New radio station hits the airwaves
Tuesday, August 01, 2017
The luxury environment oriented online radio station dubbed ICE (Innovate, Create and Collaborate) 100 Radio hit the airwaves a few days ago unannounced as it caught many unaware. The online radio station is currently available on an App, as it will soon be making its way to other streaming platforms such as websites.
“This is a very much citizen of the global village platform because we create and produce well researched content for a wide audience around the world. We are changing the landscape by taking things forward as we decided to take it online showing what Botswana is capable of,” said ICE100 Radio managing director Bonnie Dintwa who is also the co- owner of the radio station. Since it is a luxury-oriented station ICE100 Radio executes content for the urbanites that ranges from music, radio programmes hosted by young professionals who have radio experience.
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