The Galactic centre has been a prominent target for radio telescopes for as long as radio astronomy has existed, it being the source of the mysterious “cosmic static” first detected by Karl Jansky almost 90 years ago. We know now the Galactic centre to be home to a 4 million Solar mass supermassive black hole (SMBH), significant quantities of molecular gas, and levels of star formation and cosmic ray energy densities that are approximately two orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding levels in the Galactic disk. At a distance of only 8.2 kpc (26,000 light years), this region offers astronomers a unique opportunity to study a diverse range of energetic astrophysical phenomena, from stellar objects in extreme environments, to the SMBH and star-formation driven feedback processes that are known to influence the evolution of galaxies as a whole. Modern interferometric radio imaging of the Galactic centre reveals a scene of striking complexity, unaffected by the large quantities of dust that obscure the view at other wavelengths. In this talk I will provide a radio tour of the Galactic centre region, from Jansky’s initial results to the present day. The centrepiece of the talk will be some initial results from a new public legacy survey made at 1.28 GHz with the South African MeerKAT radio telescope. This has provided a 4" resolution, 6.5 square-degree radio mosaic of the Galactic centre of unprecedented depth and quality.