{"id":7260,"date":"2021-04-01T12:41:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T12:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/sabc\/?p=7260"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:23:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:23:47","slug":"media-statement-ligwalagwala-fm-revamps-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-ligwalagwala-fm-revamps-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT | LIGWALAGWALA FM REVAMPS SHOWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nelspruit \u2013 Wednesday, 31 March 2021<\/strong> &#8211; Ligwalagwala FM is pleased to announce that listeners can expect some changes to the programme line up, mainly on the midday and graveyard shows this year. Up the sleeve is a couple of presenter shifts aimed at bringing some flair into the on-air offering of Mpumalanga\u2019s leading radio station.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the station is introducing automation from (00h00 \u2013 04h00 Monday to Friday and 00h00 \u2013 05h00 on weekends). The shift to automation has necessitated an adjustment to the lengths on some shows.<\/p>\n<p>New changes will see Sweet-Mike bidding farewell to the Midday Show (12h00 \u2013 15h00)\u00a0 to present the programme <em>\u2018Hit Parade\u2019<\/em> on Saturdays from 07h00 to 09h00.He will also continue doing what he does best, serenading audiences with soulful sounds every Sunday between 12h00 and 15h00.<\/p>\n<p>Hlengiwe Sindane, will drive the Midday Show solo. The station has had to release the Midnight duo \u2018Afrotellus\u2019 are leaving the station after eight (8) successful years and cooping the \u2018MP\u2019s Finest DJ Competition\u2019 in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are repackaging the brand and that is why the station has made strategic changes to this year\u2019s line as well as exploring automation for the first time. Listeners can still rely on the station for credible content, news and everything entertainment\u201d said Ms Thembi Madubandlela, Ligwalagwala FM Acting Station Manager.<\/p>\n<p>Ligwalagwala FM turns 39 years on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> of April this year; and there will be interesting programming and on-air prizes to celebrate this landmark in the growth of the SiSwati station.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>With the exception of the shows listed below; all other shows remain as they are.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelspruit \u2013 Wednesday, 31 March 2021 &#8211; Ligwalagwala FM is pleased to announce that listeners can expect some changes to the programme line up, mainly on the midday and graveyard shows this year. Up the sleeve is a couple of presenter shifts aimed at bringing some flair into the on-air offering of Mpumalanga\u2019s leading radio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7335,"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\/7260"}],"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=7260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7262,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7260\/revisions\/7262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}