UCT Radio

UCT Radio is a campus radio station operated by students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in Cape Town, South Africa. UCT Radio broadcasts on the online at radio.uct.ac.za. The station broadcasts from the main Upper Campus in the Southern Suburbs.

UCT Radio

Cape Town South Africa
Broadcast area	Cape Town
Programming
Format	Campus radio
Ownership
Owner	University of Cape Town
History
First air date	1976
Links
Website	www.radio.uct.ac.za

Management

• Station Manager: Natalie Brandreth
• Programme Manager: Clarence Ntini
• Tech Manager: Kyle Robbertze
• HR Manager:
• Marketing Manager: Aphelele Jack
• Head DJ: Nikiwe Zilwa
• Production Manager: Thomas Hele
• News Manager: Lethu Zulu
• Music Manager: Zodia Cloete
• Online and Social Media Manager:
• Events Manager:

Programming on UCT Radio

As a student-run, campus-community station, our programming reflects the culture, ethos and diversity of campus life, following a cross-genre approach to music and playing 60% of South African music.^[1]

Notable alumni

Dan Corder (5FM Presenter) Mark Gillman (Former 5FM presenter), Randall Abrahams (Former Idols SA judge), Station Director Russell Warner (transformed the station into a community broadcaster and consequently obtained the first legal and current licence to broadcast on the FM 104.5 frequency using a 20 W transmitter). For the first time UCT Radio was a fully fledged radio station as opposed to a wired public address system (there was a history of the occasional pirate wireless broadcast from time to time until authorities would shut it down. Suga (Good Hope FM/MC at 46664 events), Bongani Njoli (e.tv) and Natalie Bekker (P4/Free Spirit/Top Billing presenter).^[2]