Hosted in a mock TV studio with guests who included Nicholis Louw, Willem Botha, Nadine and NRG, the event introduced Lekker TV presenters Rian van Heerden, Janina Oberholzer, MorneJK, Frankie du Toit and Martin Bester who were all on hand to talk about this unique and exciting offering.

Guests were part of the entertainment when Bester did a live on-air interview with station manager, Kevin Fine, who spoke about how Jacaranda FM strives to be innovative and entertaining be it on-air or on Lekker TV.

The event ended with cocktails, sunset and selfies with guests diarising to watch Lekker TV every Saturday on DStv, channel 146, from 10:30 to 19:30.

The weekly Lekker TV content schedule is as follows:

10:30 Lekker Brêkfis: Rian van Heerden and his team present the breakfast hour. Peek behind the scenes of this popular breakfast team and also enjoy their call of the week;
11:30 Lekker Sport: Sports fundi, The best reviews, previews and the week’s biggest sports events on the calendar;
12:30 Lekker Vir Jou: Janina Oberholzer plays viewers’ favourite song requests of the week;
13:30 Lekker Bester: Martin Bester leads his team and shares the week's highlights in the radio studio with us;
14:30 Lekker Tech: Frankie du Toit brings us on the latest gadgets, games and tech’ industry news;
15:30 Lekker Celeb: Morne JK fills us in on local and international gossip and entertainment news;
16:30 Lekker Legendes: Rock industry stalwart, Barney Simon plays us his favourite golden oldies;
17:30 Lekker Vermaak: Janina Oberholzer’s weekly interview with the entertainer of the week; and
18:30 Lekker Nuut: Frankie du Toit gives us an hour of the freshest music videos.

Lekker TV, a collaboration between Jacaranda FM and kykNET Musiek, is a weekly television show, with music charts, sports, song requests, gossip, entertainment and on-air highlights; hosted by popular Jacaranda FM presenters: Rian van Heerden, Janina Oberholzer, Frankie du Toit, Morne JK, Barney Simon and Martin Bester.

Lekker TV is positioned as an additional platform where audiences can connect and interact with the brand – further enhancing engagement for established and new fans as well as for clients.

Jacaranda FM general manager, Kevin Fine commented on the new television offering, “Our ability to create tears, laughter or goose bumps has an additional outlet and the partnership with Urban Brew Studios and kykNET makes this a powerful offering. We’ll be taking our personalities as well as their guests, artists and magical moments to television which creates a whole new offering that will provide a new platform for our listeners to interact with us and enhance client opportunities. The exciting part is the ability to take the great content that we’re creating and sharing it with television viewers around South Africa.”

kykNET’s head of Afrikaans music channels, Janine Opperman stated, “Lekker TV is a 9-hour-long block of Afrikaans music entertainment, featuring all your favourite Jacaranda FM presenters and week’s highlights, every Saturday on kykNET Musiek. Each hour has a unique theme, presented by different jocks. Packed with music videos, witty interviews, songs, games and even field reports, the truly unique Lekker TV will change live radio music on kykNET. What you hear on Jacaranda FM, you’re likely to see on Lekker TV. Lekker TV is radio-television in the true sense of the phrase.”