Radio & Audio News South Africa

Metro FM gets a life with new website

Urban music station Metro FM has launched a new lifestyle website: www.metrofm.co.za, promising to bring its listeners an urban-chic online experience that connects, informs and entertains.

Metro FM is the largest English-speaking black urban radio station in the country, with over five million listeners. The new website takes its listeners into the contemporary online environment and offers them the opportunity to join a vibrant online social network, the station says in its press release.

The site includes Music News - what the international and local music hotshots are up to – news, gigs, reviews and more. ifestyle Info will keep listeners in the mix about all the most happening gigs, reviews of the latest gadgets, CDs, movies and other cool stuff.

And it's not just about getting sussed with the latest info and breaking music news; www.metrofm.co.za also has a range of sexy new interactive features, including:

  • Blogging – listeners chance to speak to the nation by publishing your own stories.
  • Comment Space – where listeners get to post comments on stories published on the website or heard on-air.
  • Listen Live – just click on the icon and instantly tune in to Metro FM – live from anywhere in the world.

    Site visitors can also download cool stuff such as wallpapers and video clips; contact their favourite DJs; and enter great competitions that will put them in line to win awesome prizes and hot freebies exclusively online.

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