5FM, SA’s favourite youth radio station, has bagged a Station of the Year nomination, along with 14 further nominations and 2 Bright Star Inductees at the 2024 Radio Awards. This follows the station celebrating multiple accolades in 2024 in the Radio Awards and beyond, and also recently winning a Silver Award in the 2024 Rapport Jou Keuse readers’ choice awards – the only English radio station in the Top 3.
The awards that the station has been nominated for are:
▪ Station of the Year
▪ Best Afternoon Drive Presenter: Nick Hamman
▪ Best Afternoon Drive Show: The Roger Goode Show on 5
▪ Best Content Producer: Mike Bower, 5 Drive
▪ Best Multi-Channel Promotion: The Roger Goode Experience
▪ Best Music Show: The Top 40 on 5 with Nick Archibald
▪ Best Weekend Radio Show: 5 Weekend Breakfast with Tshepi
▪ Best Promotions Stunt / Event: The Great Radio Takeover – World Radio Day
▪ Best Promotions Stunt / Event: The Roger Goode Experience
▪ Best Radio Innovation: 5 Drive War Cry Championship
▪ Best Station Imaging: 5FM – Apli5 Manifesto Launch
▪ Best Station Imaging: Ampli5 Manifesto – Ampli5 Your City Frequency
▪ Best Traffic Presenter: Yonaka Theledi, 5 Drive
▪ Best Sport Bulletin Reader: Xoli Zondo, 5 Breakfast
▪ Best Traffic Presenter: Marli van Eeden, 5 Breakfast
Jodell Tantij, Host of the 5 Takeover, Sundays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Yonaka Theledi, news anchor on 5 Mid Mornings with Stephanie Be, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to midday, were also announced as Bright Star inductees.
5FM and Good Hope FM PCS Combo Business Manager, Masixole Mdingane, says, “5FM has always been known as a station that is for the youth, by the youth, on trend, in the know, unafraid and engaging – bringing the VIBE to SA’s biggest young movers and shakers. Celebrating multiple public vote accolades in recent times, along with these nominations, especially Station of the Year, show that it’s more than just talk. A fiery spirit, the best youth talent in the world, finely curated content, top tunes and packed events deliver the only thing that really matters in radio: An engaged and MOVED audience, and solid ROI for clients. It’s legendary radio, Ampli5ed.”
Stay tuned to 5FM, download the 5FM app for iOS and Android, visit www.5fm.co.za and follow the station across all social media channels for more.
About 5FM
5FM is not just a radio station. 5FM is a multimedia brand that builds and shares content across digital and on-air media channels informed by the youth. 5FM’s purpose is to bring together the youth of South Africans through the power of music. As an entertainment powerhouse 5FM features some of the most well-known media personalities and music DJs in South Africa. The station embraces content that is relevant, youth driven and co-created with the 5FM community while proudly supporting the South African music industry. 5FM has won numerous awards, including seven consecutive Generation Next awards for Coolest Radio Station, 2012 Commercial
Station of the Year at the MTN Radio Awards and the Most Influential International Station at the Worldwide Radio Summit in Los Angeles.
Visit 5FM online at www.5fm.co.za, or find us on the following social media platforms:
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/5FM
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