The Springbok Radio Documentary Collection

The Springbok Radio Documentary Collection

On 1 May 1950, the first commercial radio station in South Africa, Springbok Radio took to the airwaves broadcasting in both English and Afrikaans. This followed almost 5 years of intense investigation by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and after consultations with both Lord Reith of the BBC and the South African Government it was decided to introduce commercial radio in South Africa to supplement the SABC's existing public service English and Afrikaans networks. Just imagine the BBC in Johannesburg. This page will contain many restored episodes of the popular Springbok Radio series "Call Back The Past", hosted by Percy Sieff. The series started on Springbok Radio in 1968 and continued until 1982, for a total of 708 episodes. Every Tuesday evening, Percy Sieff would take the listeners on a historical tour of the 19th & 20th Centuries' using rare historical recordings, both in voices and music. All updates free, as with all our Collections. Since Springbok has now come back to life with their old shows we expect there will be a few more "found" episodes in the coming months.


F:\Springbok Radio Documentaries Collection =========================================== Call Back The Past - 1904 Call Back The Past - 1916 Call Back The Past - 1923 Call Back The Past - 1929 BC Call Back The Past - 1933 Call Back The Past - SA - 1879 Call Back The Past - SA - 1900 Call Back The Past - SA - 1903 Call Back The Past - SA - 1907 Call Back The Past - SA - 1909 Call Back The Past - SA - 1910 Version 2 Call Back The Past - SA - 1910 Call Back The Past - SA - 1912 Call Back The Past - SA - 1917 Call Back The Past - SA - 1919 Call Back The Past - SA - 1920 Call Back The Past - SA - 1925 Call Back The Past - SA - 1926 Call Back The Past - SA - 1931 Call Back The Past - SA - 1934 Call Back The Past - SA - 1935 Version 2 Call Back The Past - SA - 1936 Call Back The Past - SA - 1937 Call Back The Past - SA - 1942 Call Back The Past - SA - 1943 Call Back The Past - SA - 1944 Call Back The Past - SA - 1947 Version 2 Call Back The Past - SA - 1947 Call Back The Past - SA - 1949 Call Back The Past - SA - 1952 Call Back The Past - SA - 1954 Call Back The Past - SA - 1955 Call Back The Past - SA - 1956 Version 2 Call Back The Past - SA - 1956 Call Back The Past - SA - 1957 Call Back The Past - SA - 1959 Call Back The Past - SA - 1963 Call Back The Past - SA - 1964 Version 2 Call Back The Past - SA - 1964 Call Back The Past - SA - 1966 Call Back The Past - SA - 1969 Call Back The Past - SA - 1972 Call Back The Past - SA - 1975 Return to the North ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Total 0 folder(s); 43 file(s) Total files size: 154 MB; 153965 KB; 157659674 Bytes ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^