{"id":7210,"date":"2021-03-31T07:24:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T07:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/sabc\/?p=7210"},"modified":"2021-03-31T07:24:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T07:24:06","slug":"media-statement-lotus-fm-line-up-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-lotus-fm-line-up-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT | LOTUS FM LINE-UP CHANGES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg \u2013 Tuesday, 30 March 2021 \u2013<\/strong> Lotus FM is proud to welcome two new personalities Anasia Govender and Jarryd Subroyen, who will enhance the station&#8217;s existing quality line-up.<\/p>\n<p>Anasia Govender, a popular MC, comedian, singer and former reality TV star, will be making her radio presenting debut when she takes over as host of\u00a0<em>The Morning Masala<\/em>\u00a0show on Sundays between 06h00-09h00. Comedian and theatre personality Senzo Mthethwa will be producing and co-hosting\u00a0<em>The Morning Masala<\/em>\u00a0with Anasia.<\/p>\n<p>Very exciting is that Anasia will be bringing to the show, her famous alter-ego Annalakshmi, who is an Indian National that has taken refuge in South Africa to escape her monster-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Jarryd Subroyen, a graduate from the Durban University of Technology (DUT), with a major in Broadcast Journalism, is no stranger to the world of radio, having cut his radio teeth with an internship on another radio station during his student years.<\/p>\n<p>Jarryd will be bringing his passion for journalism and research to the fore as he takes on the new role of producer for\u00a0<em>Walk The Talk<\/em>, hosted by Neelofar Sayed, Mondays-Thursdays 19h00-20h00.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners can look forward to rivetting debates and discussions on a range of cutting-edge issues on a revamped and innovative talk format.<\/p>\n<p>Jarryd will also be hosting a new show on Lotus FM,\u00a0<em>Can&#8217;t Beat the Classics,\u00a0<\/em>on Friday evenings between 19h00-21h00. Listeners will not only get the best of English classics spanning the decades 60s,70s,80s &amp; 90s but also great new interactive features that will delight all retro music lovers.<\/p>\n<p>Another change to look forward to on Lotus FM is fan-favourite Romeo Chonco, taking over the weekends with a brand new entertaining show,\u00a0<em>Sundowner<\/em>. Tune in on Saturdays 15h00-18h00 &amp; Sundays 15h00-17h00, for a wonderful mix of music requests and fun chat, presented by Romeo in his own unique style.<\/p>\n<p>Senior presenter and Urdu expert EB Mamode will host the\u00a0<em>Qawali Hour<\/em>\u00a0on Sundays 21h00-22h00. EB had taken over the show&#8217;s reins after the sad passing of the previous host, Bhai Azad. EB will continue to enthrall listeners with the best selection of Qawalis.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Byrne, the renowned traffic guru, rejoins Lotus FM to bring us up-to-date traffic reports in the morning and afternoon drive shows.<\/p>\n<p>Of the programming and line-up changes, Lotus FM&#8217;s Station Manager, Mr. Alvin Pillay said, &#8220;these are exciting times for the station, and listeners can anticipate much more variety to our programming offering. The inclusion of fresh talent is to augment the station&#8217;s profile and advance its audience growth in the exceedingly competitive environment&#8221;. &#8220;We are looking forward to including our content on multiple digital platforms to ensure that our listeners can access our content easily at any given time&#8221;, concluded Pillay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Enquiries: Mmoni Seapolelo (Acting SABC Spokesperson)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:seapolelomv@sabc.co.za\"><strong>seapolelomv@sabc.co.za<\/strong><\/a><strong> | T. 011 714 3057 |C. 073 688 1590<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg \u2013 Tuesday, 30 March 2021 \u2013 Lotus FM is proud to welcome two new personalities Anasia Govender and Jarryd Subroyen, who will enhance the station&#8217;s existing quality line-up. Anasia Govender, a popular MC, comedian, singer and former reality TV star, will be making her radio presenting debut when she takes over as host of\u00a0The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7211,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7210\/revisions\/7211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}