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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 Comedy Interviews Narrated by Success Lekabe, Ricky Schroeder
440 Episodes
40 – 60

Iain Banner on the current and future state of electric cars

It's the 22nd of January and yet it feels like there are still 30 days to go till pay day. You'll be eyeing that fuel gauge with trepidation till the 25th when we can all finally fill our tanks again. The solution to some could be to switch to electric…
22 Jan 6AM 5 min

Getting the most out of your fuel tank

It's the 22nd of January and yet it feels like there are still 30 days to go till pay day. You'll be eyeing that fuel gauge with trepidation till the 25th when we can all finally fill our tanks again. With our minds occupied with making our last rands stretch…
22 Jan 6AM 3 min

The first day of school 2024

The day has finally arrived. Kids are going back to school and for 93 thousand grade one kids it's their first day of big school.
17 Jan 4AM 4 min

Hello, 2024!

Happy New Year and compliments of the season (that's the last time we say it)! We're so happy to be back. Of course we get you to school and work laughing every morning. Here's what went down on Monday 15 January.
16 Jan 6AM 3 min

Nance from Twenty 4 Seven

The world's biggest retro bash comes to Cape Town on 7 January 2024, featuring the best international artists and DJs from the 80`s and 90`s ever assembled in South Africa. Twenty 4 Seven will be on the line-up and Nance from the iconic dance group spoke to Ryan about the…
22 Dec 2023 2AM 3 min

2 Unlimited bring No Limits to Cape Town

The world's biggest retro bash comes to Cape Town on 7 January 2024, featuring the best international artists and DJs from the 80`s and 90`s ever assembled in South Africa. 2 Unlimitd bring their iconic Eurodance hits to our shores for 100% Retro | The Party and we spoke to…
22 Dec 2023 2AM 4 min

Everybody's free to feel good to Rozalla in Cape Town

The world's biggest retro bash comes to Cape Town on 7 January 2024, featuring the best international artists and DJs from the 80`s and 90`s ever assembled in South Africa. One of the iconic artists on the line-up for 100% Retro: The Party is Rozalla who joined Ryan for a…
22 Dec 2023 2AM 4 min

Technotronic's Daisy Dee is on her way to Cape Town!

The world's biggest retro bash comes to Cape Town on 7 January 2024, featuring the best international artists and DJs from the 80`s and 90`s ever assembled in South Africa. Technotronic is one of the artists you can see on the day and Daisy Dee couldn't be more excited to…
21 Dec 2023 3AM 4 min

Pikkie die pikkewyn

After hearing about Donna and her pet turkey named 'Idiot', we decided to check if anyone in Cape Town had unusual pets growing up. We just had to share this adorable story about Pikkie the penguin.
14 Dec 2023 5AM 4 min

The pet turkey named 'Idiot'

Yesterday we got a call from Colin who wanted to wish his wife Donna a happy birthday and did it by revealing a secret she tried to keep for a while - the fact that she had a pet turkey in her childhood. So we called her up today to…
14 Dec 2023 5AM 5 min

What does the POPI act say about unwanted photographs of children

Ryan shared a story about his friend who went through a scary experience that developed into a dilemma – what do you do as a parent when someone is taking pictures of your children? Does the POPI Act come into play here. Louella Tindale is a legal expert in this…
12 Dec 2023 3AM 3 min

If someone takes pictures of your kids

Ryan shared a story about his friend who went through a scary experience. An incident on a public beach involving his friend's daughter and a stranger taking photos of her sparked the conversation that got a lot of parents involved on the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show.
12 Dec 2023 3AM 4 min

A scary experience and dilemma for any parent

Ryan shared a story about his friend who went through a scary experience that developed into a dilemma - what do you do as a parent when your child's innocence is being threatened? An incident on a public beach involving his friend's daughter and a stranger taking photos of her…
12 Dec 2023 2AM 5 min

Blitzboks legend Seabelo Senatla

What a wonderful morning having DHL Stormers speedster and former Blitzboks Olympian medalist Seabelo Senatla in studio talking all things Cape Town Sevens.
7 Dec 2023 3AM 10 min

Warren Vernon-Driscoll, aka Freddie Mercury

Queen: It’s a Kinda Magic returns to Cape Town this weekend. Do to high demand the internationally acclaimed tribute show to one of the most electric bands in history is on at Grand Arena again. Warren Vernon-Driscoll, who plays the role of Freddie Mercury, joined Ryan in studio to chat…
6 Dec 2023 4AM 8 min
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