Even though I no longer live in South Africa, I did grow up there.  In those days (back in the seventies and eighties), radio in South Africa was terrible (to put it mildly).  It was controlled by the government and no private stations were allowed.  This was so that the government could censor the news and music and all other content that we could listen to.  Even though the rest of the world was already watching television from the 1940's, we still had no TV because, according to the government, it was "evil" (what a load of crap!).

So, we had to listen to the radio until 1976, when finally, TV arrived.  Still, in the seventies, TV sucked, so most people still listened to the radio, and as a growing teenager in South Africa, I was forced to listen to the crap put out by Radio 5 (now called 5 FM).  Censorship of music was in place.  No way could we listen to Pink Floyd or even The Police.  Pathetic!

Crappy radio ended in 1979 though when Capital Radio 604 came along.  Plagued from the start by engineering problems and of course the SA government continually trying to shut them down or blocking their signal, etc., but WOW!  What a great station!  This station single handedly changed radio in South Africa forever by introducing South Africans to great music, slick DJ's and a great attitude!  Plus, no news or music censorship!

Sadly, in 1996, Capital Radio 604 was forcefully shut down by the SA government in a move that most believe to be orchestrated by East Coast Radio and the IBA, to disallow 604 an FM license and then to close them because of "financial concerns" when everyone knew that without an FM license, advertises would pull out.

Anyway, I have created a site in memory of this station and over the years I have collected tons of content for it thanks to all the generous fans who have sent it to me.

I have also conducted recent interviews with ex-604 personalities like Kevin Savage, Darren Scott, Steve Bishop, Dave Guselli, and many more.  Feel free to click here to take a look.