Alan Khan

Alan Khan

Alan Khan is a media personality in South Africa. Alan is the Chief Executive Officer of Jacaranda 94.2 and Jacaranda RMFM. Jacaranda is South Africa's biggest independent (non- government controlled) radio station.

He was Deputy MD of East Coast Radio, [http://www.ecr.co.za] in Durban, and also presented the weekday morning show called the BIG Breakfast with former beauty queen and TV drama star Sorisha Naidoo. Khan started his career at TNT Radio back in 1990. In 1993, he joined Capital Radio 604 where he worked until the station's last day of broadcast, which was on November 29, 1996. Alan co-hosted the last show on Capital Radio with colleague Kenny Maistry. Alan decided to branch out into television, where he covered powerboating on Super Sport in the 90's and then co-hosted am2day, the daily morning national TV show on SABC2.

He was also on stage acting as MC during the official Millennium Party in Durban [http://www.durban.gov.za] , and has interviewed several prominent personalities, including Nelson Mandela, Alex Ferguson, Steffi Graf, Janet Jackson, Cliff Richard, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Sepp Blatter, Sachin Tendulkar and Stevie Wonder amongst others. He loves sport and supports Everton FC [http://www.evertonfc.com] in the English Premier Soccer League.

Alan has been invited to stand as a member of the global media selection panel that nominates candidates for the annual Laureus World Sports Awards.

He was also the inaugural President of the Convocation for the newly merged Durban University of Technology and a member of the University Council. Khan was in that position until 2005. In October 2006, the Durban University of Technology named Alan as the recipient of the 2006 Silver Tusk Award, the annual honour given to one member of the Alumni in recognition for Outstanding Achievement. In 1994, he completed his studies in Journalism at the DUT where he majored in Broadcasting and Political Science. Alan also went on to successfully complete his MDP at the Graduate School of Business at UKZN and also achieved an EDP at Georgetown University in Washington DC in July 2004, in conjunction with the National Association of Broadcasters [http://www.nab.org] .

In November 2006, Khan was appointed CEO of South Africa's biggest indepedent commercial radio station, Jacaranda 94.2' [http://www.jacarandafm.com] - which is based in the economic hub of Gauteng province in South Africa. Jacaranda is also owned by the listed black empowerment media giant Kagiso Media, the same company that owns East Coast Radio and that has stakes in other stations in Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Johannesburg.

Alan is also a Board member for the South African NGO, Women & Men Against Child Abuse {http://www.wmaca.org] .

He is currently married to sociologist and gender advocate Dr Mariam Seedat. The couple met in 1996 after he interviewed her on his radio show on Capital Radio 604. The couple have two young sons.


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