In a major coup for the Western Cape’s biggest radio station, popular Cape Town DJ Ryan O’Connor will be joining Kfm 94.5 from 1 November. Kfm's station manager Colleen Louw announced that O'Connor would take up the afternoon drive slot hosted by Allan Barnard who is moving to 567 CapeTalk, where he will present the weekend breakfast show. O'Connor is an accomplished broadcaster who has developed a loyal and growing following over several years in Cape Town. O'Connor has been a presenter with Good Hope FM since 1999, having hosted both breakfast and afternoon drive. Louw said Kfm was excited to welcome O'Connor to the weekday afternoon drive slot and said the station looked forward to a successful association with him. "Ryan is one of the rising stars on radio in the country and we believe our listeners will benefit from hearing him on the Western Cape's biggest and best radio station." O'Connor said, "I'm really looking forward to getting involved in a brand that not only represents Cape Town, but represents where I am in my life". She described Barnard as "thoroughly professional and a consummate broadcaster" and said that while Kfm was sad to see him leave, sister station CapeTalk was thrilled to have him on board. "We've reached a mutual decision that the timing is right for Allan to move into a new era in his radio career, and he's taken up the weekend breakfast show on CapeTalk," she said. Barnard said, "The timing is right for me to take on a new challenge and I'm very excited to have my sights set on new horizons. I'm really looking forward to being on talk radio in Cape Town and I'm very glad to be staying in the Primedia group". Barnard will host the Saturday and Sunday breakfast show on CapeTalk from 7 - 10am. He will take over the show in February 2007 after taking a three month sabbatical. This is yet another step in CapeTalk's evolution to be more focused on issues affecting those living in Cape Town, allowing CapeTalk to regionalise its broadcast. From then Tom London will continue weekend breakfast on sister station Talk Radio 702 in Gauteng.