Community radio stations

Free State community radio

Qwa Qwa Radio - The station broadcasts from Phuthatijhaba, targeting listeners aged 16 to 39, with the programming reflecting southern Sotho culture and made up of 60% talk and 40% music.

• Frequency: 100.3 FM
• Broadcast area: Phuthatijaba, Kestell, Clarence, Bergville and Harrismith and Bethlehem
• Audience (past seven days): 154 000
• Language: English and Sotho

Mosupatsela FM - The station broadcasts from the Botshabelo township outside Bloemfontein, targeting black listeners aged 16 to 39 and with a programming mix of 60% talk and 40% music.

• Frequency: 107.4 FM
• Broadcast area: Botshabelo, Bloemfontein, Thaba-Nchu, Ladybrand, Winburg and Virginia
• Audience (past seven days): 120 000
• Language: English, Sotho, Setswana and Xhosa

Overvaal Stereo- Overvaal broadcasts from Viljoenskroon, targeting listeners in Afrikaans-speaking farming

communities aged 25 to 49, with programming a mix of 60% music and 40% talk.

music (60%) and talk (40%).

• Frequency: 96.1 FM
• Broadcast area: Viljoenskroon, Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp, Odendaalrus, Welkom, Kroonstad, Virginia, Parys, Vanderbijlpark and Sasolburg
• Audience (past seven days): 54 000
• Language: Afrikaans

Radio Panorama- Radio Panorama broadcasts from Henneman to listeners in the Christian Afrikaans-speaking community aged 25 to 65. Some 70% of the audience are Afrikaans, 25% English and 5% Sotho, with programming a mix of 40% talk and 60% music, with 40% Afrikaans music and 60% English.

• Frequency: 107.6 FM
• Broadcast area: Henneman, Bothaville, Ventersburg, Odendaalsrus, Welkom, Kroonstad, Virginia, Steynsrus and Wesselsbron
• Audience (past seven days): 51 000
• Language: Afrikaans and English

Radio Rosestad- Radio Rosestad broadcasts from Bloemfontein to Afrikaans speaking urban and farming listeners in the central Free State aged 25 to 49, with programming a mix of 60% music and 40% talk.

• Frequency: 100.6 FM
• Broadcast area: Bloemfontein, Welkom, Virginia, Edenburg, Reddersburg, Hertzogville, Boshoff, Dealsville and Petrusburg
• Audience (past seven days): 25 000
• Language: Afrikaans

Naledi FM - Naledi FM broadcasts from Senekal, targeting listeners aged 16 to 49, with multicultural programming made up of 60% music and 40% talk, including features such as current affairs, youth and HIV/Aids.

• Frequency: 103.9 FM
• Broadcast area: Senekal, Bethlehem, Marquard, Ficksburg, Winburg and Virginia
• Audience (past seven days): 20 000
• Language: English, Sotho and Afrikaans

Lentswe - Lentswe broadcasts in a 50-kilometre radius of Parys, including most of the Ngwathe area. The format

is a mix of 60% youth and adult talk and 40% music, and the station describes itself as outspoken, vibrant, contemporary, educative and informative.

• Frequency: 93 FM
• Broadcast area: Parys region
• Audience (past seven days): 15 000
• Language: 65% Sesotho, 35% Xhosa, and a sprinkling of English and Afrikaans

Setsoto FM - Setsoto broadcasts from Ficksburg, targeting listeners aged 16 to 49, with multicultural programming made up of 45% talk and 55% music.

• Frequency: 93.7 FM
• Broadcast area: Ficksburg, Senekal, Marquard, Clocolan, Ladybrand and Maseru
• Audience (past seven days): 15 000
• Language: English and Sotho