CFL 40th Birthday

Communications Fiji Limited, the parent company of LegendFM, FM96, VITIFM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary this week and they have a couple of events lined up which will culminate in a free concert this Saturday at Albert Park.

CFL General Manager, Charles Taylor says things kick off on Thursday with an AI workshop with selected clients in the day and a cocktail at night, on Friday there is a staff workshop and a CFL Alumni cocktail at night for everybody that has been involved with CFL which will also include the current team members.

Taylor says the big one for our listeners and online users will be on Saturday with the free concert at Albert Park featuring artists like Seru Serevi, Laisa Vulakoro, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Big Wilz, Steve Macomber, Kuki, Georgina Ledua, Rosi Loa, Tom Mawi, Vegas 6, Marama, The Gang, as well as entertainment from the VOU Dance Company and the Bollywood Dhamaka Show from the Navtarang and Radio Sargam team.

King of Vude Seru Serevi says his association with CFL goes back to Stewart St when FM96 first opened

Vude Queen, Laisa Vulakoro says Communications Fiji Limited, the parent company of FM96, LegendFM, VITIFM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage, has always been there for artists like her from the 1980s to now.

While speaking during the launch of CFL’s Gratitude Concert, Vulakoro calls on people to come and party at Albert Park to celebrate CFL 40th anniversary this Saturday.

Vulakoro says she is excited and looking forward to taking the stage this Saturday.

Vude icon, Georgina Ledua says her most vivid memory of CFL was being approached to do a jingle for Fiji Showcase in 1986.

Resonance Entertainment Director and artist Apakuki (KUKI) Nalawa says he is blessed to be among legends of the Fiji music industry and that is thanks to CFL.

CFL made history when it first went on air on 5th July 1985, becoming one of the first privately owned broadcasters in the region.

Since then, CFL has grown into a powerhouse of trusted media brands, cherished by listeners, online followers, clients, and communities across Fiji and PNG.

Now, it’s time to celebrate our journey—and yours!

Starting tomorrow, 3rd July, we kick off a three-day celebration with a series of exciting events leading up to our grand finale concert on Saturday, 5th July at Albert Park.

There will be a client seminar from 9am–1pm tomorrow at Metro Events Centre with Steve and Catherine Toms plus our long-time consultant Eriks Celmins to educate clients on the latest digital media and AI based marketing trends.

This will be followed by a cocktail from 6pm to 9pm at the home of CFL at 231 Waimanu Rd — an evening of networking and celebration with our valued advertising clients.

On Friday selected staff will have a seminar with their overseas consultants followed by a heartfelt evening dedicated to former CFL team members who helped shape our legacy from 6pm to 10pm.

The free concert on Saturday will be from 4pm to 11pm with artists like Seru Serevi, Laisa Vulakoro, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Big Wilz, Steve Macomber, Kuki, Georgina Ledua, Ciwa Music artists Kaliti, Ratu, Asinate and Oni, Rosi Loa, Tom Mawi, Vegas 6, Marama, The Gang, Nicky and Ouvacast and Billy T as well as entertainment from the VOU Dance Company and the Bollywood Dhamaka Show from the Navtarang and Radio Sargam team.

The fun starts from 12pm Saturday at Albert Park as there will also be food stalls and a bouncy castle for everyone coming for the event.

The Communications Fiji Limited Gratitude Concert at Albert Park to thank our listeners and followers of FM96, LegendFM, VITIFM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage will also be livestreamed for people around Fiji and the world from 4pm to 11pm this Saturday.

For those who will be at Albert Park, the program starts from 12pm with food stalls and a bouncy castle already set up.

Everyone is invited for this free concert as we thank our listeners and followers during our 40th anniversary celebrations.

People can also watch the concert live from 4pm to 11pm this Saturday on our website, fijivillage and facebook pages, fijivillage and Communications Fiji Limited.

Starting today, we kick off a three-day celebration with a series of exciting events leading up to our grand finale concert on Saturday.

There will be a client seminar from 9am–1pm today at Metro Events Centre with Steve and Catherine Toms plus our long-time consultant Eriks Celmins to educate clients on the latest digital media and AI based marketing trends.

This will be followed by a cocktail from 6pm to 10pm tonight at the home of CFL at 231 Waimanu Rd — an evening of networking and celebration with our valued advertising clients.

Tomorrow selected staff will have a seminar with our overseas consultants followed by a heartfelt evening dedicated to former CFL team members who helped shape our legacy from 6pm to 10pm tomorrow. The free concert on Saturday will be from 4pm to 11pm with artists like Seru Serevi, Laisa Vulakoro, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Big Wilz, Steve Macomber, Kuki, Georgina Ledua, Rosi Loa, Tom Mawi, Vegas 6, Marama, The Gang, Nicky and Ouvacast ft. Billy T, Ciwa Music – Ratu, Kaliti, Asinate and Oni as well as entertainment from the VOU Dance Company and the Bollywood Dhamaka Show from the Navtarang and Radio Sargam team and Ronald Jai.

The fun starts from 12pm Saturday at Albert Park as there will also be food stalls and a bouncy castle for everyone coming for the event.

When making advertising decisions, support local media first.

Communications Fiji Limited Chairman, William Parkinson highlighted this while while opening the Build, Buzz and Big Impact - Marketing AI Workshop with Steve and Catherine Toms to educate CFL’s clients on the latest digital media and AI based marketing trends.

This client AI workshop is the first of many things planned over the next three days for CFL’s 40th anniversary celebrations.

CFL is the parent company of LegendFM, FM96, VITIFM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage.

Parkinson told the advertisers today that he understands that Google AdSense will offer opportunities and various other things, but stressed to the clients to support their local media first, particularly those that are actively operating in the digital space.

He says many of the organisations have been with CFL right from the beginning on July 5th 1985, but as part of the 40th celebration, while parties is one thing, CFL wants to give the clients something solid that they can take away and use to build their own organisations, hopefully in partnership with CFL.

The CFL Chair says people may notice that CFL as an organisation is very different from what it was even 10 years ago, and we have been active in this transition into this digital space.

He says it is a challenging transition for most traditional media organisations, like newspaper, radio, and TV.

He says that is in our DNA, and number two, transitioning to a digital platform, we can do it quite easily as it allows us to add the pictures to the story as well.

The Chair adds being able to transition to digital platforms is something which comes quite naturally for us which started with the launch of fijivillage in 1997.

He says our digital story goes back quite a way and in more recent times, we have added social media to that and are now the number one social media influencer platform in the country by quite a large stretch.

The clients workshop will be followed by a clients cocktail tonight from 6pm to 10pm at the home of CFL at 231 Waimanu Rd.

Tomorrow selected staff will have a seminar with our overseas consultants followed by a heartfelt evening dedicated to former CFL team members who helped shape our legacy from 6pm to 10pm.

The CFL Gratitude Concert on Saturday will be from 4pm to 11pm with artists like Seru Serevi, Laisa Vulakoro, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Big Wilz, Steve Macomber, Kuki, Georgina Ledua, Rosi Loa, Tom Mawi, Vegas 6, Marama, The Gang, Nicky and Ouvacast ft. Billy T, Ciwa Music – Ratu, Kaliti, Asinate and Oni as well as entertainment from the VOU Dance Company and the Bollywood Dhamaka Show from the Navtarang and Radio Sargam team and Ronald Jai.

It was glitz and glamour at Communications Fiji Limited's client cocktail hosted at our home at 231 Waimanu Road, Suva as clients and partners came together to celebrate CFL's 40th anniversary.

CFL General Manager, Charles Taylor says last night is not about just reflecting on the past, it is also an opportunity to thank our loyal clients and partners.

Taylor told those gathered that many of them have been with CFL for almost 40 years.

CFL Chairman, the man who started it all 40 years ago, William Parkinson says it is quite murky when many media organizations look into the future.

Parkinson says there is so much going on around us, so many challenges coming our way, and we have had to really think carefully about how do we tackle that.

He says we were very early on the digital front as fijivillage was launched in 1997.

Parkinson says we have continued to build that brand so now it is the number one news website in the country.

He says we also have our partners from the Fiji media, adding we all face considerable challenges in terms of the future, and what worries him in this digital world of social media is how does a democracy function in this environment of differing opinions, information that is just made up, that can drive policy and other things based on just people's opinion rather than anything based on solid hard facts.

Parkinson says he believes that both here and in other countries across the world, in the western countries in particular, we will see a move back to those traditional trusted information providers.

He says that's a key thing if we are going to function as a democracy.

The CFL Chairman reminded the clients that when they are thinking about the investments they are making in terms of marketing, to support their local media first, and then think about sending money to Google and to whoever else like facebook.

He says if we are going to operate and function as a nation, we need local media to survive.

Parkinson says we need local trusted sources of information and he thinks that is absolutely critical.

Today selected staff will have a seminar with our overseas consultants followed by a heartfelt evening dedicated to former CFL team members who helped shape our legacy from 6pm to 10pm.

The CFL Gratitude Concert tomorrow will be from 4pm to 11pm with artists like Seru Serevi, Laisa Vulakoro, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Big Wilz, Steve Macomber, Kuki, Georgina Ledua, Rosi Loa, Tom Mawi, Vegas 6, Marama, The Gang, Nicky and Ouvacast ft. Billy T, Ciwa Music – Ratu, Kaliti, Asinate and Oni as well as entertainment from the VOU Dance Company and the Bollywood Dhamaka Show from the Navtarang and Radio Sargam team and Ronald Jai.

Vude icon, Georgina Ledua says Communications Fiji Limited has always been her backbone throughout her musical journey.

Ledua stated this in an interview with fijivillage News leading up to the CFL Gratitude Concert tonight at Albert Park which is part of CFL’s 40th anniversary celebrations.

CFL is the parent company of LegendFM, FM96, VITIFM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage.

She says whenever she releases new music, has a concert or a fundraising, CFL has always been there for her.

Ledua says ‘Vunitavola’ was her first song to play on FM96.

She says she will be playing fan favourites, country music, and also some jazz and blues numbers tonight.

As part of CFL’s 40th anniversary celebrations, we have a heartfelt evening at the home of CFL dedicated to former CFL team members who helped shape our legacy from 6pm to 10pm tonight.

The CFL Gratitude Concert will be from 4pm to 11pm at Albert Park with artists like Seru Serevi, Laisa Vulakoro, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Big Wilz, Steve Macomber, Kuki, Rosi Loa, Tom Mawi, Vegas 6, Marama, The Gang, Nicky and Ouvacast ft. Billy T, Ciwa Music – Ratu, Kaliti, Asinate and Oni as well as entertainment from the VOU Dance Company and the Bollywood Dhamaka Show from the Navtarang and Radio Sargam team and Ronald Jai.

The fun starts with the food stalls and a bouncy castle from 12pm tonight.

The CFL Gratitude Concert will also be livestreamed from 4pm tonight on our website, fijivillage and on our facebook pages, fijivillage and Communications Fiji Limited.

It was a night of glamour and great vibes as former and current staff of Communications Fiji Limited celebrated the 40th anniversary of the company.

What started as a dream in 1985 has now grown to be one of the most recognised platforms in the media industry in the region.

CFL is the parent company of LegendFM, FM96, VITIFM, Navtarang, Radio Sargam and fijivillage.

CFL Board chairman William Parkinson acknowledged the contributions of former and current staff in building the company to what it is today.

He says CFL is where a lot of people came for their first job and its great meeting people from different eras who contributed much to the organisation.

Parkinson stressed that people has always been the focus of the company and cultivating new talents.

He says former staff from New Zealand, Australia, America and others have turned up to celebrate this milestone achievement.

He adds it is critical for traditional media to step up as there is a lot of misinformation or fake news around.

The Chairman says traditional sources of media need to have a solid base of information because if they do not have that, then the citizens can't rely on them.

He adds this is absolutely vital for a good democracy.

CFL Manager Charles Taylor says last night was an opportunity to thank the CFL alumni, who have helped build the company.

He acknowledged the staff for putting together a wonderful few weeks of celebrations from Fiji Showcase 2025 to the three days of special events this week.

The CFL Gratitude Concert will be from 4pm to 11pm tonight at Albert Park with artists like Seru Serevi, Laisa Vulakoro, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Big Wilz, Steve Macomber, Kuki, Rosi Loa, Tom Mawi, Vegas 6, Marama, The Gang, Nicky and Ouvacast ft. Billy T, Ciwa Music – Ratu, Kaliti, Asinate and Oni as well as entertainment from the VOU Dance Company and the Bollywood Dhamaka Show from the Navtarang and Radio Sargam team and Ronald Jai.
The fun starts with the food stalls and a bouncy castle from 12pm today.

The CFL Gratitude Concert will also be livestreamed from 4pm today on our website, fijivillage and on our facebook pages, fijivillage and Communications Fiji Limited.

As Communications Fiji Limited ended their 40th birthday celebration with a Gratitude Concert at Albert Park last night, Founder and Chairman William Parkinson has assured people that they will continue to innovate and provide their listeners and followers with great content on air and online.

Speaking to fijivillage News, Parkinson says he thinks the people know what's coming, as the company has had a long history of moving with the times.

He says it is really about saying what are the kind of services that CFL can provide the listeners with in terms of entertainment and information.

Parkinson says their listeners and users online come first as far as they are concerned and they are the first priority for CFL in all situations.

Parkinson says CFL has operated in Fiji and Papua New Guinea, and for a period in the Solomon Islands, so there's much that they have had to deal with, whether it is natural phenomenon and disasters, earthquakes, tidal waves, and cyclones here in Fiji.

He says the ups and downs of the different countries and as they have started to find their way as democracies in this world, and that's had its challenges as well.

Parkinson says he personally experienced all the coups and CFL has been through all of that.

He acknowledged the team at CFL for a job well done in setting up for the 3-day event which started off on Thursday.

He says they have had a very tough couple of weeks because as they have just come off Fiji Showcase, which is a big job in itself, and gone straight into this 40th anniversary.

He adds that the team are very tired but they still put in a tremendous effort in putting all this together and it is great to finish off at the park with all their listeners and followers.

Meanwhile, CFL's 40th birthday celebration ended on a high note as people turned up in numbers at Albert Park to end the 3-day celebration that started off on Thursday.

The night kicked off with entertainment from the VOU Dance Company that set the tone and hyped the crowd up, before the Bollywood Dhamaka team made up of Navatarang, and Radio Sargam personalities followed up with a dance performance.

Top artists from around the country were also present and delivered amazing performances.

Artists like Rosiloa, Senibuasala, Tom Mawi featuring Sami and Annie Mawi, Big Wilz, Steve McComber, Billy T featuring Nicky and Ouvacast, Saimoni Vuatalevu, Georgina Ledua, Seru Serevi, Vegas 6, Marama, Kuki, Ciwa Music featuring Kaliti, Ratu, Asinate and Oni, The Gang, and Laisa Vulakoro performed on stage last night.