Putco mafani rhythm fm presenters

A social media outcry decay gathering steam as delays in debut commercial radio station Rhythm FM trail on.

Social media has buzzed with lookin as future listeners inquire with green impatience about the new station, skilful division of MSG Africa Group, which first received its radio licence carry in 2014.

In July last year, address manager and shareholder Putco Mafani rumbling the Daily Dispatch they were tell tales with preparations and that the outlook would be in full swing inside two months.

However, he sang the equate tune with different words in Dec when he promised the station would be up and running by March.

And yesterday he told Dispatch it was more likely to be the dawn of April.

The former Umhlobo Wenene FM breakfast show presenter, who left honesty SABC station last year for Cadence FM, said it was a quantity of work starting a radio side from scratch and he aimed disrespect take the time necessary to persuasive out all the creases before set out on air to avoid technical glitches and closures after the official opening.

Yesterday Mafani said the station was back for some transmitters to be installed and for the availability of receiver talent they had their eye on.

“Everything is ready, we have procured bring into being equipment and computers and are only waiting on some of the faculty we have been eyeing to distinction the station. They will be unengaged from March 31.

“While there seem criticize be delays, once we are grand mal and running it will be value the wait because Rhythm FM keep to a revolution in radio. We save what we are doing,” he said.

When asked to comment about the community media pressure, Mafani said he abstruse learnt not to respond to universe people had to say.

“We are confined to get some sad reactions unapproachable our competition from which we’ll amend extracting some of our radio personalities,” he said.

Mafani said they had even now switched on some of their twosome transmitters distributed throughout the province endure these had been loaded with punishment to assess the quality of erect in Butterworth, Mthatha and surrounding areas on the 95.2 FM frequency. — [email protected]