
Breakfast with Martin Bester
Hosted by Martin Bester · Jacaranda FM
4.8from 10 ratings
- 808
- Episodes
- 39
- Transcribed
- 10
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 63M
- YouTube views
About Breakfast with Martin Bester
Martin Bester has been driving Mzansi to work and keeping us company, or in stitches, or in tears, every Monday to Friday from 06:00-09:00. The Breakfast family, or rather your morning family, takes an authentic approach to storytelling. Martin Bester's in-depth radio knowledge ensures that Breakfast with Martin Bester remains an annual award-winning show, but more importantly, he knows what his audience wants to hear. Martin Bester responds with beautifully crafted storytelling that genuinely builds anticipation and a community around that "What’s next?!" moment.
- Publisher
- Jacaranda FM
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 22 Aug 2023
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
39 of 808 episodes have a transcript.

14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
New WhatsApp feature could change the way we send messages

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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New WhatsApp feature could change the way we send messages
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Give me an example. So next week, Tuesday, you want to send a message to... I suppose a message to maybe your kids. Or to a group. To a group, yes. Because you can do it on your groups as well. Okay. Yeah, so it's group and individuals that you can send this message to. And so in two weeks' time, you know, there will be, I don't know, a birthday party or something happening in your street. Talking about birthdays, very handy for birthdays. Yeah. Because, man, the amount of times I remember the day after. Oh, I should have. So if you schedule the message to someone... No, that's very nice. You must just make sure that everything's okay. […]
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Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 62,910,462
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 8 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 81 / 100
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- Quality
- 89
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 90
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Martin Bester host the show. Published by Jacaranda FM.
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