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How radio connects you with your customers
Radio is an essential component for any marketing and advertising campaign. A PwC report, the "Africa Entertainment & Media Outlook" predicts that advertising spend on music radio and podcasts will overtake that of newspapers and consumer magazines in 2024. It forecasts a compound annual growth rate of 7.3% for the category between 2021 and 2026, to reach R7.8bn a year. 1 Aug 2023 Read more

Entries open for charity golf day in aid of Hope Schools
Entries are open for the annual Algoa Cares Charity Golf Day in East London, which is one of the highlights on the local social golf calendar. 23 Jun 2023 Read more

Advertisers tuned in to Algoa FM
Advertisers wanting to connect with viable customers in the Eastern Cape and Garden Route are choosing Algoa FM as their preferred media choice in the broadcast footprint. 8 Jun 2023 Read more

Algoa FM's Charlie T flying solo on Saturdays
Popular Algoa FM presenter and aviation enthusiast Charlton Tobias is about to fly solo with his own Saturday morning show between 6-9am. 16 May 2023 Read more

Algoa FM partners with EC DSRAC to donate sport equipment and apparel to disadvantaged school
Algoa FM and the Eastern Cape Department of Sport Recreation Arts and Culture (DSRAC), this week donated sport equipment for five sporting codes to Cedarberg Primary School in Booysens Park in Gqeberha. 10 May 2023 Read more

Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer keep Choc lights on
Algoa FM today celebrated the installation of the solar panels at the Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa Choc accommodation facilities in Gqeberha and East London. 9 May 2023 Read more

Algoa FM salutes the 'Orange Army' for its support of the Sunrisers
There is a new winning team in South Africa and it's from the Eastern Cape - the Sunrisers, which beat the Pretoria Capitals to take the trophy in the inaugural SA20 cricket tournament. 17 Feb 2023 Read more

'Feel Good this Summer' in the Eastern Cape and Garden Route
Tourism to the Eastern Cape and Garden Route will be given a boost by a season-long 'Feel Good Summer' celebration on Algoa FM. 28 Nov 2022 Read more

Weekend tweaks and new Garden Route Drive Show at Algoa FM
A total of three new shows will be introduced to 'feel good weekends' on Algoa FM while Garden Route listeners can look forward a new afternoon drive show starting Monday, 28 November. 16 Nov 2022 Read more

Popular Algoa FM presenter to go solo
Algoa FM Drive Show co-host Roch-Lè Bloem is going solo to host the week-day morning show from nine till 12. 7 Oct 2022 Read more

Fresh line-up at Algoa FM
Spring 2022 has arrived, and with it, Algoa FM is refreshing its on-air presence with a combination of newcomers to the station, as well as some well-known voices in new time-slots. 12 Sep 2022 Read more

Algoa FM supports innovation for new economy
Since its establishment in the 1950s, commercial radio in South Africa has been at the forefront of technological innovation - and Algoa FM has been among the leaders since privatisation 26 years ago. 11 Aug 2022 Read more

Algoa FM's Wayne Hart returns to the airwaves
Algoa country's favourite morning show host, Wayne Hart, will be back on air with his teammates - Lee, Charlie T and Producer Corn this coming Monday, 1 August. 29 Jul 2022 Read more

Learners back on air for Youth Day on Algoa FM
Aspirant radio announcers and DJs will be given a taste of being on air through a virtual Algoa FM "takeover" on Youth Day, 16 June. 13 Jun 2022 Read more

Call for 2022 virtual Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer beneficiary
Algoa FM is calling for non-profit cancer organisations in the Eastern Cape and Garden Route to apply to be the 2022 Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer beneficiary. 7 Apr 2022 Read more

Direct radio sales - more than sales
A typical conversation in the day of an Algoa FM sales consultant: "So, what do you do at Algoa FM?" "I help local business owners." "Really?" 4 Apr 2022 Read more

Algoa FM's Lee Duru stars in M-Net's new suspense-filled series
Multi-talented Algoa FM Breakfast show presenter Lee Duru will be seen on the small screen in M-Net's new suspense-filled series, Recipes for Love and Murder. 23 Mar 2022 Read more

Walkers fund a new vehicle for the Childhood Cancer Foundation (CHOC) EC
Over 7,000 supporters of the 2021 Virtual Algoa FM Big Walk for Cancer raised sufficient funds to pay for a brand-new transporter for the Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa (CHOC), as well as sporting equipment for a rural club. 25 Feb 2022 Read more

Eastern Cape's leading media house backs environmental causes
Eastern Cape media house Algoa FM is using all of its channels to back a number of environmental and social causes that impact on the daily lives of listeners and the economic future of the region in which it broadcasts. 13 Dec 2021 Read more

Algoa FM celebrates 10 years of broadcasting in the Garden Route
Algoa FM brought the first dedicated commercial radio show to the Garden Route a decade ago at the request of businesses and listeners. This started a mutually beneficial relationship which dates back to the first day of broadcasting, according to sales manager Dennis Karantges. 29 Nov 2021 Read more


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