Safm (one-time Radio South Africa) hosts regular programmes dealing with the arts.
Mondays: The Monday Play (14h00); Artsbrief (21h30) and Concert Pitch - a serious selection of music for the classically-minded (22h30);
Tuesdays: The Tuesday Play (21h00); The Single Reed - presented by Oliver de Groote (22h30); and M'Blues, M'Boogie, and M'Bqanga with Nigel Vermaas (23h10);
Wednesdays: The Music Makers, from Mozart to Makeba (21h00); Get Down - What's new on the SA Music Scene, with Michelle Constant (22h30); and Off the Beaten Track, Richard Heslop's choice of music (23h10);
Thursdays: An introduction to the Concert by Rodney Trudgeon, followed by Thursday Concert (19h30); SAfm Jazz Club with David Mills and Denzil Weale (22h30);
Fridays: Quote .. Unquote, the BBC quotation game (14h00): Rodney Trudgeon's Classical Hit Parade (14h45); Homebrew, local musos in the studio to chat about their music (22h30);
Saturdays: Homebrew - local musos in the studio to chat about their music (12h00); Artspeak - a lively look at the arts from opera houses to township theatre (13h10); Rhythm Child - Shemane Davids presents her mix of jazz and blues (20h30); Rafe Lavine totally live - and definitely not unplugged - rock jazz, ethnic and world music, including Afropop Worldwide (21h00);
Sundays: Concertos and Other Fine Fare with Michael Findlay (05h00); Songs of Praise - hymns and sacred songs, old and new, presented by Keith du Plessis (06h30); Sunday Concert, presented by Michael Findlay (14h00); The Classic Serial - Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (16h00); The Bookshelf (19h00); The Poet Speaks - a programme of poetics and poets (19h30); Short Story (20h00); Sounds Fresh - Simon Lomberg takes a look at new music (20h45); A programme on crossover choral music (22h30); The African Connection - Richard Nwamba reconnects musically with the rest of Africa (23h00); Bedtime Baroque, compiled by Martin Hesse (24h00).
LIFESTYLES
From Mondays to Thursdays at 13h30 you can hear Lifestyles, which deals with movies and television programmes in production around South Africa presented by Omar Essack and produced by Dianne Barnard.
Paddy O'Byrne and Vuyo Mbuli swap music and anecdotes from Mondays to Fridays at 15h30 in The P & V Show. Every morning at 06h30 Paddy O'Byrne presents your personal favourites, on request in Classical Choice.