{"id":9918,"date":"2022-04-26T14:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/sabc\/?p=9918"},"modified":"2022-04-26T14:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:46:03","slug":"media-statement-metro-fm-announces-addition-of-new-presenters-to-its-current-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-metro-fm-announces-addition-of-new-presenters-to-its-current-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT | METRO FM ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF NEW PRESENTERS TO ITS CURRENT LINE-UP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg &#8211; Tuesday, 26 April 2022 <\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrofm.co.za\">METRO FM<\/a> is proud to announce two new presenters to the station\u2019s current line-up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrofm.co.za\">METRO FM<\/a> welcomes Hope Mbhele, tasked with the smooth transition from Saturday midnight into Sunday morning, by presenting the show <strong><em>\u2018Weekend Early Mornings\u2019<\/em><\/strong> which will be broadcast Saturday \u2013 Sunday 03:00 \u2013 06:00. Hope is a passionate radio and television broadcaster, best known for her role of Busisiwe aka, Mabusi in Umkhokha.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday mornings will never be the same again, with the addition of well-known radio broadcaster Siya Mhlongo. Siya joins the <strong><em>\u2018Sacred Space\u2019<\/em><\/strong>, which is broadcast every Sunday from 06:00 \u2013 09:00, to co-host with Thami Ngubeni. Siya also presents Ukhozi FM\u2019s new vodcast.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These changes take effect from Saturday, 30 April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrofm.co.za\">METRO FM<\/a> Business Manager, Ms. Kina Nhlengethwa stated \u201cthe station is making concerted efforts in investing in the best talent that will carry its strategy forward. We are very excited with the additions of the two presenters\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metrofm.co.za\">METRO FM<\/a> has maintained its coolest radio station position for the past nine years at the Sunday Times Generation Next Awards and remains committed to maintaining its position as South Africa\u2019s number one commercial radio station.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow METRO FM on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for updates. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Issued By:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 METRO FM <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Enquiries:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Gugu Ntuli (Group Executive: Corporate Affairs and Marketing) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:NtuliGM@sabc.co.za\"><strong>NtuliGM@sabc.co.za<\/strong><\/a><strong> | T. 011 714 3311 | C. 071 877 0513<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg &#8211; Tuesday, 26 April 2022 &#8211; METRO FM is proud to announce two new presenters to the station\u2019s current line-up. &nbsp; METRO FM welcomes Hope Mbhele, tasked with the smooth transition from Saturday midnight into Sunday morning, by presenting the show \u2018Weekend Early Mornings\u2019 which will be broadcast Saturday \u2013 Sunday 03:00 \u2013 06:00. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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\/9918"}],"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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9920,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9918\/revisions\/9920"}],"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=9918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}