Rock on, in Midrand, on 93.8FM
Here’s a note from Leon Economides (a late 19th-century picture of him is alongside). He posted it as a comment to one of my earlier posts, but it is worthy of more prominence. It announces the return RockFest shows, every evening from eight till late, on Midrand Radio 93.8FM. It’s hosted by the likes of the Rockit Scientist himself, David Blood, Robert Laing, Phil Wright and others. Rock will never die, and apparently, neither will old rockers. Now if only they’d go national, so the rock fans in Knysna — I’m having Christmas dinner with a few of them tonight — can get it too.
Hello
Yes, it’s been a while. Namely a few years. No comments from the peanut gallery.
You might recall that The Rockfest was terminated by 1485am Radio Today’s management, giving us less than three days notice, in February this year. It was a bit of a slap in the face for all the presenters who had given freely of their time, for over three years, and the lack of appreciation and support shown, and the way it was done, left many people feeling pretty embittered and annoyed. For many presenters, whilst being grateful to Radio Today for allowing them the freedom to play the music of their choice, it signalled the end of their short broadcasting “career”.
The Rockfest was basically put on “ice”, with very little chance of it being revived, given the strict playlisted format and programming (not to mention politically correct!) structure of most radio stations in South Africa.
It’s against this background that I would like to take this opportunity to thank Chris Prior, Phil Wright, Benjy Mudie, Melanie Walker, Rafe Lavine, David Blood, Leon Fourie, Robert Laing, Tamara Jeunette, Jurgen Becker, Lesley Chase, Rosemary Royeppen, Greg Tucker, Rui de Sousa, Adelle First, Bojan Andrejevic, Natalie Chapman, Nicole De Gruchy and Mark Vas for having been part of The Rockfest at various stages, and for sharing their music and talent with us.
Continues below the fold, with the story of the rebirth on Radio Midrand, not to mention schedules and lineups and promises of live gigs.
