/ 19 May 1995

Rhodes Music Radio goes on air

Mike Loewe

Champagne flowed and there were cheers, tears, hugs and kisses when Rhodes Music Radio went on air on Wednesday

With the words: “Welcome Grahamstown! This is Rhodes Music Radio,” station manager Glenn Loggerenberg launched the station on the 89.7 Mhz FM band at 7 am.

Walters, who also serves as technical officer for the 75- strong 24-hour station, said reception within a five kilometre radius of the Rhodes Student Union building was “very good”.

However, in town the signal was faint and drowned out by the “splatter” effect of the powerful Radio 5FM on the 91Mhz signal.

Walters said “We have a 20-watt transmitter now. What we need is a 100 to 200-watt transmitter, when we get the money …” — Ecna