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 News Narrated by Success Lekabe, Ricky Schroeder
702 Episodes
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Behind the Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show Ep. 8

In this episode Producer Phil celebrates his 37th birthday and 18 years in broadcasting by bringing you some behind the scenes work on our 5 Word Weather, how he gets very particular stories from comedians on air, and some deep dives on eels and Steven Seagal.
17 Oct 6AM 9 min

Comedian Vafa Naraghi talks about Becoming South African

Vafa Naraghi a multi-award-winning comedian, content creator and corporate MC. He has been on his first nationwide comedy tour, which started in September and will run through till December 2025, covering every province in South Africa. Beyond the tour, Vafa has a unique story worth profiling, from his background in…
17 Oct 6AM 8 min

Car trouble nightmares

With more than a million vehicles on our roads in Cape Town, just driving around can give you a headache. Throw in some car trouble and it's a complete migraine. It's often the small problems that turn out to massive issues with your car.
14 Oct 5AM 6 min

Welcome to the final school term!

This is it. It's downhill to the festive season from here as the 4th term of 2025 kicks off. With it comes the stress of final exams and just general fatigue. But we're here to carry you through with Cape Town's fastest growing breakfast show.
13 Oct 4AM 6 min

Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Over 50 years of legacy

They are arguably the best musical outfit to come out of South Africa and undoubtedly one of the best vocal groups in history. It's always a privilege to host Ladysmith Black Mambazo in studio. They are in town on their Legacy Tour, a series of concerts that honour their late…
10 Oct 6AM 6 min

The good ol' newspaper

It's International Newspapers Carrier Day - a dwindling profession maybe, but something we all remember in some or other way. In fact, newspapers seem to carry quite a bit of nostalgia.
8 Oct 5AM 6 min

Steven Kitshoff pops in for a surprise visit

Former Springbok prop and the 1 man bomb squad Steven Kitshoff might be retired, but he is still very heavily involved in the game. He popped in to The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show for a chat about his rugby academy, life as a rugby pundit, and also gave us his…
3 Oct 4AM 5 min

Behind the Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show Ep. 7

In this Episode of Behind The Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show: Producer Phil talks about a listener doing something very special for Operation Smile, how he has to act quickly to play along with Ryan's silly side, using the team as guinea pigs for unhinged voice notes, and…
3 Oct 4AM 7 min

The technology we use to keep our families safe

We're always mindful of how we keep our families safe. And with technology changing all the time, we're starting to integrate different tools into our lives for our own peace of mind.
2 Oct 6AM 5 min

School bells and intercoms - the nostalgia of noise

It's the last week of the 3rd term and the team took a trip down memory lane. Remember the feeling of your name getting called on the intercom? Did your school also have unusual times that the bell would be rung?
30 Sep 4AM 7 min

The Breathe Foundation is working to break the stigma around childhood cancer

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. While the last 50 years we’ve seen extraordinary advances in paediatric oncology care on an international level, sadly, these advances have not impacted all populations equally; the gap in care has widened as the most vulnerable children have been left behind. That’s why it’s…
29 Sep 4AM 6 min

Behind the Scenes of The Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show Ep. 6

Producer Phil takes you behind the scenes of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast Show. This week he talks about how fun it is to be a producer who gets to annoy his team, feeling vindicated when they don't believe his stories, overcoming censorship in the 2000s, and how Kurt Darren is…
26 Sep 4AM 6 min

Gabby's Dollhouse is coming to town!

DreamWorks Animation’s hit preschool series comes to the big screen for the very first time in Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie! Since 2021, kids around the globe have been having one big sprinkle party with Gabby and her adorable cat friends on Netflix, and now it’s time for their biggest adventure…
25 Sep 6AM 3 min

Robert Bexell tells us about FableItForward isiXhosa

This Heritage Month, FableReads, a free and ad-free global storytelling platform, is launching the #FableItForward isiXhosa Campaign. This collaborative initiative will translate, narrate and deliver 25 timeless fables in isiXhosa, both online and in print, so that more South African children can read, listen and grow in their mother tongue…
22 Sep 5AM 4 min

It's school play season!

It's that time of year again! School plays across the metro are in full swing and for many a child and parent it's both nerve-racking and special. Whether it's your own production you were in or seeing your child on stage, school plays hold such special memories for us.
17 Sep 4AM 8 min

The art of falling asleep in weird places

Apparently 42% of men have fallen asleep whilst getting a haircut. There's something about the calming wash, head massage, and relaxing cut that lulls a guy off to sleep. As it turns out, Smile FM listeners have quite a bit of experience falling asleep in unexpected places:
15 Sep 5AM 5 min

Ryan announces the band that Cape Town built!

When we got this idea to start we never thought we'd be blown away by the amount of talent that Cape Town has to offer. After thousands of entries we narrowed them down to a few final auditions and we can finally introduce you to the band that you helped…
12 Sep 6AM 4 min
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