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Country
  
South Africa

Home station
  
94.5 Kfm

Language(s)
  
English Afrikaans

Hosted by
  
Ryan O'Connor

Genre
  
Morning Zoo, Music (Hot AC), comedy, talk

Running time
  
3 hours: 06h00 - 09h00 Monday through Friday

Kfm Breakfast is the morning drive show on radio station 94.5 Kfm and the biggest breakfast show in the Western Cape, South Africa. 94.5 Kfm broadcasts to over 1.1 million listeners across a large section of south western South Africa.

Contents

Show format

Kfm Breakfast runs for three hours, with news read half-hourly in both English and Afrikaans between 06h00 and 09h00. Sports is read on the half-hour between 07h00 and 09h00.

The show relies on a number of on-air contributors, and often includes members of the production team, news and sport readers and other studio guests.

Team members

  • Ryan O'Connor - Host
  • Jeremy Harris - Sports anchor.
  • Liezel van der Westhuizen - traffic reporter
  • Deon Bing - Kfm Surf Report
  • Stephen Werner - Producer, since 2007/2008. Stephen previously produced Breakfast with Aden Thomas on 94.5 Kfm's sister-station, 567 CapeTalk.

    • Popular radio and television personality Ryan O'Connor has hosted the show since June 2008.

    Regular Contributors

  • Darren Whackhead Simpson

    • Notable former team members

  • Ian Bredenkamp - Executive Producer from 2002 - September 2007. Moved into a management position at 94.5 Kfm in September 2007.
  • Lizma van Zyl Original Afrikaans newsreader on Kfm Breakfast. Lizma left Kfm Breakfast in July 2008 to continue her studies and complete her doctorate.
  • Lance Witten - One of the show's producers in 2007 and early 2008. Lance left Kfm Breakfast to join E.tv's 24-hour news channel.
  • Wesley Petersen - Sports anchor, from 2003-2009. Wesley is now the national sports editor for EyeWitness News.

    • Daily features

    The show is well known for its daily features:

  • GK Teens, where learners throughout the Western Cape call-in and two contestants go head-to-head. They are given 60 seconds each to answer as many general knowledge questions as possible. A monthly leader board charts the daily contestants' success, and the months' winners face each other in a showdown at the end of the season. Each winner receives a cash prize.
  • O'Connic 80's is a daily selection of Ryan's favourite music hits from the eighties.

    • References

    Kfm Breakfast Wikipedia
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