MAFISA FM celebrated 21 years on the airwaves.
Listeners got a chance to drink a toast to the station’s success at its birthday party, which was held at Bethlehem Drive in Rustenburg, North West.
The celebration was Mafisa FM’s way of showing appreciation to its listeners.
Mafisa FM station manager, Virtue Fongoma, said: “In July 1996, the first Mafisa FM was broadcasted. The station was one of the three stations which got licensed during that period. In the process we became the third largest station with listenership and almost everything.”“We take pride as a station because we’ve produced many people in the industry, both radio and television personalities.”
Virtue said he regarded the station as a university of the media, saying: “Mafisa FM is the Harvard of media, we are indeed doing well.”
Fongoma thanked the staff members, listeners and everyone who contributed into making the station a success.
He added that “the station appreciate the hard work and commitment of their staff.”
Popular listener Lena Mokobane (50), who is known as “Mmatepitepi”, said she was the station’s first listener, and wished She loves the station because it is always current. Mmatepitepi says she doesn’t call anyone but the station. She the station many more years of broadcasting.
The station’s deputy chairperson of the board, Thabang Rampou, said: “It is through the staion that our people can get informed about issues happening in Rustenburg.” Said Rampou.“The station is what it is today because of our listenersWithout them there’s no station.”
He further added that “regardless of the challenges we are facing, we hope to work together, in order to take the station forward and move Rustenburg forward.”
Councillor Patlama Seleka from Rustenburg Local Municipality said: “We as the municipality plan to give our full support to the station.”
