Dan Corder Explained

Birth Date:10 November 1993[1]
Alma Mater:University of Cape Town
Years Active:2014–present
Father:Hugh Corder

Daniel Corder (born 10 November 1993) is a South African television, radio, and Internet personality. He currently presents The Dan Corder Show for eNCA. He previously worked for Good Hope FM (2015–2024) and 5FM (2021–2024). He also has a political commentary YouTube channel and podcast titled The Issue with Dan Corder.

Early life

Corder is the son of university academic Hugh Corder.[2] Corder attended Westerford High School.[3] He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English language and literature from the University of Cape Town.

Career

Corder began his radio career with UCT Radio in 2014 and 2015.[4] Corder won an MTN Award for his campus radio show Rise and Grind and contributed to the BBC World Service's coverage of Rhodes Must Fall.[5] With Erik Mulder and Declan Manca, Corder created a short documentary titled Luister interviewing black students about their experiences at Stellenbosch University.[6]

After graduating, Corder was hired by Good Hope FM to host The Weekend Breakfast Show. He co-hosted The Hype with Sherlin Barends in 2016[7] and started the Finding the Hype campaign, which offered local undiscovered artists a chance to receive radio play.[8] [9] The campaign was nominated for a 2016 Liberty Radio Award. Corder then had his own show Beats by Dan in 2017 and took over the weekday Good Hope FM Breakfast from Nigel Pierce in 2018,[10] where he would remain until the end of his tenure in March 2021. At age 24 in 2018, Corder was South Africa's youngest breakfast show host.[11]

In April 2021,[12] Corder joined 5FM in as a weekday breakfast host. He founded the company Good Sequences in 2023, through which he started the political commentary YouTube channel and podcast The Issue with Dan Corder. Clips from Corder's videos and streams also gained popularity on TikTok.[13]

Corder left 5FM in April 2024 to present the titular satirical late night show The Dan Corder Show on eNCA, his first major television project and the network's first programme of its kind in over a decade.[14] [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thank you to everyone for such wonderful messages of kindness, and especially my perfect @jessiezinn for surprising me with the deluge of love. Dan Corder. Twitter. 10 November 2023. 8 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Happy Birthday Professor Hugh Corder. Omny. Dan. Corder. 25 July 2022. 8 June 2024.
  3. Web site: For the common good: Old struggles in a new style. Mail & Guardian. Fatima Asmal Motala. 3 February 2012. 8 August 2024.
  4. Web site: A desire to create extraordinary, artful, thrilling radio. The Media Online. October 2018. 8 August 2024.
  5. Web site:
    1. BehindtheSelfie with... Dan Corder
    . Biz Community. Leigh. Andrews. 6 June 2018. 8 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Stellenbosch: 'Luister' could lead to change. Daily Maverick. Greg. Nicholson. 1 September 2015. 8 August 2024.
  7. Web site: New Good Hope FM line-up from May. Biz Community. 28 April 2016. 8 August 2024.
  8. Web site: A chat with Finding the Hype campaign co-founder, Dan Corder. Media Update. 1 June 2016. 8 August 2024.
  9. Web site: DAN CORDER – Country's youngest breakfast show host Cord(ially) sets tongues wagging. Ruan Scheepers. 8 August 2024.
  10. Web site: EXCLUSIVE: Good Hope FM's new breakfast host revealed. IOL. 23 March 2018. 8 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Youngest breakfast show host in South Africa is saving our country's beautiful heritage!. Good Things Guy. Brent. Lindeque. 22 September 2018. 8 August 2024.
  12. Web site: Dan Corder takes over 5FM breakfast - Here's how the rest of the line-up will change. News24. Nikita. Coetzee. 31 March 2021. 8 August 2024.
  13. Web site: SA TikTok Star Known As 'Mr Beanie' Asks Mmusi Maimane Tough Questions In Brand New Candid Interview [Video]]. 2 Oceans Vibe. Maya-Rose. Torrao. 8 June 2023. 8 August 2024.
  14. Web site: 5FM breakfast host Dan Corder resigns to pursue TV career. IOL. Oluthando. Keteyi. 2 May 2024. 8 June 2024.
  15. Web site: From radio to TV host: Dan Corder's bold vision to revitalise SA's late-night satirical talk shows. News24. Thinus. Ferreira. 6 May 2024. 8 June 2024.