Well, I think I made some new ground in terms of pushing South African Radio to new limits, even if it was only with the last hours of the KZN Muslim Community Radio Station, Radio Al-Ansaar. I host a show called “WIRED”, every Saturday during the Radio Station’s tenure which lasts about a month at a time (they’re still trying for a full license to operate all year long).
Anyway, the last few hours I was talking about occurred on Friday night , approaching the midnight hour and although I had enough material to keep the show going I though I should spruce it up by getting input from anybody on-line via Twitter and Facebook. Since the radio station also has audio streaming, this made it a bit easier to get a worldwide audience involved.
So I did get a lot of requests and dedications via Twitter and Facebook from places like Doha and London, this was exclusive of the SMS’s and telephone calls we were receiving throughout the show. So there you have it… South Africa’s first live Talk show with requests put in via Twitter and Facebook. I think other Radio station like East Coast Radio and 5fm should start doing the same. It’s easier, faster and you can definitely get a world-wide base of radio listeners inputting into your radio show LIVE.
I’m just assuming I’m the first one to do this, since I haven’t heard any other Radio DJ’s take requests via any Web 2.0 applications… but if I’m not the first, please let me know!
Let’s hope this is just taste of things to come for South African Radio. We can revolutionise the way we communicate on a mass scale! This can even be rolled out to TV shows.
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