Smile FM Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

Cape Town wakes up to the Ryan O' Connor Breakfast Show every weekday morning 6am - 9am with a chance to crack Ryan's R 50 000 Noise! Sucess Lekabe on traffic, Ricky Shroeder on sports, Merentia van der Vent on News and Producer Phil De Lange.
Daily English South Africa Comedy Interviews Narrated by Success Lekabe, Ricky Schroeder
543 Episodes
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Zukile Ncube and Ikigai Sports

Zukile Ncube is a young teacher in Cape Town who goes above and beyond the classroom to inspire the youth. From his days as a student Zukile faced many obstacles in the way of his dreams, but used his challenges to craft his passion for inspiring others.
2 Dec 5AM 8 min

Jenny Morris and Schalk Bezuidenhout crown the best fruit mince pie

It's festive season (just about) and you're going to start seeing a lot of fruit mince pies on the shelves. Not everyone loves them, but for those that do there's one question that comes up every year - who makes them best? Jenny Morris joined us along with comedian Schalk…
29 Nov 5AM 5 min

Schalk Bezuidenhout and Jenny Morris made a great team this morning

It's festive season (just about) and you're going to start seeing a lot of fruit mince pies on the shelves. Not everyone loves them, but for those that do there's one question that comes up every year - who makes them best? Jenny Morris joined us along with comedian Schalk…
29 Nov 4AM 3 min

Schalk Bezuidenhout talks about his brand new docuseries

One of South Africa’s favourite and funniest comedians Schalk Bezuidenhout is back in town! Schalk’s just released a new docuseries on Amazon Prime that takes viewers on a journey to explore the bizarre and fascinating corners of the working world.
29 Nov 4AM 2 min

Schalk Bezuidenhout's Krismas Bonanza is coming to town

One of South Africa’s favourite and funniest comedians Schalk Bezuidenhout is back in town! He’s here for a few days and we invited him to the Ryan O’Connor Breakfast Show to talk about what he’s been up to. Schalk promises a variet show funnier than the one liners in your…
29 Nov 4AM 3 min

The 6th R50 000 Noise for 2024 gets cracked!

Another R50 000 has been won and the 6th Noise of 2024 has been cracked! Leonie Willcock correctly identified Ryan's R50 000 Noise as "spinning dice in an ice cream scoop". A total of R300 000 has been given away for 2024 with Ryan's R50 000 Noise. Tune in every…
28 Nov 1AM 2 min

Garth Field brings Michael Jackson to life in the HISstory Show

The King of Pop is returning—through the electrifying talent of Garth Field in The Michael Jackson HIStory Show. This internationally-acclaimed tribute to the legendary Michael Jackson is set to tour Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban, marking the 2024 grand finale of an already successful run in New Zealand, Australia, and…
27 Nov 4AM 6 min

Unica's kids will finally get to meet their great grandmother

We love making dreams happen with DirectAxis and we got an email from Unica. Unica hasn't seen her grandmother for over 10 years. Unica moved to Cape Town from Kuruman and had to leave a lot of her family behind. Her only dream for the festive season is to see…
26 Nov 4AM 4 min

Be careful at dinner parties this festive season

We're heading into festive season and non doubt the dinner parties will flow like wine. There's something very particular that happens to at least 1 in every 6 people at dinner parties and it's a warning to all of us.
21 Nov 5AM 4 min

When mother nature literally helps with "the talk"

Parents all get to a stage in their kids' lives when it's necessary to have the talk. Yes. THAT talk. It's part of life and everyone has their own approach to certain topics at home. Sometimes mother nature actually intervenes and adds a live demonstration - as is the case…
18 Nov 4AM 4 min

The 4 Day Work Week

Imagine having 1 more day to your weekend. Do you think you would be able to finish all your work in an average 5 day week if that were the case? A few companies overseas have adopted the relatively new approach to the usual 9 to 5.
18 Nov 4AM 4 min

Deon Meyer on The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show

The last time we spoke to him was when the film Heart of the Hunter, adapted from one of his novels, made Netflix history just a week after it was released. The English version of Deon Meyer’s book 'Leo' has recently hit the shelves. He popped into studio for chat.
7 Nov 5AM 8 min

The career paths of Ryan, Ricky, and Success

This morning Ryan was interested in how people end up in the careers they have at the moment. Sometimes it's written in the stars by your parents; other times you carve it out yourself; or land there by chance. The team all have different paths to a very similar destination.
6 Nov 6AM 4 min

The interesting career paths of Smile FM listeners

This morning Ryan was interested in how people end up in the careers they have at the moment. From parental pressure to chance, our listeners all seem to have very different journeys in how they got to theirs.
6 Nov 6AM 5 min

Jeremy Loops - the king of festivals

Jeremy Loops joined the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show for a chat about his new music and touched on his upcoming album set for release in 2025. While he couldn't say much about the album, he could tell us a lot about where you can catch him live over the next…
5 Nov 2AM 5 min

Jeremy Loops has big things coming

One of South Africa's favourties popped in for a chat on the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show. Jeremy Loops has a new album on the horizon, something he was quite hush hush about. But he did give us a taste of what's to come and what he's been up to.
5 Nov 2AM 5 min

JP Duminy and Jermaine Cloete of the JP21 Foundation in studio

Founded in 2015, the JP21 Foundation is based on a sincere commitment to reigniting the passion and enthusiasm for the game of cricket in underprivileged communities and schools, particularly in the Western Cape areas of Mitchells Plain and Strandfontein. JP Duminy together with project manager Jermaine Cloete joined us for…
1 Nov 5AM 5 min
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