By Pulane Choane
This week, Rhodes Music Radio (RMR 89.7FM), South Africa’s first legal campus community radio station, announced that its radio license had been renewed by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) for the next seven years until 2030. This news follows the station’s relaunch in August last year, with its new Station Manager, Unathi Koboka, taking the helm after a turbulent period of change at the station that saw management changes and a reduced programming schedule since December 2021.
“The radio industry is currently facing serious challenges, which have been intensified for many local radio stations, particularly community radio stations, by the COVID-19 pandemic,” says Koboka.
She adds that RMR was similar to other community media with the challenges the station faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. However,…
