On Sunday, March 13th, Next Radio suspended all normal programming in a move to retreat, refocus and strategize on their future as a Radio so as to realign in light of new industry realities aswell as remaining competitive and relevant in the market, aspects that the radio had long lost in the over 3 years it has been on air.
In a bid to achieve all the above, Next Media boss Kin Kariisa has re-deployed some of their former talents but above it all, they have brought some new faces on board that are believed to change the vibe and get Nxt Radio to the position it’s desired to occupy in the radio industry in the land. According to our close sources at Next Media, the bosses fetched some of the talents from competing stations whereas others have not been on air for a while but have been in the entertainment business for a while.
Some of the new talents we can authoritatively confirm have put pen to paper on the 106.1 radio frequency include fun factory comedian Richard Tuwangye, James Peterson and Maritza both from Nation Media’s KFM radio aswell as online comedian Martha Kay! Some of those that we have learnt were retained on the radio include Zahara Ttoto, DJ Roja, Ronnie McVex, Posha Aloyo and Karitas Karisimbi. In addition, veteran radio host Hakim who had a short stint with the same radio in its genesis days is also expected back!
Tuwangye, Maritza and Hakim will do the breakfast show, Zahara Ttoto, Posha and DJ Roja come in for the mid morning show and James Peterson, Martha Kay and Ronnie McVex close it with the eveni g drive show. Karitas Karisimbi has been pushed to the love show in the night.
On Monday 28th March, after over two weeks since suspending normal programming, the audio visual radio station will return to the airwaves starting at 6:00am with the breakfast show. With all the changes that are expected to take place at Next Radio, the big question that remains is, will the new team brought on board be able to get the station to the promised land? The reply to this question is for you to answer.
