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Amon joins Metroville
By: Tshepiso Seopa

Effective immediately, former YFM DJ, Amon Mokoena, has joined the Metro FM stable to host the Saturday breakfast show from 6am to 10 am, taking over from Sentle Lehoko who is in turn taking over the Saturday 2pm to 6pm slot vacated when veteran DJ Segale Mogotsi was promoted to be the station's programmes manager.

Mokoena was recently axed by Gauteng Youth station YFM when it was restructuring and letting go of DJs. This led to the lowest number of listeners over the annual radio line-up restructuring period which saw many stations unveiling their changes on 1 April. The station then announced that it had also removed trade restrictions that prevented Jocks from joining other stations before a certain period of time.

Having cut his broadcasting teeth at the Mafikeng based, Motsweding FM before moving on to Rosebank to join YFM, Mokoena is said to be eagerly anticipating being part of the “bigger picture” at Metro FM and to “talking to people from all over South Africa”.

He declared himself “overwhelmed” at the prospect of moving from a regional to a national audience. “After being an avid follower of Metro FM, I am quite ecstatic to be becoming part of the family, even though it took 21 years. One thing is for certain, though - it was worth the wait!”

Lehoko will be retaining his Sunday midnight show while adding on the Saturday afternoon show. “I'm glad the station has finally realised my potential and has the confidence in me to feel that I can deliver - and I definitely will,” says Lehoko.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tshepiso Seopa is a junior journalist at Bizcommunity.com. Contact her at tshepiso@bizcommunity.com.

[22 Apr 2008 08:11]


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• Who's Amon Mofokeng? - Bruno
• Big Up - eezee
• 1000 apologies - Tshepi
• Well done metro - The dude
    • AMON DA MAN - Deano_K
• Amon Amon Amon.... - eezee
    • AMON A BIG MAN - Deano_K
• Amon joins Metroville - Boogie
• This is truly boring!!! - dslets@gmail.com
    • Hater (DYSLEXIA) - Deano_K
    • Crappy - llsta
• More than anything - Lerato
• Amon is our man - The Dark Night
• Amon amour - T-Wan
• Great move - Ike
• Nice one - Thulas
• Rock'em - Ausiwagago
• Hey D - Dr B
• Good - Given
    • To answer your question Given - Lerato
• Yetro FM - CPT YFM Listener
• Midday and Breakfast shows are boring - Boniswa
    • Boniswa sisi - Lerato
    • Penny must go for english classes - Puleng
• Answer the dude - Veli
    • Yetro fm - Deano_K
• And??? - Stone
• Thanx Lerato - Given
• True that Lerato - S'fiso
• Well Done - Tom London
• no more sys - tinyiko
    • Oh please... - Is
• Uyaphapha Tinyiko - Veli
    • uyaphapha nawe!
• Hey FOKOF!!!! - Dumi
• Amon or Adil to take over the breakfast show - Reabetswe

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