David Mashabela Launches Podcast to Celebrate Radio Legends

Hear stories behind your favourite storytellers 

Mashabela Creatives has announced the launch his Kind David studio and his Radio Legends Podcast – a gripping and authentic 1-hour talk show aimed at celebrating radio legends in South Africa through a series of interviews.

The launch and demonstration of this podcast will be hosted at Melrose Arch where David Mashabela – founder of Mashabela Creatives, and ‘radio’s biggest fan’ – will unveil the first two episodes of the Radio Legends Podcast, which will be live for viewers or listeners across the country from the 28^th February 2020 at 18h00.

South Africa’s radio listeners are presented with a rare chance of listening to their favorite presenters as they give them a glimpse into their life stories. Grant Shakoane and Chilli Masinga are the first legends whose life stories will be shared with the listeners through this platform.

According to Mashabela, radio presenters’ stories have remained untold until now. “This platform affords radio fans an opportunity to enter into their favorite radio legends’ space – hear stories behind our storytellers. The interviews reflect on legends’ life stories, how they became radio presenters, their views on life, love and everything else. It is time to give people who have hosted and continue to host some of the most captivating radio shows a chance to tell their stories. Not only will they share their most memorable experiences on air, they also talk about their lives, reflect on their journeys on radio and personal roadmaps that led them to the microphone.”

Nobody can deny the rich history of South African radio, and this Podcast is a way of documenting and preserving this history, and sharing it with the masses. “People need to hear how insightful and interesting our storytellers are. With a long list of incredible radio broadcasters in our country, it is an injustice to ourselves to not have an archive of this story of radio. This podcast series is one way of creating this archive, one presenter at a time,” explains Mashabela.

Set in a make-shift radio studio, the Radio Legends’ Podcast is recorded in such a way that you can watch it and/ or listen to it. Some of the legends that will be featured in this podcast series are: Jeremy Mansfield, Bertha Charuma, Ben Dikobe, Jenny Crwys-Williams, Hector Mathabe,  Koos Radebe, Kenny Maistry, John Robbie, Paul Rude Boy Mnisi, Tom Mphatsoe, Tim Modise, Thabo Mokwele, Penny Lebyane, Seipati Twasa Seoke, Treasure Tshabalala, Nothemba Madumo, Lance Rothschild, Lucky Ntuli, Lee Kasumba, and Thuso Motaung.

For more information about the podcast visit http://www.kingdavidstudio.com/