Thursday 27 October 2011

94.5 KFM Blog

Hello everyone! I am going to Blog about 94.5 KFM Radio Station.
I am going to be writing about their competitions, music they play and how incredibly awesome they are!

Firstly, to start off with, KFM's competitions are really cool. KFM has what we call klupVIP. In order to become a klupVIP member, all you have to do is SMS your name and ID number to 33536. Being a klubVIP member allows you to enter most of KFM's competitions. There is usually a competition every week and the draw in on Friday. I am a klupVIP member and, honestly, it is so nice to be a member, because it feels like you're part of the KFM team. After you are a klupVIP member, some people might ask: How do I earn klupVIP points? Well, it's pretty simple, all you have to do is listen to KFM and the presenter who is on air will tell you what word you must SMS and the number you SMS it to is 33536.
You can also enter competitions by SMSing KFM if they are running a competition for something and it doesn't require klupVIP points.
Every Saturday, there is a Presenter by the name of Mark Pilgrim, who runs a competition every Saturday on Take40SA. When you hear the Trigger Track: you SMS your name, ID Number and the song's position, for Jo'berg and for Cape Town, and then Mark Pilgrim picks randomly a winner, and that person - If they answer their phone - will win the prize, which is a large amount of money.
I must admit, KFM does run awesome competitions.

Secondly, KFM plays very nice tracks. Ha! I actually only realized about 2 months ago that most Radio Stations only play Singles that are released. Here is the reason why: "Generally radio stations receive singles from an artists' record label and these are the songs that will have videos, press, marketing and performances etc tailored around them. Stations do sometimes play album tracks that are not singles but more often than not the songs that are big hits are the singles." - I got this information from a person who works for Primedia and is helped me out.
(Primedia is a building located in Town area and KFM is in the Primedia building.).
Overall, most Radio Stations play Singles from an Artists' Album because it is a big hit and most people will listen to that specific track.

Lastly, but most certainly not least, I am going to write about how incredibly awesome KFM is. To be honest, there was a competition on KFM a few months ago (about 2 months ago) and I entered this competition, which was called "Fan It". With "Fan It", you enter and then everyday, there were 3 random selected names called out on KFM 6 times every week day and since then, I've started to really listen to KFM, not that I haven't listened to KFM in the past. I have listened to KFM before, but, for me, it's a habit to listen to KFM everyday.
If you SMS KFM for the At work - Network and you request for a song, you might not hear the song on the same day, but if you SMS everyday, I guarantee you that KFM will play the song you have requested. Trust me, I know. You just have to be patient, KFM will get back to you.

Now, I listen to KFM every week day. All the presenters are really awesome! Each week morning, if you SMS a birthday wish to someone, KFM will read out your SMS.
Each morning, there is now a GK Teen where two Teenagers get questioned by one of the Presenters, whom is Ryan O Conner and the one teenager who answers the most questions correctly, wins the prize.

Recently, round about in July, I remember it was the first week of School for the 3rd Term and one morning, KFM asked: How has your week been? So I SMSed, saying: "My week so far. School started, got my first project that I'm actually happy to work on.". After about 20 minutes, I got a phone call from KFM and when I was talking on air, I wasn't nervous at all! Sure, my Heart was pounding fast, but I was so happy to be on air with KFM. I was chatting to Ryan O Conner about my school project - My school project was that we had to Design a Poster and a Headpiece for a Brazilian Carnival, that was our theme. So this day when KFM phoned me, I was starting with my collage for my Design. Now my project is completed.
The second I was on KFM was, in fact, for the GK Teens. I was up against a girl from UCT. The Score was 3 - 5. I got 3, but after we played GK Teens, Ryan O Conner said that I did very well on GK Teens.
Ha! At school, two of my teachers told me I did do very well and even though I did not win, I was brave enough to be on air with a Radio Station and I have tried my best (which i did.).
My name, many of times, have also been mentioned on KFM for Birthday wishes, At work - Network and Shout Outs.

Finally, I would just like to end off by saying that KFM is a wonderful Radio Station and they are, indeed, incredibly Awesome! You can chat to them on Facebook, Twitter or you can SMS them. They are truly, a very lovely Radio Station. It's always nice to listen to their stories and also listen to the Eye-Witness News, it's very interesting to know what is happening, and not to forget the Traffic Updates, which people SMS in and say where there is traffic across the Cape.

Thank you to all the Presenters I mainly Listen to: KFM Breakfast: Ryan O Conner, Charmaine Noy and Jeremy Harris. Here are the other Presenters: Benito Vergotine, Elana Afrika, Lee Downs, Keri Miller and let's not forget about the Take40SA Presenter: Mark Pilgrim and the KFM Ground Patrol - KFM Ground Patrol go around the Cape and are at Random locations, and give out free things. You might need to give them a password (If required) and you'll receive whatever KFM Ground Patrol have. It's really nice what KFM Radio Station does. There are so many other things I can say about KFM, but this sums it all up, of how really Awesome KFM is.
If you do not Listen to KFM Radio Station, I recommend you to listen to this specific Radio Station.

Thank you for reading,
Much love.

Thursday 6 October 2011

Why seventeen magazine is a awesome magazine

Hi everyone! I am going to talk about how awesome the seventeen magazine really is.

Firstly you ask yourself, why is seventeen so fab? Well, seventeen is mainly aimed at young women. seventeen has got a good guide to staying in fashion, seeing what's the new trend to wear and how to live life being happy and without going through being upset all your life.

seventeen does have amazing tips on how to eat anything without feeling guilty about what you eat, another tip would be what is the latest fashion clothing to wear, which I find very stylish. seventeen has got so many fun things inside of the magazine. Heck! When I first started buying the seventeen magazine, all I saw was fashion, the latest styles and what are the best Beauty products to buy. I always looked at the "Scene" section, my horoscope and the exclusive interview with the Cover Star. Now, after about 3 years (In 2009), I've completely fallen in love with the seventeen magazine! I read the seventeen magazine at least once a day, I look to see all the stylish fashion and basically everything in the seventeen magazine.

Another awesome reason why the seventeen magazine is the best Magazine is because seventeen posts at least about three competitions every month (How fab!). seventeen also asks for advice from people for their view on a specific topic and the advice is featured in the seventeen magazine.

Twice in a year, usually in the January and July issue, there are two issues in one (January/February and July/August.). This happens because in both combined issues, there are extra-special editions with them. For example, in the January/February issue, there will be a Diary and in the July/August issue, there will be something with the magazine. I think this is simply spectacular and amazing!

Another awesome thing about seventeen is that seventeen also has a mobile site (seventeen.mobi), where you can look at the latest news (mainly celeb news), competitions and you can basically take seventeen everywhere you go (Which is so awesome!). There are also quizzes featured on the mobile website, which is so cool!

Lastly, I'd like to end off by saying that the seventeen magazine is one of the best magazines in the world and it is a awesome magazine. It has everything that a girl wants and I simply love the seventeen magazine, I love everything inside the magazine. Where it be the Cover Star and the interview with them, the "Scene" section, fashion section or even the beauty section, I love everything featured in the Seventeen Magazine.

Keep up the good work seventeen Team!

Thanks for reading,
Much Love!

A little bit of advice from me

Hello everybody, this is my first time blogging (Wow!) and I what I would like to say on my first blog is a little advice I want to let all of you know.
Whenever I go to my school, people always get me down, hardly anyone at school likes me (I have no idea why), a lot of people have used me for some reason and it is tough in higher grades.
I just want to give you advice by saying whenever you feel unhappy and you think no one likes or even loves you, you MUST always remember there is always I mean ALWAYS someone out there who loves you and loves to see your face every day, with that beautiful smile and that beautiful face you have. Never back down on your fears, always be happy and there are always lessons in life you must and will learn.
Learn to always be true to yourself and always be yourself around anyone, where it be a crowd of people or even a boy you like. Never stress about small things that happen in your life, for instance projects and events, bare in mind the saying I have heard from a TV program "No Need To Worry".
Ever since I learned that phrase, it has made everything easier for me. One more thing, if you love your childhood (Of cause I do), then think about it AND even if you love watching something that you also loved watching in your childhood days, but your a little more older now, then watch that program, do not worry about what people think, say or do, they are all just being rude. Ignore them and remember "No Need To Worry".

I hope this is good advice for all of you,
Thanks for reading!

My Review of the new Locnville "Running to Midnight" album. By Andria Mackinnon

Hello Everyone! I am going to talk about my review of the new Locnville "Running to Midnight" album.

I would like to start off by saying that when
Locnville's first album, "Sun in my Pocket" was released, I never got around to listen to the album. Ha! To be honest, I never actually listened to Locnville's music, because I mainly listen to Rock, Hard rock and Alternative rock. I love rock music, but hip-pop is not really one of my favourite types of Genres of music.

Last year, my sister received the
Locnville "Sun in my Pocket" album for her birthday and I listened to some of the music. I thought it was quite good, it had a nice up-beat to it and I thought the music was pretty good. To be honest, I didn't really like Locnville at the start and I wasn't really into their music, but towards the end of last year, about in August, after I saw Locnville Live in Concert at the Grand West Arena, it changed. Change I am meaning that at the concert, I started to actually get into the music and I started to mainly listen to the one song "6 Second Poison".

Ha! I'm just trailing off....
Haha......
My review for the new Locnville album: I must admit, the new Locnville "Running to Midnight" album is mellow. The "Sun in my Pocket" album was more of a up beat and you felt like you wanted to dance to the songs, but the "Running to Midnight" album is a lot more mellow and more relaxed, which is a good thing, because if you ever just want calm music in the background (For example, if you want to read a book or magazine), the "Running to Midnight" album is perfect for that. The "Running to Midnight" album is worth buying, I promise you, you won't regret buying the album. I do remember an interview with Andrew and Brian, saying that this album is their best album yet, which I totally agree with. Heck! I thought the album will be the same, but it wasn't, the album is a really good listen and a good buy. For example, "Here We Are" is a very relaxing song, especially the line "Hold me in your arms". To me, that line sounds like a "opera". I love all the songs on the album. They are all really amazing. My top 3 songs are "Stars Above You", "Staring at the world 0utside" and "City Lights".

Lastly, I would like to share my thoughts about the "Stars Above You" song and music video: I think the song is excellent and the way the lyrics say "When the Stars are above you". Then the music starts up in the beginning of the song, it's really amazing. It doesn't matter if you are at a party or just relaxing somewhere, this song is great for anything. This song is definitely a big hit. The music video is also amazing because it has a "Lords of the Rings" effect to it. I love all the visual effects that was in the music video. I thought it was amazing and I loved the Husky in the music video, because a husky is my favourite type of dog in the world. That's what I thought of "Stars Above You".


Thanks for reading everyone,

I hope you like this blog,
Much Love!