We have a constant stream of visitors to the 1485 Radio Today Studios in the Rose Garden

Helenne Ulster (Radio Today's Jazz Eeze Host) visited the Radio Station
94.7 "THE WAVE" SMOOTH JAZZ (a 24 hour smooth Jazz station) during her
recent visit to Los Angeles. Helenne says that she listened to the
station quite often and found the presenting style so similar to her own
- "It was scary!.The music was almost identical except for the local
content of course". She arranged a visit and with her in this pic is Jim
Blakeley, who incidentally worked at 702 Talk Radio for a year when he
came to South Africa.

Sue Grant-Marshall, host of Reading Matters, with in-studio guest, Allister Sparks at Radio Today on Thursday 28 January 2010

Recent in-studio guest on Medicine with You with Lynne Zurnamer was
Professor Refiloe Masekela. Professor Masekela is a Paediatric
Pulmonologist at the University of Pretoria and an expert in viral
illnesses.

Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host), Spero Villioti (Couturier) & Carolyn
Steyn (Whispers Co-host)

Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host), Liz Large (from Weight Watchers)&
Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host)

Recent guests on Peter Lotis's Friday afternoon slot Music of My Time.
(L-R) Jane O'Byrne (Paddy O'Byrne's daughter),Justin (Jane O'Byrne'son),
Matthew Stewardson and Peter Lotis.

Michael de Pinna (Whispers co-host), Morgan Freeman (who plays Nelson
Mandela in the film Invictus) and Carolyn Steyn (Whispers co-host).
Morgan Freeman was recently interviewed by Carolyn Steyn and Michael de
Pinna on Whispers. The film "Invictus" with Morgan Freeman as Nelson
Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar tells the story of how Nelson
Mandela teamed up with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help
unite the country and lead them to victory in the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
The film takes its name from William Ernest Henley’s legendary poem,
which inspired Nelson Mandela during his captivity on Robben Island.
Morgan Freeman has been nominated for an Oscar in the category Actor in
a Leading Role and Matt Damon in the category Actor in a Supporting Role.

Radio Today broadcast live from Unisa's ZK Matthews Hall the finals of
the 5th Vodacom/Unisa International String Competition on Thursday 4 and
Friday 5 February 2010. The live broadcasts were also streamed
world-wide on the internet accessed via Radio Today's website
(www.1485.org.za).
The two top winners of the 5th Unisa International String Competition
were Korean violinist Yura Lee and cellist Georgi Anichenko from
Belarus. They were accompanied by the Johannesburg Philharmonic
Orchestra and acclaimed Pretoria born conductor, Conrad van Alphen.
The competition is the only one of its kind in Africa, recognised by the
World Federation of International Music Competitions in Geneva, making
it a highly prestigious event on the South African music calendar.
A birds eye view of the stage in Unisa's ZK Matthews Hall

A birds eye view of the stage in Unisa's ZK Matthews Hall

Chris Meintjes (Radio Today on-air host) interviewing Mr Mthobi
Tyamzashe (Chairman of the Vodacom Foundation)

Chris Meintjes (Radio Today on-air host interviewing members from the
audience.

Chantal Meugens (Quo-Vadis Marketing Communications), Laura de la
Court(Quo-Vadis Marketing Communications) with the violinist winner Yura Lee.

Chris Meintjes (Radio Today on-air host) interviewing Mr John Roos
(Artistic Director: Unisa International Music Competitions)

Chris Meintjes (Radio Today on-air host) interviewing Jacqueline
Wedderburn-Maxwell winner of "The most promising South African Competitor".

Chris Meintjes (Radio Today on-air host) interviewing cellist winner
Georgi Anichenko from Belarus

Guests on Whispers on Monday 1 March 2010 were cast members of "Jacques
Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris"
(L-R)
Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host) guest Chrissy Caine, David Chevers
and Carolyn Steyn(Whispers Co-host)

Continuing with the "Heal the Healer" Campaign Katharine Lee recently
arranged for Alan Burbidge ( Right) from Panee Thai Spa to sponsor a Spa
Package for Nicole Heiman (Left) who initiated the painting of colourful
murals on the walls of children's hospitals in Gauteng

Katharine Lee (Wednesday Jozi Today Host), Alistair Graham (Sound
Controller) and in-studio guest, Elma Postma. Elma Postma is a South
African actress best known for her role as Dezi Terreblanche (nee van
Jaarsveld) in the SABC2 soapie 7de Laan, from 2001-2007.In June 2007 she
announced she was leaving the show to "redefine" herself, having
outgrown the role. Postma is also a regular MC and guest speaker at
functions. Elma hosts the kykNET reality television series Boer Soek 'n
Vrou, based on the international format Farmer Wants a Wife, since
September, 2008. She is currently starring as Dr. Sara van Graan in the
SABC2 drama series The Mating Game until June 2010

The legendary Mahotella Queens who have been together for decades were
recent in-studio guests on the Monday edition of Jozi Today.
Jozi Today on Mondays from 9.00am to 11.00am is hosted by Natashia Bearam

Meeting of Concerned Animal Group on Wednesday, 5 May, at Radio Today to object to restriction on number of pets that an owner may keep.
The meeting was convened by Vivienne Tothill, Radio Today's Host of Pets Gazette

Glenys Lynne and Clive Harding of the 4 Jacks & A Jill were recent
vistors at Radio Today

Arja Salafranca, Sue Grant Marshall ( Radio Today Host) and Lebogang
Mashile.
Both Lebogang Mashile & Arja Salafranca are poets and both have
published books of poetry and led fascinating lives

Gillian Godsell (Jozi Today Host) with a recent in-studio guest Neil
Starr. Roy Marsland is at the desk controls. Neil Starr, is an expert on Romani (Gypsy) culture and gave some
fascinating insight into Romani history, music and traditions. The
interview proved extremely popular with listeners. We hope to have Neil
Starr back later this year

On Sunday 24 January 2010 the in-studio guest on BASA Today was Sello Maake Ka-Ncube South African actor and director.
(L-R): Zingi Mkefa -Radio Today Host of BASA Today with Sello Maake Ka-Ncube.

Cast members of Hotel California - The Eagles Experience were Radio
Today's in-studio guests on Monday 25 January 2009.
(L-R) David Thompson (Glenn Frey), Errol Ballantine (Radio Today's Afternoon
Drive-time Host), David Gray (Don Henley), Richard Baker (Don Felder)

Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host), Christoper Greig (Charles Greig
Jewellers) & Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host)

Eddie Tshabalala(Radio Today Producer) Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host), Jen Su (TV News Anchor and Corporate MC) & Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host)

Congratulations to Hugh Berrow who was the highest bidder in the recent
Radio Today live radio auction of a "Starlight Cruises" 5 day 4 night
cruise on the fantastic MSC Sinfonia Ocean Liner, departing from Durban
on the 1st of March 2010, visiting Maputo and the exotic Portuguese
Island in Mozambique in a luxury category 9 outside cabin with sea
views. The value of the cruise is ± R 16, 000
(L-R) Hugh Berrow (Radio Today Auction winner) with Edward Masache (Radio
Today's Senior Producer)

Recent in-studio guest on Medicine and You with Lynne Zurnamer was
Mike Ewart-Smith, Clinical Consultant at Wits University – Division of
Psychiatry. Their topic was "Depression has many faces". Medicine and You is broadcast on Mondays from 1.00pm -2.00pm and is repeated on
Tuesday evenings between 9.00 and 10.00pm

Recent Guests on Whispers broadcast on Mondays at 2.00pm
(L-R) Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host), Jan Mannix (organiser of dinners for singles), Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host)

Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host), Anna Coull, Carolyn Emmett (Image
Consultants), Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host)

Kate Henry (News Editor of Killarney Rosebank Gazette & Co-host of Your
Community News Today), Frank Malaba (Co-host of Your Community News
Today) with in-studio guest, Lucia Walker from the Sandton Chronicle

In-studio guest, Glen Peters (Gigsy) and Brent Graham (Host of Sports
Betting)

Colin Thompson and Melanie Walker - hosts of Grounded - 1485am Radio
Today's Gardening show, Saturdays 11h30 -12h00 - invited top SA
ceramicist and artist, Roleen Selby to discuss art in the garden

Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host), Paul Buckby and Carolyn Steyn
(Whispers Co-host)

Recent in-studio guest on Medicine and You with Lynne Zurnamer was
Dr Corne van Graan, Urologist in Private Practice at Wilgeheuwel
Hospital. Their topic was "The Overactive Bladder". Medicine and
You is broadcast on Mondays from 1.00pm -2.00pm and is repeated on
Tuesday evenings between 9.00 and 10.00pm

Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host) Bruce Alexander (Renowned London
Restaurateur) and Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host)

Sue Grant-Marshall (Host of Reading Matters on Thursdays from 9.30am to
10.00am) with special guest - Duncan MacFadyen, author of "A Landscape
of Insects and other Invertebrates"
Duncan MacFadyen is a great naturalist and nature lover. He has a
national diploma, B-Tech and Masters Degree in nature conservation, an
MSc in entomology and zoology and is presently busy with a PhD on small
mammals in the Bankenveld. Being passionate about insects and their
conservation, he has researched Jewel Beetles, Buprestidae, and
Long-horned Beetles, Cerambycidae, in Namaqualand, the Waterberg and
Telperion ñ and has two species of jewel beetles named after him in
recognition of his contribution to research in this field. Duncan has
worked in scientific services in the Kruger National Park, Mapungubwe
National Park and Singita, and was curator of mammalogy at the Transvaal
Museum of Natural History. Presently manager of research and
conservation for E Oppenheimer & Son, he is also on the De Beers
Biodiversity and Environmental peer group committees.

Errol Ballantine with Tracey-Lee Oliver on the Afternoon Drive.
Tracey-Lee Oliver - Vocalist visited Radio Today. Hailing from the beautiful Mother City of Cape Town, this Jo’burg based performer has certainly built a concrete foundation for herself as the ‘’Diva’’ of Jo’burg’s casino industry.

Carolyn Steyn(Whispers Co-host) Rob Bygrave (Security Consultant) and
Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host)

Carolyn Steyn(Whispers Co-host) Fiona Budd, Iain MacDonald (Directors of
The South African Ballet Theatre), and Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host).
The South African Ballet Theatre's patrons are Sir Sam Jonah KBE OSG &
Tito T. Mboweni. The South African Ballet Theatre is currently
presenting the world`s most well-known and best-loved ballet
Tchaikovsky`s Swan Lake, presented in the tradition of this grand
Russian classic. Venue The Mandela at the Joburg Theatre

Reading Matters - 18 March 2010 with Sue Grant-Marshall - Guest: Uwem Akpan.Uwem Akpan won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers’ in the “Best First Book” category for his book of short stories, Say You’re One of Them,
published by Abacus

Clare Marshall (Radio Today Host) with International Tenor Amaury
Vassili at the Radio Today studios

Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-Host), Brendan Van Rhyn (aka
Cathy Specific) and Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-Host)

Michael Coulson who is filling in for Gillian Godsell on Jozi Today
during January 2010 surrounded by LPs and CDs.

Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe heads up African Fashion International, a
company that is committed to promoting local designers, and is active on the charity circuit. She is a member of the Global Philanthropists
Circle (GPC), a dynamic network of international philanthropists
dedicated to eliminating poverty and increasing equity worldwide. Dr
Motsepe is also a board member of Synergos Institute South Africa, an
independent non-profit organisation dedicated to the development of
sustainable, locally based solutions to poverty.Abigail Keats is a top
South African Fashion Designer.
(L-R)
Whispers on Monday 11 December 2010: Michael de Pinna (Whispers
Co-host), Abigail Keats (in-studio guest), Carolyn Steyn (Whispers
Co-host)Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe (in-studio guest), Sanele Sobantwana
(Radio Today Station Manager) & Edward Masache (Radio Today Senior
Producer).

Recent in-studio guest on Medicine with You with Lynne Zurnamer was
George Pappas from Westsiders Against Addiction.

Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host), Gavin Cohn (Owner of Wellness in
Motion Gym in Morningside) & Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host)

Jozi Today's recent guests were Renate Stuurman and Maggie Benedict.
They are Grace (Maggie Benedict) and Roxanne (Renate Stuurman) in a new
intriguing and exciting drama series The Mating Game due for broadcast
on SABC2 from 11 March 2010.
(L-R) Renate Stuurman, Katharine Lee (Wednesday's Jozi Today Host)and Maggie Benedict. Alistair Graham is at the controls in the background.

Errol Ballantine, Afternoon Drive-time host, with in-studio guest - Steve Booysen recently at Radio Today.

Professor Helen Laburn - Dean of Medicine at Wits Medical School
recently visited Radio Today.
(L -R) Sanele Sobantwana, Radio Today Station Manager, Professor Helen Laburn, Dean of Medicine at Wits Medical School and Philippa McKechnie, Strategic Projects Assistant Faculty of Health Sciences Wits

Sue Grant-Marshall, host of Reading Matters, with guest - Mbali
Creazzo recently at Radio Today.

Sue Grant-Marshall, host of Reading Matters, with in-studio guest, Heidi
Holland recently at Radio Today.

Radio Today is proud to announce that on Wednesday 27th at 8.00 pm we broadcast a special interview with Aaron Peterer Project Manager for Southern Africa, International Department, Anne Frank House, Amsterdam to commemorate International Day to honour the victims of the Holocaust. Wednesday 27th January 2010, was the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp.
This special interview was brought to listeners by Radio Today, The Apartheid Museum, The United Nations Information Centre and the Johannesburg Holocaust Centre in the interests of Reconciliation, Democracy and Human Rights.
(L-R) Lukas Ellmer (Anne Frank House) Kumresh Chetty (SA Representative, Anne Frank House) Maarten Stenvers, guest, Amsterdam, Sanele Sobantwana (Radio Today Station Manger, Anita Scott (Radio Today Host of "New York New York"), Inger Schaap (Anne Frank House) and Aaron Peterer (International Department, Anne Frank House).

Recent in-studio guest on The Local Element, was soprano Candis
Angelene. The Local Element is hosted by Natalie Chapman on Tuesdays
from 2.00pm to 3.00pm. South African recording artist, Candis Angelene
is a soprano that will startle you with her fresh, ethereal sound.
Ancient light is the singer's first release, and is a classical
crossover album featuring original music by Mark Cheyne with lyrics
written by Candis Angelene. It takes the listener on a journey from the
epic to the intimate, through shades of light and dark, whilst being
transported to other worlds.
(L-R) Soprano Candis Angelene with Natalie Chapman - Host of The Local Element
on Tuesdays from 2.00pm to 3.00pm.

Sue Grant-Marshall, host of Reading Matters, with guest author
Hamilton Wende.
Hamilton Wende -Writer and producer is a freelance writer and television
producer. He has covered fifteen different wars in Africa, Asia and the
Middle East. In television he has worked for a number of international
networks including the BBC, NBC, ABC (Australia), SBS (Australia), NHK
(Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Al Jazeera English and a number of
others. Has also appeared on a number of radio and television
programmes. He has written six books: His latest book, The House of War
- A love story and thriller about searching for the lost diaries of
Alexander the Great in the badlands of northern Afghanistan while being
hunted by Al Qaeda

Recent Guests on Whispers broadcast on Mondays at 2.00pm were 3 members
of the fabulous Twelve Tenors.
(L-R) Michael de Pinna (Whispers Co-host), Branden James Smith, Carolyn Steyn (Whispers Co-host), Simon Schofield & Arvid Larsen

In-Studio Guest, Bev Smith (Executive Director: Heritage Foundation- St
Andrew's School for Girls) and Den Adams (Host of Heritage Today)

Kate Henry (News Editor of Rosebank Killarney Gazette & Co-host of Your
Community News Today), Gideon Saule (Radio Today Technical Producer), in
studio guest, Amanada Watson (North Eastern Tribune) and Frank Malaba
(Co-host of Your Community News Today)

Professor Phillip Tobias

Professor Trefor Jenkins
From the 15th to the 19th of March, Wits University's Faculty of Health Sciences presented Ethics Alive focusing on unresolved hospital strikes,
the concept healthcare worker and importantly patient rights.
To coincide with the launch of Ethics Alive, Radio Today broadcast special editions of In Town Tonight on Monday 15th and 22nd of March 2010. Guests participating in this exclusive broadcasts were Professor
Helen Laburn, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School and Professors Phillip Tobias, Joe Variava and Trefor Jenkins, the three doctors who in 1977 laid the complaint with the South African Medical Council against certain doctors
regarding their unethical professional conduct and treatment of their patient, Steve Biko.

Business and Arts South Africa has appointed Germaine Gamiet to the position of Marketing Manager, from 1st May 2010. A Fulbright Scholar, Germaine joins BASA from the East London Guild
Theatre where he was Community Engagement Coordinator

SA Singer Kyle Grant with Radio Today Host Natashia Bearam