to the artist,and its audience.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS

• 

  

  ABOVE: Music has gone from being
  traditional to being digital.
  www.digitalmusic.com

  

  By uploading your music on internet-helps your music to be more eassly accessable everywhere,as we we know, music stores and CDs are sometimes take time to be distributed in all corners of the country.
• The media will play your single even though you didn't release the full album, this helps you to be more familiar to your fans and to the media. When you release your album you will be already known, this includes the likes of Toya Delayz.
• More downloads results in more reputation, we know lot of artists through iTunes, downloads not by buying their music from traditional music shops.

In overall, the media has also changed, particurly radio and television as they also gone into being digital, so it is advisable to our artists to adopt digital music, so that the media will be able to get their tracks played immediately after they have released it, there are downloads options, online( youtube) and many options you can use to widen your music immediately.

KANYE WEST TO ROCK SOUTH AFRICA

Its official the multiple-award winning rapper Kanye West is set to jet to our shores next year to perform for one night only.



LIVE IN SA: kanye West to rock SA
next year. www.castlelite.co.za



The event, which will be sponsored by alcohol beverage maker Castle Lite, is said to be scheduled for 2 February 2013, when Kanye West will perform to his fans at an undisclosed venue in Johannesburg. Brand campaign manager of Castle Lite Khayakazi Dyantyi said: "Yes, it is true we are bringing Kanye West next year, for a one-night-only event".

 Lately, it seems there is some tight competition between beer providers as they bring international stars to perform in South Africa following Hansa Pilsener bringing Usher  earlier this year.

WHY CASTLE LITE SPONSORING THE EVENT?

• Sponsorship is one of the main communication practise that allows an organisation to gain publicity at large
•  according to Castle Lite, this is one of their communication methods that allows them to communicate with  their target market.
• This event will bring international recognition
•  Most of the Castle Lite target audiences are men, and most target audiences of Kanye West are men, so that is why they chose to bring him. 



BRING-IT-UP: Castle lite brings another
cool experience with Kanye West.
www.castlelite.co.za



This year the brand brought singer Drake to perform at Gallagher Estate and next year the brand hopes to host 6 000 guests to live the experience with Kanye West. Limited tickets are expected to go on sale at Computicket from 28 September 2012, priced from R650 for a standard ticket to R1 000 for limited golden circle tickets. 

  

e-TV: ROLLING WITH KELLY KHUMALO



ABOVE: Rolling Kelly is on screen live on e-tv
source: www.etv.co.za



Rolling with Kelly Khumalo...I know some of you know very well what I am talking about, e-TV brings another "Rolling"celebrity profile show for the second season. I was quiet surprise when I first seen "Rolling with Kelly Khumalo-uncovered" show on Sunday at 18:30, to me, it was like ohh!! this show is back!...whose the show is all about? in couple of minutes I found that its Kelly Khumalo, guess what came first into my mind-I asked myself "is Kelly still exist in this industry?

In a communication point point of view or in a public relations angle I can say e-TV deserve to be given a thumbs-up on what they are doing in keeping our public figures close to us. This is a rare opportunity that allows celebrity to share his/her private life with his/her fans, this benefits and boost the chosen celebrity's image.



ON SCREEN: Rolling with Kelly, episode 1
. source www.etv.co.za



To be more specific, we all know Kelly's image, starting from her positive media reputation around 2003 until it turned dramatically into being negative especially when she became drug edict...to her fiance's scandal "Jub Jub"in 2010. From that time we seen Kelly going up-and-down, the media reports also played its role in ruining her reputation, but now it seems that Kelly is back with more fire than before. What e-TV did to ensure that our public figures keep in-touch with us as public by introducing such show its marvellous. After this show I realised that the media have a role in building and destroying someone's image.