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== History ==
 
== History ==
  
[[Radio Week]] was a bilingual, weekly magazine produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Cape Town. to advertise the radio highlights of the week, was registered at the GPO as a newspaper and sold for 3 pennies (also called a "tickey," thruppence or written as 3d).
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[[Radio Week]] was a bilingual, weekly, 32-page magazine produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Cape Town to advertise the week's radio highlights, was registered at the GPO as a newspaper and sold for 3 pennies (also called a "tickey," thruppence or written as 3d).
  
 
Vol 1, No 1,was launched on Friday, 26th October, 1945, just eight weeks after World War 2 ended on September 2. This was quite remarkable when considering the worldwide shortage of paper since South Africa was totally dependent on Britain for her paper supply. After the Germans occupied Norway, the world's major supplier of wood pulp, Britain's supply was drastically curtailed and it was not till the end of the war when supplies slowly started returning to normal.
 
Vol 1, No 1,was launched on Friday, 26th October, 1945, just eight weeks after World War 2 ended on September 2. This was quite remarkable when considering the worldwide shortage of paper since South Africa was totally dependent on Britain for her paper supply. After the Germans occupied Norway, the world's major supplier of wood pulp, Britain's supply was drastically curtailed and it was not till the end of the war when supplies slowly started returning to normal.
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== Personalities and their programmes ==
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"Fish with [[Leonard Flemming]]"
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"Nuwejaarskets" with [[Freda Linde]].
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[[Yoland d'Hotman]] entertained Durban hospital patients.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 22:04, 4 September 2024

Radio Week was a bilingual, weekly magazine produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Cape Town.

History

Radio Week was a bilingual, weekly, 32-page magazine produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Cape Town to advertise the week's radio highlights, was registered at the GPO as a newspaper and sold for 3 pennies (also called a "tickey," thruppence or written as 3d).

Vol 1, No 1,was launched on Friday, 26th October, 1945, just eight weeks after World War 2 ended on September 2. This was quite remarkable when considering the worldwide shortage of paper since South Africa was totally dependent on Britain for her paper supply. After the Germans occupied Norway, the world's major supplier of wood pulp, Britain's supply was drastically curtailed and it was not till the end of the war when supplies slowly started returning to normal.

Personalities and their programmes

"Fish with Leonard Flemming"

"Nuwejaarskets" with Freda Linde.

Yoland d'Hotman entertained Durban hospital patients.

Sources

Various editions of Radio Week.

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