RADIO FREE TANKWA/en-gb
Radio Free Tankwa is AfrikaBurn's community radio station and broadcasts daily during AfrikaBurn the event. When you're in Tankwa Town, it's the best place to find out the latest burn schedule, discover which theme camp is hosting a drinks party and what the Tankwa Town rush hour traffic is like. Don't forget to bring an old radio to AfrikaBurn so you can tune in
Anyone can host a show on Radio Free Tankwa or help out. Pop into the radio caravan by off-centre camp and find out how to sign up and be a DJ on the most faulty radio station in the Karoo.
During the year, Radio Free Tankwa broadcasts 24/7 and hosts daily live shows from our burner community that are often rebroadcast on Shouting Fire, the global burner radio network. We play old interviews, a wide range of eclectic, esoteric and downright weird content - basically, a reflection of the content you'd expect to hear at AfrikaBurn itself.
You can listen to Radio Free Tankwa now by clicking here.
History
One of the first radio stations in Tankwa Town was Radio ARR, which began life as a theme camp created by the Camp Chaos crew. This led to multiple formal and informal complaints about the quality of music and content on the Binnekring airwaves. Soon after, Radio ARR working together with the AfrikaBurn communications lead Travis Lyle collaborated and grew the project into Radio Free Tankwa, quickly becoming an important information and safety resource for AfrikaBurn participants on site in Tankwa Town.
As with everything else AfrikaBurn, Radio Free Tankwa is run entirely by a fantastic team of volunteers:
Notable DJ's and shows through the years:
The Sheriff
Billy Bueno & Dank Hank
Maurice and his sad songs
Sheik Money
Sunshine
Red Al
Jade Adami
The Dungeon Master
The Cult of the Golden Calf
Jews for Techno
Loic 2D
Poeslekker Meow Meow
The current RFT crew
Hedmekanik
The Brain
Shower Q guy
General Feelgood
Corporal Blitz
Patrick Scott
Princess
The Sheriff
Hippy Trap
Bobzilla (of Shouting Fire fame)
Founding Radio Free Tankwa members
Travis Lyle (DJ Hedmekanik)
Mark Mostert
Wayne
Bishop Loon
Patrick Scott
Thomas Birch
Brian Palmer
International Radio Free Tankwa DJ's
Ciaran Norris (Mix Life Crisis)
Robot Bennett