Malawi radio station, Star FM, is now under new ownership. This follows its acquisition by one of the country’s youthful entrepreneur Mike Chilewe Jnr. Chilewe has taken over the ownership and running of the Lilongwe-based FM radio station from Elvis Nserebo, founder of Matindi FM. A statement from media consultancy Pencils PR, issued Monday, indicates […]
One of Malawi’s private radio stations Star FM has lined up a Family Poetry Festival dubbed ‘Chiphwando cha Ndatakatulo’ at Summit Cultural Center in Lilongwe on November 30. With Bicco International and Super Sapuwa as main sponsors, the festival, according to Star FM’s Marketing Manager Brian Chamgomo is aimed at giving an early Christmas to the […]
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, […]