The Sunday Mail
Leisure Reporter
“Coke on the Beat” followers must be grappling with the adage, “All good things come to an end.”
Why? Popular television presenter and radio personality Napoleon Nyanhi aka Napster could be ending his two-year romance with viewers of one of the most popular music programmes on local television.
Napster is moving on to take up new and more challenging task that has been bestowed upon him.
The charismatic personality recently joined Zimpapers’ new commercial radio station, Capitalk 100.4 FM, as the station manager.
Before this latest appointment, Napster was station manager at another fast rising commercial radio station, Star FM. The rise into the executive realm has left him with little or no time to be in front of the screens though he says “he still wished he could”.
Comforting news though is that Napster is not completely disengaging from the programme.
“This is my last, my ultimate show, but music has always been the mainstay of ‘Coke on the Beat’ and we will make sure that the beats will always deliver. I will still be available on the programme, but you won’t be seeing my face regularly as you used to,” said Napster in what could be his last episode on the show.
Napster might work behind the scenes on the same programme.
The development will certainly help guarantee continuity as the multi-talented personality will help groom his successor while continuing to bring ideas to further sharpen and increase the allure of the music programme.
Coca-Cola market activations manager Vee Chibanda said they were happy about Napster’s rise.
“We are happy to see Napster grow to an executive role at Capitalk 100.4 FM radio and Coca-Cola wishes him well. He was an asset as a presenter and will be equally valuable as a behind the scenes person for the programme,” said Chibanda.
Napster — whose well-crafted presentation style coupled with “in-touch” jokes always left viewers clamouring for more — said he was grateful for the time he spent on “Coke on the Beat”.
“I have been on ‘Coke on the Beat’ for close to two years and I will forever cherish every moment. This is a lifetime opportunity that many will never have and I would like to thank Coca-Cola and everyone behind the scenes. The fans were amazing and I would like to thank them for their support as they kept glued on one of Zimbabwe’s most popular musical shows,” he said.
Napster joined “Coke on the Beat” in 2014 when the programme re-launched on ZBC-TV. He often co-presented the show with his Star FM counterpart Kudzai Violet Gwara, aka KVG.
Born in February 1984, Napster rose to fame as a Star FM radio presenter, hosting programmes such as the “Break Fast Club” and “Gospel Greats”.
