Smile FM Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Cape Town wakes up to the Ryan O' Connor Breakfast Show every weekday morning 6am - 9am with a chance to crack Ryan's R 50 000 Noise! Sucess Lekabe on traffic, Ricky Shroeder on sports, Merentia van der Vent on News and Producer Phil De Lange.
Daily English South Africa News Narrated by Success Lekabe, Ricky Schroeder
785 Episodes
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Speed Classic Cape Town 2025: Iain Banner and Charles Arton in studio

The inaugural Speed Classic Cape Town took place this past weekend. Hundreds of competitors and thousands of spectators gathered along Philip Kgosana Drive to witness the hill climb on the slopes of Table Mountain! Carles Arton claimed the maiden Classic Champion title. He joined us in studio together with our…
27 Oct 2025 4AM 9 min

Describe your bank balance with a song title

It's pay day for SOME of us...for the rest - it's going to be a long, tight, budget weekend ahead. Since it's Friday we thought we'd have some fun with you and ask you to describe your bank balance with a song title.
24 Oct 2025 6AM 4 min

The pre-payday splurge is real (for some)

The longest time frame for anyone is probably the week before pay day. But there are some things that you refuse to skimp on, even though you know avoiding it might be a more responsible choice.
21 Oct 2025 4AM 6 min

Behind the Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show Ep. 8

In this episode Producer Phil celebrates his 37th birthday and 18 years in broadcasting by bringing you some behind the scenes work on our 5 Word Weather, how he gets very particular stories from comedians on air, and some deep dives on eels and Steven Seagal.
17 Oct 2025 6AM 9 min

Comedian Vafa Naraghi talks about Becoming South African

Vafa Naraghi a multi-award-winning comedian, content creator and corporate MC. He has been on his first nationwide comedy tour, which started in September and will run through till December 2025, covering every province in South Africa. Beyond the tour, Vafa has a unique story worth profiling, from his background in…
17 Oct 2025 6AM 8 min

Car trouble nightmares

With more than a million vehicles on our roads in Cape Town, just driving around can give you a headache. Throw in some car trouble and it's a complete migraine. It's often the small problems that turn out to massive issues with your car.
14 Oct 2025 5AM 6 min

Welcome to the final school term!

This is it. It's downhill to the festive season from here as the 4th term of 2025 kicks off. With it comes the stress of final exams and just general fatigue. But we're here to carry you through with Cape Town's fastest growing breakfast show.
13 Oct 2025 4AM 6 min

Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Over 50 years of legacy

They are arguably the best musical outfit to come out of South Africa and undoubtedly one of the best vocal groups in history. It's always a privilege to host Ladysmith Black Mambazo in studio. They are in town on their Legacy Tour, a series of concerts that honour their late…
10 Oct 2025 6AM 6 min

The good ol' newspaper

It's International Newspapers Carrier Day - a dwindling profession maybe, but something we all remember in some or other way. In fact, newspapers seem to carry quite a bit of nostalgia.
8 Oct 2025 5AM 6 min

Steven Kitshoff pops in for a surprise visit

Former Springbok prop and the 1 man bomb squad Steven Kitshoff might be retired, but he is still very heavily involved in the game. He popped in to The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show for a chat about his rugby academy, life as a rugby pundit, and also gave us his…
3 Oct 2025 4AM 5 min

Behind the Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show Ep. 7

In this Episode of Behind The Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show: Producer Phil talks about a listener doing something very special for Operation Smile, how he has to act quickly to play along with Ryan's silly side, using the team as guinea pigs for unhinged voice notes, and…
3 Oct 2025 4AM 7 min

The technology we use to keep our families safe

We're always mindful of how we keep our families safe. And with technology changing all the time, we're starting to integrate different tools into our lives for our own peace of mind.
2 Oct 2025 6AM 5 min

School bells and intercoms - the nostalgia of noise

It's the last week of the 3rd term and the team took a trip down memory lane. Remember the feeling of your name getting called on the intercom? Did your school also have unusual times that the bell would be rung?
30 Sep 2025 4AM 7 min

The Breathe Foundation is working to break the stigma around childhood cancer

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. While the last 50 years we’ve seen extraordinary advances in paediatric oncology care on an international level, sadly, these advances have not impacted all populations equally; the gap in care has widened as the most vulnerable children have been left behind. That’s why it’s…
29 Sep 2025 4AM 6 min

Behind the Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show Ep. 6

Producer Phil takes you behind the scenes of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show. This week he talks about how fun it is to be a producer who gets to annoy his team, feeling vindicated when they don't believe his stories, overcoming censorship in the 2000s, and how Kurt Darren is…
26 Sep 2025 4AM 6 min

Gabby's Dollhouse is coming to town!

DreamWorks Animation’s hit preschool series comes to the big screen for the very first time in Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie! Since 2021, kids around the globe have been having one big sprinkle party with Gabby and her adorable cat friends on Netflix, and now it’s time for their biggest adventure…
25 Sep 2025 6AM 3 min

Robert Bexell tells us about FableItForward isiXhosa

This Heritage Month, FableReads, a free and ad-free global storytelling platform, is launching the #FableItForward isiXhosa Campaign. This collaborative initiative will translate, narrate and deliver 25 timeless fables in isiXhosa, both online and in print, so that more South African children can read, listen and grow in their mother tongue…
22 Sep 2025 5AM 4 min
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