The inaugural MTN Radio Awards held on 15/05/2010 saw Johannesburg-based Talk Radio 702 win the award for Best Radio Station of the Year. According to AMPS, this station had 554,000 listeners in the past 7 days. (www.mtnradioawards.co.za, AMPS2009B)
This week’s theme: Radio in SA
24.8 million South African adults (76%) listen to the radio on a daily basis. TV’s daily viewership is 24.4 million. (AMPS2009B)
This week’s theme: Radio in SA
Bafana Bafana have not lost a match in twelve outings. Tonight they play Mexico. (The two teams have played each other three times before, Mexico winning twice) (http://bit.ly/cz38Zm)
This week’s theme: Welcome to SA
Foreign World Cup visitors are expected to attend an average of 5 soccer matches per person. This compares to an average of 2.6 matches attended by foreigners at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. (Grant Thornton, http://bit.ly/aOd7sn)
This week’s theme: Welcome to SA
228,500 overseas ticket holders will account for 38% of ticket sales. 11,300 (or 2%) of these ticket holders will be from the African continent (Grant Thornton, http://bit.ly/aOd7sn)
This week’s theme: Welcome to SA
Of the 373,000 World Cup visitors, 105,000 are expected to be non-ticket holders; 85,000 of whom will come from Africa for a short visit (Grant Thornton, http://bit.ly/aOd7sn)
This week’s theme: Welcome to SA
373,000 foreigners are expected to visit SA during the World Cup. On average they will stay for 18 days, go to 5 matches and spend R30,200 each. (Grant Thornton, http://bit.ly/aOd7sn)
This week’s theme: Welcome to SA
61% of Virgin Mobile subscribers are contract subscribers. The next highest proportion is for Cell C, at 18% (AMPS2009B)
This week’s theme: Mobile in SA
10% of cell phone users in urban South Africa use the e-mail feature on their cell phones. A further 43% have this feature but do not use it. (The Mobile Internet in South Africa 2010)
This week’s theme: Mobile in SA
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