Rhodes Music Radio

Rhodes Music Radio

Rhodes Music Radio (RMR) is a campus based community radio station located in the heart of Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa. RMR was founded in 1981; the station was the first campus based station to be licensed to broadcast legally. A station with a proud broadcast history, RMR has been and still is a pioneer within the campus radio industry in South Africa. RMR is a Youth Lifestyle Radio Station and provides programming that is fun, experimental, challenges the status quo and is informative. RMR continues to provide an educational and practical training ground for some of South Africa’s finest broadcasters. Frequency: 89.7fm Broadcast Times: 24 hours a day Broadcast Languages: English (60%), Xhosa (30%), Afrikaans & other official languages (10%) Broadcast Area: Grahamstown and 50km radius outside of the city Streaming: Worldwide | On Campus
South Africa
8 Podcast shows

Right on Cue

Cue Radio brings you live, up-to-date coverage of the annual National Arts Festival in Makhanda, South Africa.
1 Jul 8AM 58 episodes English Arts · Education

People of RMR

The People of RMR is a podcast series produced by second-year Journalism and Media Studies students at Rhodes University. Each season, The People of RMR brings student voices to the centre of South Africa’s most important conversations. Through interviews, storytelling, and sound, we explore history, identity, leadership, creativity, and the…
1 Jul 1 episodes English Education · Society & Culture

Makhanda Diaries

Real stories. Real voices. Real Makhanda. Makhanda Diaries brings you unfiltered conversations from the heart of the Eastern Cape. From personal storytelling to hard-hitting social issues, we sit with the people who live here, students, mothers, workers, organisers, and everyone in between. Produced by Noxolo Manyati. New episodes weekly.
12 Jun 2 episodes English Society & Culture

RMR Diaries

Welcome to RMR Diaries, a podcast that weaves together the vibrant tapestry of voices and stories from the Rhodes Music Radio community. Each episode is a intimate portrait of a unique individual, delving into their experiences, perspectives, and passions. From the extraordinary to the everyday, these audio diaries celebrate the…
20 Nov 2025 39 episodes English Education · Health & Fitness

JMS50

At the beginning of the year when we welcomed new students into Journalism and Media Studies 1, we asked them “What stories will you tell?” We know that this new generation of journalists and media makers has lots to say to the world and so many stories to tell. This…
6 Jul 2023 39 episodes English Business · Education

Corona Diaries

Corona Diaries is a podcast that tells stories about what life is like in South Africa in the time of COVID19, as experienced by a group of students from Rhodes University in the Eastern Cape. In March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a national state of disaster, and these students…
7 Nov 2022 22 episodes English Education

How to Pitch a Podcast in a Pandemic

How to Pitch a Podcast in a Pandemic (HTPPP) is a think tank for dreaming up ideas for podcasts, based at the School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) in Makhanda, South Africa. The podcast started in 2021 when a group of senior JMS students decided that it was time…
23 Oct 2022 18 episodes English Education · How To

Asifundisane

Asifundisane is a show dedicated to preparing high school learners for life inside higher education. We look at the issues affecting matriculants when they enter higher institutions and discuss some of the choices they could face when leaving high school. Our purpose is to ensure that they have the necessary…
17 Nov 2021 7 episodes Xhosa Education · Education