Editing SABC (section)

===Early years===
Radio broadcasting in [[Union of South Africa|South Africa]] began in 1923, under the auspices of [[South African Railways]], before three radio services were licensed: the Association of Scientific and Technical Societies (AS&TS) in [[Johannesburg]], the Cape Peninsular Publicity Association in [[Cape Town]] and the Durban Corporation, which began broadcasting in 1924.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sJh4ziYPoksC&dq=%22African+Broadcasting+Company%22+formed+in+1927%2C&pg=PA114 ''Culture and Customs of South Africa''], Funso S. Afọlayan, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, pages 114–115</ref>

These merged into the African Broadcasting Company in 1927, owned by [[I.W. Schlesinger]], a wealthy businessman, but on 1 August 1936, they were sold to the SABC, established that year through an Act of [[Parliament of South Africa|Parliament]].<ref name="duplessis">[https://books.google.com/books?id=dU2Yz3u9lMoC&pg=PA89 ''Introduction to Public Relations and Advertising''], D F du Plessis,
Juta and Company Ltd, 2000 p. 89</ref> The SABC took over the African Broadcasting Company's staff and assets. It maintained a state monopoly on radio until the launch in December 1979 of Capital Radio 604, then [[Radio 702]] in 1980.<ref name="louw">[https://books.google.com/books?id=r8poAAAAIAAJ ''South African media policy: debates of the 1990s''], P. Eric Louw, Anthroppos, 1993, p. 99</ref> Although the subscription-funded television service [[M-Net]] launched in 1986, the SABC had a monopoly on free-to-air television until the launch of [[e.tv]] in 1998.

During [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] rule from 1948, it came under increasing accusations of being biased towards the ruling party. At one time most of its senior management were members of the [[Broederbond]], the [[Afrikaner]] [[secret society]] and later from institutions like [[Stellenbosch University]].

The SABC was a radio service until the introduction of television in 1976. There were three main SABC radio stations: the [[SAfm|English Service]] (later known as Radio South Africa), the [[Radio Sonder Grense|Afrikaans Service]] (later known as Radio Suid-Afrika and Afrikaans Stereo) and the commercial station, [[Springbok Radio]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0lQOAQAAMAAJ ''Africa Institute Bulletin'', Volume 11], 1973, p. 155</ref>

Programmes on the [[South African English|English]] and [[Afrikaans]] services mainly consisted of news; plays such as ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'', ''Story of an African Farm'', and ''The Summons'', written and produced in [[South Africa]]; serious talk shows; BBC radio shows; children's programmes, such as ''Sound Box''; and light music featuring [[South Africa]]n orchestras, arrangers, musicians and singers. Accomplished musicians such as pianist and composer [[Charles Segal (pianist)|Charles Segal]] featured on all three stations regularly in shows like ''Piano Playtime''. Accordionist [[Nico Carstens]] was a regular on the Afrikaans programmes.<ref name="charlessegal">{{cite web|url=http://www.charlessegal.com/discography.html|website=charlessegal.com|title=Charles Segal Music – Discography |access-date=18 May 2018}}</ref>