Jenny will the act as resident go-to celebrity chef and will bring a fresh new flavour to the taste buds of Heart FM’s loyal listeners. She is the first South African chef to be signed to Food Network, the largest international food lifestyle television channel. Her television shows, Jenny Morris Cooks Morocco, Jenny Morris Cooks the Riviera, Lead judge Chopped South Africa and Jenny & Reza’s Fabulous Food Academy are broadcast to 140 countries.

Adding to her already impressive accolades, 20 years ago she created Giggling Gourmet and the Cooks Playground (known as SA’s leading recreational and Corporate Team Cooking™ School) has cooked for royalty and Presidents and was voted onto the Oprah’s Power List in 2012. She is also an author in her own right, having penned five cook books. Her newest baby is her restaurant in the bustling De Waterkant Cape Quarter precinct called “Yumcious”.

Jenny says “I am very excited to be joining the entertaining and energetic Heart FM breakfast team and look forward to sharing my passion for food with the Heart FM listeners “.

Heart FM Managing Director Renee Redelinghuys shares Jenny’s sentiments. “We are very excited to welcome Jenny Morris to the Heart FM family.  ‘One cannot think well or eat well if one hasn’t dined well’ -Virginia Wolfe, and we are confident Jenny will teach us how to dine well.”

Catch Jenny every Thursday morning just after 8 am as she takes you on a gastronomical journey, exclusive to Heart FM.

Heart FM MD Renee Redelinghuys says the partnership with 1st for Women is a natural fit for the event which has become a sought-after event for many women in the Western Cape, 640 to be exact. “Women at Heart is one of our signature events where women are able to immerse themselves into a day of opulence and fun and truly put themselves first. The day is filled with scrumptious food, great entertainment and loads of prizes which creates a memorable experience for guests.”

Casey Rousseau, Marketing Manager of 1st for Women echoes Redelinghuys’ sentiments. “We got involved with the Women At Heart event as we believe it is a great way for us to celebrate women for all that they are and all that they do. It is not often that women put themselves first which is why we as a women centric organisation do and this event is a chance for them to do so. Women At Heart has been really successful over the years so we are excited to be adding value to a winning formula. We will be adding a touch of pink to the event, running a competition where one lucky woman can walk away with R 5 000 in vouchers and we will be celebrating women for who they are and all that they do.”

As we’ve come to expect from Women At Heart, everyone will be putting a little effort into making sure they’re glamorous. In fact this year’s theme – A Touch of Pink is open to interpretation. The hand-picked entertainment on the day is the cream of the crop on the South African music scene which includes CODA, The Black Ties and finalist on the reality show The Voice Robin Pieters and Jeremy Olivier.

Heart FM has joined forces with kykNET to launch Suidooster as the radio station supports the development of talent and the knock-on effect the production will create, which is in line with the company’s values. It is anticipated that the new series will contribute to creating more employment opportunities in the television and entertainment industry in South Africa.

The production, which features some of South Africa’s top acting talent in the form of Denise Newman, Johan Botha, Cedwyn Joel, Abduraghmaan Adams and Marcel van Heerden to name a few, has already created 65 new sustainable jobs which includes 15 first time actors.

On launch day Monday 16 November, Heart FM broadcasted the 9 to 12 show with Tracey Lange from the Suidooster film studio in Montague Gardens which created awareness around the production. All of the actors were present on the day and shared with Tracey the journey from the initial idea to produce a local soapie to the excitement of going on air for the very first time.

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The dynamic trio centres the show on leaving listeners feeling good with their clever wit and conversation starters. The show is entertaining and informative, taking listener’s minds off the daily commute.

Suga has been hosting the biggest afternoon drive show in the metropole#Drive326 since 2013. The multi-talented radio and TV personality started her radio career in 1997 and paved the way for many a female DJ in the country, having been the first woman in Cape Town to host a primetime weekday show on commercial radio as well as a Breakfast Show.  Also an accomplished club DJ, catch Suga’s Bumper Beats Mix every Friday at 17:30 to get your weekend started on the right note.

Known as the Sport Marshall, Mark recently returned home to Heart FM. He has extensive experience in sport broadcasting having been a contributor to a number of drive shows in the Mother City. Mark is also quite the sportsman having represented both South Africa and Western Province in a number of sporting codes.

Newbie to the radio scene Jo-Dee Butler is a born and bred Capetonian.  Jo-Dee has the ability to captivate any audience with her bubbly personality and enthusiasm.  The youngest member on the team, she also brings the fun and flirty element, often coaching Suga and Mark on new trends.

Listeners can look forward to all the regular features as they have come to know on #Drive326 which includes “#Dailydipstick”– a light hearted conversation around a topic or comment from listeners as well as “#Feelgoodtrack” where listeners are invited to send their favourite tracks to Suga accompanied by a personal on air message.

To ensure you have a feel good drive home, catch #Drive326 Monday to Friday 15:00 to 18:00 only on Heart FM.

This year marks the 4^th year Heart FM is involved with the campaign of which the aim is to collect approximately 6 000 toys and distribute them to children at hospitals, orphanages, safe houses and other child protection institutions. The majority of these facilities are government funded and struggle to make ends meet. The toys distributed are often a first for many of these children and play a crucial part in their development.

The recipients of the toys are vetted by Newkidz on the Block which helps in establishing loving homes for orphans, vulnerable and destitute children. Founder of Newkidz Hilda De Beer says there is nothing better than seeing what a difference a toy makes to a child. “To see the eyes of a child light up when they receive a new toy is a special moment. To see the whole face of a child, who doesn’t own anything new light up when they receive a new toy is priceless.”

You can make a difference by purchasing or placing a new toy in the Toy Story drop boxes in all *participating Game stores from 12 October 2015. Game Marketing and Customer Director Mark Tuner says the company is delighted to be part of the campaign for the 4^th consecutive year. “The Toy Story campaign reminds us that we all have an all-important duty to play in ensuring the well-being of disadvantaged children.”

For the 2^rd year running Heart FM DJ Tyrone Paulsen will be the Brand Ambassador for the campaign. Heart FM will create awareness around campaign by broadcasting live from a number of GAME stores to drive listeners and store visitors to help make the wishes of children in need come true.

The Heart Top 40 with Paul Playdon will take place from 10:00 to 14:00 at the following stores:

• Canal Walk – 31^st October 2015
• N1 City – 21 November 2015
• Bayside – 28 November 2015
• Tygervalley – 5 December 2015
• Kenilworth – 12 December 2015

A Cavalcade will make its way to the Red Cross Children’s hospital on the 17^th of December 2015 which culminates in a Christmas party with Heart FM DJ’s and various fun activities for the children who find themselves in hospital during the holiday season.

If you would like to contribute to this worthy cause, Toy Story drop boxes can be found at the following stores:

• GAME Bayside Mall Corner of West Coast Rd & Blaauwberg Rd, Tableview
• GAME Canal Walk Century Boulevard, Century City
• GAME Cape Gate Corner Okavango Rd & de Bron Rd, Brackenfell
• GAME Grand Central Plein & Darling Str, Cape Town
• GAME Kenilworth Kenilworth Centre, Doncaster Road, Kenilworth
• GAME Mitchell’s Plain Promenade Centre, Cnr AZ Berman Dr & Morgenster Rd, Mitchell’s Plain
• GAME N1 City Mall Louwtjie Rothman Street, Goodwood
• GAME Paarl 21 Fabriek street, Paarl
• GAME Parow Parow Shopping Centre, Cnr. Voortrekker Rd & De La Rey St, Parow
• GAME Somerset Mall Corner Highway & R44, Somerset West
• GAME Stellenbosch Eikestad Mall 43 Andringa Street Stellenbosch
• GAME Tygervalley Tygervalley Centre, Bill Bezuidenhout Avenue, Tyger Valley
• GAME Vredenburg Weskus Mall, 110 Saldanha Road, Witteklip, Vredenburg
• GAME Worcester 13 Mountain Mill Drive, Worcester
• GAME Zevenwacht Zevenwacht Mall Cnr Polkadraai & Van Riebeeck St, Kuils River

****The name “Toy Story” is the intellectual property of Disney Pixar, and is used under licence.

Cape Town 03 September, 2015: Heart FM has brought back the Sport Marshall to Cape Town radio. As of Monday 31 August 2015, Mark Marshall joined host Suga on #Drive326 as Sports anchor on the biggest drive show in the Cape metropole.

Marshall has extensive experience in sport broadcasting having been a contributor to a number of drive shows in the Mother City. His passion for sport is easily identified when on air and he is a keen promoter of local sport bringing a “home-grown” feel to his bulletins.

Marshall is also quite the sportsman having represented both South Africa and Western Province in a number of sporting codes. He has a long standing history with Heart FM having presented sport on both the drive and breakfast shows on the station in the early 2000’s. Marshall believes with his appointment he is finally returning home.

“I am thrilled to return to Cape Town and to be joining a drive team and radio station that is so passionate about their footprint. I look forward to many years as the “go to” local sport voice for many sporting codes that have been ignored.”

Stay tuned to #Drive 326 as we welcome Marshall back to the sports desk.

All other sales channels at both radio stations will remain the same. Advertisers can thus contact the stations directly for any Cape Town or Durban related sales enquiries.

The move is part of the stations strategy to grow their share of the national market and further expand the brand into new areas of opportunity.

Mediamark comes with a wealth of experience in the industry representing some of the biggest radio stations in the country including East Coast Radio in KZN, Smile 90.4FM in Cape Town and Jacaranda FM in Gauteng.

Heart FM Managing Director Renee Redelinghuys explains the reasoning behind the move. “A rapid changing environment such as the one we find ourselves in requires businesses to be agile, hence our move to Mediamark to represent us in the Gauteng region. The national market is very important to our business and we believe that this partnership and the business model we will be using will ensure that the Heart FM brand is top of mind and that we see an increase in our share of revenue from this region.”

Gagasi FM Managing Director Vukile Zondi says the partnership is in line with the strategic direction the business is taking. “The partnership will redefine our business approach in a sense that for the first time we will have a dedicated Johannesburg sales force for Gagasi and we are very excited about it. This is a very strategic move for us, as it will allow us to streamline our interaction with trade in this highly competitive region. We have big plans in terms of creating marketing solutions across on-air, digital and events platforms and the Mediamark stable is an ideal environment for us to actualize those plans.” says Zondi.

“We are delighted to introduce the three radio stations as part of our offering. We hope to enhance the listeners experience by providing them with excellent digital audio quality from their favourite radio stations”, said Ziyanda Mngomezulu, Channel Acquisitions at Platco Digital.

Gagasi FM, Heart FM and OFM, are leaders in their respective provinces and play significant roles in providing their listeners with hit music shows, talk shows and current affairs show. Gagasi FM is the number one commercial radio station in KwaZulu Natal with a strong urban black youth following. Heart FM prides itself as the Western Cape’s top all-round entertainer in touch with the values of Capetonians.

Catering to an English and Afrikaans audience across the Free State, North West Province, Northern Cape and the south of Gauteng, OFM is the largest independent radio station in South Africa. It plays a mix of old and new classic hits while providing content that is engaging and entertaining.

“Our viewers will be spoiled for choice with radio content from the three provinces. They now have the opportunity to easily access Mzansi’s best and loved radio shows which have a strong local identity. The platform will further boost the reach of the stations, from regional to national influence,” added Mngomezulu.

In addition to the new radio stations, LM radio will is also back on the platform. The station was awarded a licence to broadcast in Gauteng in 2014 after it was established in 2009. It plays classic jazz and funk from the 1960s down to the nostalgic sound of modern day artists, dance hits from the 70s and pop from the 80s. The tone and selection of the music is intimate and reminiscent. Its Radio genre is described as Nostalgic Adult Contemporary and Golden Oldie.

The radio stations will be available on the following channel:

LM Radio: Channel 602
Gagasi FM: Channel number 603
OFM: Channel number 604
Heart FM: Channel number 605

About the radio station:

Gagasi FM is the number one commercial radio station in KwaZulu Natal to reach the black urban and peri-urban black youth. The station harnesses a strong local identity and embraces KZN’s urban and peri-urban black youth market by boradcasting in Zunglish – a combination of English and isiZulu.

One of the Western Cape’s top commercial radio stations, Heart FM is a thought leader, trusted member of the community, and all-round entertainer in touch with the values Capetonians hold close to their hearts. The station enjoys a fiercely loyal and highly interactive relationship with its well over 600 000 strong fan base, which has a core listenership of LSM 6-10 and ages 35-45. Heart FM is well known for its music line-up which includes a mix of old and new that inspires and energises. It also hosts a number of exciting signature events: Mommy & Me; HeartBeats4Youth and Women At Heart.

OFM started broadcasting on the 1st of July 1985. Since then the station has established itself as the media power house of central South Africa. Today the station broadcasts in English and Afrikaans across four provinces – Free State, Northern Cape, North West and Southern Gauteng. The station boasts with more than half a million listeners in the LSM 7 – 10, age 25 – 49 target audience. Our listeners are innovators; enjoy leisure activities, sport and the outdoors.

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In honour of the late Nelson Mandela and to keep his legacy alive, Heart FM will join the Khusela Ikhaya project in partnership with Transception – a project implementation company aimed at spearheading social projects into the marketplace.

The specially formulated paint known as Khusela – which means in Xhosa – prevents the rapid spread of fire especially in more populated areas such as townships. The paint not only slows down the spread of fires, but also allows more time for emergency services to respond and for neighbouring occupants of these dwellings more time to vacate their homes and escape injury.

Tranception hopes to paint a minimum of 67 dwellings in Nomzamo on the day.

Aden Thomas, Julian Naidoo, Suga, Meghan Hector and Jo-Dee Butler will give 67 minutes of their time to this worthy cause.

Should you want to be part of this initiative email info@transception.co.za

Feinberg on Football is a high-pace, heavyweight look at the English Premier League on Heart FM every Wednesday at 15:30. Expect to hear the voices of coaches, players, and administrators – as well as live crossings to the gorgeous, football-obsessed Sophie Rose in London.

Multi-award winning sports anchor, Nick Feinberg, brings his trademark cynicism and genuine passion for the beautiful game to air from Wednesday 20 May 2015.