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Welcome to the "ENGLISH RADIO SERVICE" webpages of The Pumamouse Website. The following is a brief introduction to this topic, written by Frans Erasmus. By clicking on the related links directly below the introduction, you may see and hear more about this particular South African radio service. Further below on this webpage are links for the additional alternative South African radio services which were in operation during the production years of South African OTR, and below them are the standard links for the other subsections that comprise the South African OTR section of this website, followed by the usual Pumamouse Website Section links, The Pumamouse email link and, of course, the always present link to the main HOMEPAGE of The Pumamouse Website. Enjoy! The Pumamouse (MaryAnne) May 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| ENGLISH SERVICE “This is the English Service of the SABC”. For many years those familiar opening words were heard over the radio waves in South Africa. The English Service was the first radio station to broadcast under the banner of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It was due to the Broadcast Act of 1936, that the SABC was formed. The Act made note of the fact that the SABC had to launch an English and Afrikaans Radio Service. The English Service started broadcasting in 1936, beating the Afrikaans Service by one year. During the many years of broadcasting the English Service underwent several name changes. It was originally known as the A programme, then in the early 1950’s it was changed to The English Service of Radio South Africa. In the late 1960’s it was changed to The English Service of the SABC. This radio service together with the Afrikaans Service and Springbok Radio was terminated on 31 December 1985. On 1 January 1986, a new English Radio Service was born in South Africa. It was called Radio South Africa. Bea Reed was the first person to be heard on this station. With the closing of Springbok Radio, which was a commercial station, commercials were introduced on this new service. The first commercial to be broadcast was “Mutual & Federal Insurance”. Cigarette commercials were banned in 1987 on this service. For many years Springbok Radio depended a lot on the support of the cigarette companies. During 1994 the name Radio South Africa disappeared and the service was renamed SAFM. To this day this station can be heard in South Africa over the ether waves. With all it’s name and identity changes this service remains the oldest Radio Service in South Africa. Frans Erasmus Johannesburg April 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |