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How the festival started in 1968

How the festival started in 1968

The idea for the first Cherry Festival took root in 1968 when a group of young men who had founded a Ficksburg chapter of Jaycee International, the international service/leadership development organisation, were looking for a project to launch their new organisation and perform a service to the community. Many ideas were thrown around, so it is difficult to say exactly how a Cherry Festival was arrived at!!! ...

Mission

Mission

Our Mission is to create an empowered and responsible community in a way that is accountable, participatory and transparent. * ? ? ? ?Vision * ? ? ? ?Through the promotion of self-esteem and pride within the community. * ? ? ? ?The attainment of socio-economic empowerment of women, children and the less fortunate. * ? ? ? ?By providing a platform that warrants dialogue and participation from our diverse society.

Cherry Jazz Festival

Cherry Jazz Festival

They are involved in number of tourism initiatives in the area and also play an important role in the Local municipality?s tourism sector plan. They saw a niche market in the Cherry festival event which is celebrated annually and are now the hosts of the Cherry Jazz Festival in Ficksburg. The Cherry Jazz is a one day event which starts in the late afternoon and?carries on until the early hours of the next morning and is always held at Ficksburg Show grounds on the November month. Cherry Jazz F...

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Brief history

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Setsoto FM was pioneered in 1996 by Mr. P. Selokoe and a group of men and women who felt the need for a community radio station.

The idea behind this innovation was to insure that the people of Ficksburg and surrounding areas have a well-functioning, 24 hour source of information, entertainment and education.

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Setsoto Fm Radio 93.7

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Radio falls under the Media sector, as it provides listeners with a variety of information; it is designed to use the Hearing sense from all the human senses, making it adapt the role of a "friend" to its listeners. Radio reaches everyone, from a person going to- or from work, to a lady washing clothes, or people doing all sorts of activities, they all find themselves laughing, smiling, sad, angry, proud, satisfied and hurt from what their "friend" is saying on the radio. Radio is the reason why a person alone in a car sometimes seems crazy when they laugh for what looks like no reason or, the start of a lengthy conversation between two complete strangers in a taxi, making them friends when they reach their destination.

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Market share - Our business segment

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Our business segment stretches from our town, to farms (estimated 70 000) and a wide portion of Lesotho totaling an estimated 120 000 listeners. We are the only radio station in our segment, leaving us as the only tool for mass communications.

We have varied target segments with different needs and wants; thus, we cater for all age groups, demographics, and social classes in the community, we do this with a carefully planned program and a diverse playlist. More planning will be put into our client presentations; we look to add more research on our prospective clients, thus, delivering a more detailed, tailored presentation. We look to have a database of current clients, in an effort to build better customer relations and satisfaction, we want to know our clients by name and make them feel that we do care about their products and services. We also plan to know more about potential clients before approaching them, giving us a much bigger chance of acquiring them.

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How can anyone ever love you for who you are if you become someone else to be with them??You can only see others as clearly as you see yourself. "Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden

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