Times Media Group, Malawi’s giant publishing company, has finally been given the blessings to purchase 60 percents of privately owned Matindi FM Radio’s shares. The Group, which publishes The Daily Times, The Sunday Times and Malawi News, apart from Times Television, which they rolled out early this year, had planned to open Times Radio before expressing interest […]
Matindi FM’s ‘Bwalo La Alakatuli’ returns to Robins Park this Friday, May 1 2015 where veterans poets, among them Benedicto Okomaatani Malunga, Nyamalikiti Nthiwatiwa and Sylvester Kalizang’oma, will share stage with new entrants in poetry circles. The private owned station will also took time to recognize and award Malunga, Kalizang’oma, Nthiwatiwa, Hudson Chamasowa, Felix Njonjonjo […]
As the 2015 TNM Super League is about to kick off, private owned Matindi FM Radio has said it will be recognizing players who will be scoring at least three goals in one game with the station’s branded Match Ball and other “valuable items”. According to the station’s head of sports, Williams Gondwa, who was […]
Malawi Sheriffs have closed down private-owned radio Matindi FM over unpaid rental arrears amounting to K2.3 million. Matindi FM which is housed in a building once occupied by NBS Bank in Limbe, stopped its transmission on Monday morning following the closure. The Sheriffs shut down the radio station on orders from the building owners, Nico Holdings. Finance […]
Broadcaster Aubrey Kusakala has dragged one of the privately-owned radio stations, Matindi FM to court for withdrawing some of his employment benefits which is contrary to the country’s labour laws. Kusakala filed his case with Industrial Relations Court (IRC) in Blantyre on Tuesday with the radio the station confirming to have been served with court […]
What was dubbed and started as gospel phungwe Saturday night at Robin’s Park in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre ended into a mere disco with secular music, such as ‘Waichukucha’ and Oskido’s songs, dominating the entire wee hours of Sunday. The gospel phungwe, organized by privately owned Matindi FM as a way of celebrating the country’s 50 years of […]
Plantation House managing agency, Knight Frank has once again seized equipment of one of the Malawi’s private radio stations, Star Radio for failing to pay monthly rentals. A source, however, could not tell as how much the station owes Knight Frank. Nyasa Times visit to the building Monday morning find out that the radio station’s offices were […]
Reports from Blantyre indicate that print media giant Nation Publication Limited (NPL) is venturing into electronic media with the purchase of the fledging Star FM. Star FM was founded by Ghanaian preacher Pastor Richard Lutwama and his wife former NPL journalist June Lamba over a decade ago but it never took off and offered little, […]
Malawians should expect enormous educative, entertaining and informative programmes coupled once the newly licensed Matindi Radio Station rolls out its transmission came December this year. The Deputy Station Director Wonder Msiska said most of the ground work for the station to start broadcasting its signal to the country’s three regions is being finalised. Initially, communication […]