Basic Bio
JP Naude was born in Stellenbosch went to school at Paul Roos Gymnasium and finished off at Fish Hoek Senior High. JP trained in the martial arts and acheived his black belt in Judo after which he went on to train in Kyokushin, a form of full contact Karate. He trained in Japan and became one of very few South Africans to achieve the black belt grade in Japan. JP is one of the few people that has achieved the rank of Black Belt in two disciplines.
JP ran a successfull martial arts studio in Cape Town and went on to work at Good Hope FM (SABC) as a sports presenter. During his time as a radio presenter JP moved to Prime Media to work for Cape Talk for two years and later returned to Good Hope FM's breakfast show. 2010 and 2011 saw JP presenting his sports and lifestyle show" The Power Hour" JP now hosts the highly rated Cape Rugby TV show on Cape Town TV.
After learning the various martial arts skills JP assisted with defensive and body manipulation skills to the Vodacom Stormers and WP Rugby. In the world of rugby JP worked with, Alan Solomons, Gert Smal, Karel du Plessis and Peter de Villiers. JP is currently the media spokesperson to the Western Province Rugby Football Union.
JP worked for the Treble Group to assisting with the strategic management of the Springbok Supporters Club, The Western Province Rugby supporters club and other international events.
During this time JP worked for Mr Tokyo Sexwale and succesfully managed the Bastille Festival as well as the launch of the Nelson Mandela statue at The Drakenstein prison where for president Nelson Mandel was released from.
JP is a shareholder in Evox Advanced Nutrition one of South Africa's leading sports nutrition companies. He is the CEO of Strategic Media Solutions and head of The SA Blog Awards
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If there is one chirp I've heard a thousand times its, " he's got a face for radio " .. probably right there.
So you've heard my voice a million times, most likely on Good Hope FM, on the breakfast show with Nigel Pierce or at Newlands when I'm blabbing on the mike before the WP or Stormers games. Well now you know.
My life in radio started years back with the legendary Mark Gillman ( R.I.P ( now in England )), that was a night show, then he moved to breakfast and I went with as the sports guy. And that was when his (Mark's) fame started.... Then there were a host of other DJ's and most recent, as I mentioned with Pierce.
I've always loved sport, Rugby Cricket and Judo at school, then Muay Thai then Karate for many years. I graded to black belt in Judo and after that went to train in Japan, Blah Blah Blah.... who cares.... the ego trap is to big to fall in.
Now I specialise in communication, that's what Strategic Media does, especially in new media communication. I'll tell you more about that later, but it’s basically online and mobile..... you gonna love this stuff, but it's essentially all about communication strategies.
How does that work now in the world of sport on radio, well its quite simple really, anyone can read the newspaper to get the results and other news, but you get very little or no experience there. Today the successful communicator turns his message into an experience. So, more important than the sport itself... the question you have to ask yourself every time you walk away from listening to me is, "what did I take away from that?". It's all about the content and the platform you're using to share that content.
More than giving you the sport or the event, I look for you to walk away with an experience, a memory and something you want to go out and tell your friends about.