OC 154 South African Podcast
OC 154 South African Podcast
OC 154 South African Podcast
Supplementary Episode 5 - Dineo Ranaka & Sol Phenduka Versus Thomas & Skhumba, How is Sol Phenduka doing so far on Kaya FM? Sol & Dineo Ranaka chemistry,Demonizing of masculinity,South African Radio
22 minutes Posted Jul 12, 2022 at 6:01 am.
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So in this episode, I am going to neatly package predictions we made about Kaya Fm breakfast show, which Sol is now part of, that we made during the main episode and assess the extend to which they materialized.

So the first discussion point I would like to start off with, which is not a prediction per se.

When the news broke that Dineo would be co-hosting the breakfast show with Sol, the impression I got was that he would be the co-host who will play an equal role in anchoring the show, as opposed to a mere traffic guy.

1stJuly, 6 am, we all got up extra early to listen to the much anticipated 959 Breakfast show, the show trending on social media before the end of the first hour of the show.

So over the years of being an avid listener of radio, I noticed something about how the shows that are personality driven tend to be structured. They sort of center the features of the show around the personalities who are the face of that show. This is not always the case, but in instances where they actually do do it, you can learn a lot about the kind of things the hosts are into, and if done well, you can get best show out of your hosts, because they would get a chance to express their interests through these features which is always a win for the listener.

They have the politics on Mondays, during which they bring a polical analytics, last week was Eusebius, but I am not sure if he is the permanent host of that feature or they will be doing different analysts over time, but that is neither here nor there for the point I am trying to get to here. It is not clear to who this feature is meant for between Sol and Dineo, but I personally think it is just one of those features to bring about some gravity to the show. If that was the producers thinking, it would make total sense, the two are celebrity type entertainers, and if left to be, they would certainly spend the entire week talking silly celebrity things and not even touching on some big important issues in the country, so you need a feature to sort of force that discussion, even if it is just once a week on a Monday.