Radio in South Africa Turns 100 - and Collides With Podcasting and Streaming TC_Africa: SouthAfrica
since radio was introduced in South Africa, through"the first experimental broadcast at the Railway Headquarters in Johannesburg" on 18 December 1923.in a recent survey that they owned a radio set in one form or other.
Radio remains firmly in place as the country's most loved medium. Millions tune in daily to 40 commercial and public broadcast stations and over 250 community stations. Although other forms, like television, have threatened, as the song goes, to kill"the radio star", the intimacy, immediacy and sociability of radio remain unmatched., to forecast what the next century of audio broadcasting might and should sound like.
More and more South Africans are turning to digital audio formats. This is in part because of an increase in access to smartphones, along with better internet penetration. A 2022found that monthly online listening had grown to 61% of people surveyed - compared with 39% in 2019. Apart from streaming and internet radio, there is also a growing trend of podcasting. This has arguably cemented audio broadcasting, in its various forms, as a key player in future mass media trends in the country.Online radio and podcasts must be understood within the context of a rich history. Oral media have been central in South Africa for the development of cultural identities and languages.
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