Ebrahim Inglis, fondly known as EB Inglis, of Kuils River, has taken to the airwaves on a popular Cape Town radio station.
Listeners can tune into Kfm 94.5 from noon to 3pm for his afternoon show and from 7am to noon on Saturday for his breakfast show.
Inglis hosted his first show at Kfm on Monday with a warm welcome from his new colleagues and Orient Cape Minstrels Band.
He will work alongside daytime host Tracey Lange.
The 36-year-old celebrates 13 years behind the microphone since he started at Good Hope FM in 2007.
“I started out doing news and sport until I felt that I wanted to take that next step and host my own show,” says Inglis.
He decided he wanted to be radio presenter after watching the 1990 comedy drama Pump Up The Volume, starring Christian Slater, as a teenager.
“The movie made me realise that radio can create so many positive changes in people. It’s all about the music you play and the topics you choose which people like and makes them like you.”
Inglis says the art of being a radio host is “being able to have that one-on-one connection,” even though there are millions of listeners.
The father of two grew up in Belhar and moved to Gersham, Kuils River where he settled with “the love of his life.”
It was at The Settlers High School in Bellville where he connected with creative side.
“Being the shy guy, I became part of a musical at school, and I realised that I liked it. I enjoyed entertaining people and that is part of radio too.”
Later, he studied computer science but realised it wasn’t for him.
In 2003, he studied sound engineering at the College of Audio Engineering in Durbanville from where he moved onto an internship at Fine Music Radio.
Between 2007 to 2015, he worked at Good Hope FM and then joined Magic 828 Music Radio in 2016 as a presenter.
He then took a break from radio until he got the call from Kfm.
He says being a radio host allows to just be himself.
“I remember that I stumbled over my words the first time I got behind the microphone, but my mentors allowed me to be natural and go with the flow.”
While sitting at a restaurant with family and friends, he gets called out by a random person.
Does he like it? “I enjoy the fame sometimes, yes, but what’s important is that I have made a good impression and impact on at least one of my listeners.”
Working at Kfm was on his list of goals many years ago, he says.
“I am still pinching myself to see if this is a dream or am I living in the real world. But while I am there I will make the most of it and adhere to my aim of making positive changes in people.”