About Breakfast Xpress

Morning Breakfast Show - "We love it in the morning"

Show Schedule

Show Contributors

O Neil Nair

Shaastra Nagesar

Althaf Suleman

Yashika Ramautar

Show Details

The Breakfast Express is the award-winning primetime drive show on Lotus FM. It’s fast-paced, punchy, entertaining and just what you need to get your morning on track. The show’s tag line is, ‘We love it in the morning’ which propels the fun, interactive and compelling, community-focused content. The Express team navigates through your weekday mornings from 07h00 to 10h00.  

 

The Breakfast Express accolades include top honours at the 2019 Liberty Radio Awards:

Winner: Best Breakfast Show Presenter on PBS radio

Winner: Best Documentary on Radio for 1860: Remembering our Forefathers

Nominated: Best Breakfast Show

Nominated: Best Content Producer

 

SHOW CONTRIBUTORS:

Promising relevant, compelling and captivating radio, the show is hosted by the suave O’Neil Nair – Multi-talented radio and television presenter and winner of the Best Breakfast Show Presenter on PBS radio at the 2019 Liberty Radio.

He is accompanied by Co-Host:  The effervescent Shaastra Nagesar - a familiar, bubbly voice on-air since 2012.

The show’s producer is award winning media specialist/Radio Content Producer : Yashika Ramautar 

Sports Presenter: The quirky Althaf Suleman updates listeners on the latest in the world of sport.– who also has over 18 years of radio experience.

 

The prime-time show is designed to deliver relevant content to our target market, which has been well achieved with increased RAMS and audience participation.

Fun, entertaining and insightful show promos create appointment listening which drives audience participation online and on-air, which is evident from the consistent influx of calls received live on the show.

The show is designed to focus on the topics that have a direct appeal to the target audience. Whilst ensuring that there is responsible, accountable and credible content on-air, the Breakfast Express has developed a solid reputation for quality content that empowers the audience to change their lives for good.

In 2018, the Breakfast Express team spent their 67 minutes (actually 3 hours) at the Ekujabuleni Children’s Home in Pietermaritzburg, where they opened their hearts and wallets to bring each child a gift bag of food, toiletries, and goodies (a total of 46 gift bags were made by the team).

The Breakfast Express' care and reach are not limited to just South Africa – when they heard about the devastating floods in Kerala, India, they made an appeal to the listeners to help through a non-profit organization, raising much-needed funds for the destitute, which was kicked off with donations of their own.

LISTENER COMMENTS:

Vicky Pillay of Cape Town, “Wow wowwow! Heartiest congrats O’Neil on being the recipient of  this prestigious award which you truly deserve. You have the perfect synergy for a RJ.

Brilliance...satin smooth voice. Intelligent content. Subtle Humor...amidst others. And most of all respect for your audience. Super proud of you and your achievements.”

Charmaine Ramgobin, “Hi O'Neal and the Breakfast team, well done guys. You guys start my day with so much joy and laughter. 
Also I learn a lot from you'll. Thanks for being part of my life.”

Vas Pillay, “Well done team breakfast. Thank u for an informative, fun n inspiring show...listening to you every morning awakens the body. Mind n soul. Congrats. Thanks.”

Sheila Devchand, “Hi, Breakfast team you guys are awesome. Well done. Keep up the good work. When you have love and passion it definitely shines through. Thanks. Love the team.”

Ayla of Gauteng, “Good morning Breakfast Express Team. You make us proud, Shaastra and O’Neil, especially with the talk of the Indian Settlers. Great Inspiration to us all. Proud to be an Indian South African.”