Eish!!: Springbok Radio gets revived

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Springbok Radio gets revived

On the 31st of December 1985, the much-loved Springbok Radio ceased transmission. The format was deemed antiquated and no longer relevant.
However many, many people enjoyed the radio theatre, talk shows, stories and music shows, and were extremely sad to see it go. The real hardcore fans never let go of their beloved station's many and varied showsrand now the Springbok Radio Preservation Society of SA will begin offering an online feed, styled on the original format as of the 1st July 2008. They promise old favourites like 'Squad Cars', 'The Men From The Ministry' and many others, they have preserved and digitised over the past 21 years. They claim to have over 20,000 programmes archived, so there should never be a shortage of entertainment.
Interestingly, much of the material has been taken from one, now deceased, individual who recorded, reel-to-reel, years of Springbok Radio transmissions for himself to listen to when he retired. Thanks to him, we will now be able relive some truely golden moments of radio.

I have long been an 'Old Time Radio' enthusiast, and can't wait to give this a listen.

Link : "The Internet Radio Service of Springbok Radio.Com"

They already have some programming available to preview, go and fetch some memories. But before you run off to tell mom, dad, granny and grandad, make sure you explain to them that this will eat into their monthly bandwidth allocation!

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Will be interesting to see how this takes off in the 'new' South Africa!

Best of luck to them

It will be interesting, I guess their target market are probably the least web-savvy, good luck to them!

I am 36 years old and clearly remember listening to Squad Cars, Men from the Ministry, Pip Freedman, and many other shows as a child. I now live in Australia, and my husband and I absolutely love listening to the broadcasts we used to listen to in the 80s. Well done to the people who thought of archiving all that material and making it available on the net!

@ Anonymous, thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad that you are enjoying the service.
When developing, it's my entertainment of choice.
Well done to the people indeed.

Beautiful. Keep it coming. This was true entertainment, not this commercialised rubbish we are bombarded with each day nowadays. GREAT work guys!!!

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