Alan Khan (born 17 December1971) is a South African media and radio personality. His talk show Walk the Talk with Alan Khan on Lotus FM, won "Best News and Actuality Talk Show PBS" at the 2017 Liberty South African Radio Awards.[1] He was inducted into the South African Radio Hall of Fame in 2015.[2] In 2020, Khan was named as one of the "Top 5 Most Bankable Radio Broadcasters" in South Africa.[3] In 2023, Alan Khan was named as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Personalities of South Africa.[4]
Khan hosted the BRICS International Film Festival Awards in 2019, the African Renaissance Banquet from 2012 to 2019 and the 25th World Travel Awards in 2018.[6] Khan made a cameo appearance as a Festival MC, on the Netflix film Trippin' with the Kandasamys.[7][8]
Khan was born in Durban, South Africa. Before joining DUT, he was CEO of Jacaranda FM and Deputy Managing Director of East Coast Radio. He was also a presenter on Capital Radio 604 and on East Coast Radio in Durban, presented F1 Powerboat Series on DStv Super Sport and he also co-hosted am2day national breakfast TV on SABC.[9]