21 May 2013

Community radio stations


Community radio, by its nature, struggles to access advertising and other forms of financing. Yet it remains a crucial part of the South African broadcasting landscape, providing diversity for listeners and much-needed skills for the commercial radio sector.

Community radio in South Africa began in 1994, when the county's broadcasting authority began the continuing process of assessing and granting licence applications from groups as diverse as rural women's cooperatives, Afrikaner communities and a variety of religious bodies.

The country now has over 100 community stations, broadcast in a number of languages.

The following is a quick rundown on South Africa's community radio stations, arranged by province.

Listenership statistics supplied by the South African Advertising Research Foundation


Gauteng community radio

Jozi FM Stereo - Formerly known as Soweto Buwa Community Radio, Jozi FM broadcasts from Dube, Soweto, targeting listeners aged 16 to 49. Programming is multicultural, half talk and half music.

  • Frequency: 105.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Soweto, parts of the West Rand up to Carltonville, Lenasia and Meyerton
  • Audience (past seven days): 444 000
  • Language: English

Radio Pretoria - With the slogan Trots Afrikaans (proudly Afrikaans), Radio Pretoria broadcasts from Pretoria through 14 transmitters in towns in Gauteng, Limpopo, Free State, Mpumalanga, North West and KwaZulu-Natal. The station targets Afrikaners, with programming a mix of 70% music and 30% talk.

  • Frequency: Varies - see the Radio Pretoria website
  • Broadcast area: Gauteng, Limpopo,
  • Free State, Mpumalanga, North West Province and KwaZulu Natal.
  • Audience (past seven days): 123 000 – all transmitters
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Offers live internet audio

Soshanguve Community Radio - Broadcast from Soshanguve township, the station targets black listeners aged 16 to 34. Programming is multicultural, half music and half talk.

  • Frequency: 93 FM
  • Broadcast area: Soshanguve, Pretoria, Rosslyn, Mabopane, Mamelode, Atteridgeville, Hammanskraal and Ga-Rankuwa
  • Audience (past seven days): 161 000
  • Language: Tswana

Moretele Community Radio - Moretele broadcasts on from Babelegi with a radius of 72 kilometres, targeting black youth aged 16 to 30. Its wide-ranging format includes education, news, religion, development, music, and youth affairs, with music taking up over half the schedule.

  • Frequency: 106.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Babelegi,
  • Hammanskraal, Temba, Modimolle and Mabopane
  • Audience (past seven days): 103 000
  • Language: Tswana, Ndebele, Tsonga and English

East Rand Stereo - Broadcast from Springs, Radio East Rand targets white listeners aged 20 to 40. Programming is Christian and made up of 35% talk and 65% music, with traffic reports, weather reports and so on.

  • Frequency: 93.9 FM
  • Broadcast area: Springs, Alberton, Boksburg, Benoni, Brankpan and parts of Kempton Park
  • Audience (past seven days): 55 000
  • Languages: English and Afrikaans
  • Offers live internet audio

Radio TUKS - Radio Tuks broadcasts from the University of the Pretoria campus, reaching most of the greater Pretoria area. The station targets an Afrikaans-speaking audience aged 16 to 29, reflecting the culture and aspirations of student life, with content 40% talk and 60% music.

  • Frequency: 107.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pretoria and surrounds
  • Audience (past seven days): 50 000
  • Language: Afrikaans
  • Offers live internet audio

Iscorian FM - IFM broadcasts from steel parastatal company Iscor's complex in Vereeniging, targeting listeners over 25. Programming reflects the aspirations and culture of the workers in the Iscor Steel Refineries and is made up of 25% talk and 75% music and includes features such as health, legal issues, traffic reports and weather reports.

  • Frequency: 102.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Vereeniging, Vanderbijlpak, Sasolburg, Meyerton, Evaton and parts of Lenasia
  • Audience (past seven days): 45 000
  • Language: English

Radio Rippel- 90.5 FM broadcasts from Weavind Park in Pretoria in a 100km in radius of the capital. The station targets listeners aged 16 to 49, with programming geared to Afrikaners and made up of talk and music in equal measure.

  • Frequency: 90.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pretoria
  • Audience (past seven days): 44 000
  • Language: Afrikaans and English

Rainbow FM - Broadcasting south and west of Johannesburg, Rainbow FM is a Christian station with 60% music and 40% local and international news and community events, aimed at all ages.

  • Frequency: 90.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Roodepoort, Florida, Horison, Discovery, Krugersdorp, Kagiso, Randfontein, Soweto, Eldorado Park, Pimville, Lenasia, Newlands and central Johannesburg.
  • Audience (past seven days): 40 000
  • Language: English

UJ FM - The station is based at the University of Johannesburg, and run by students on a voluntary basis. Predominantly English, it includes Afrikaans and several vernacular languages, broadcast from 6am to 6pm to some 40 000 students on campus and beyond. New music takes up 60% of airtime, with the rest cutting-edge features.

  • Frequency: 92.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Gauteng
  • Audience (past seven days): 40 000
  • Language: English, Afrikaans, African languages
  • Offers live internet audio

Impact Radio - Impact Radio broadcasts from studios in Waterkloof Glen in Pretoria. Programming is Christian, with 20% talk and 80% music.

  • Frequency: 103 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pretoria, parts of the West Rand, North Rand and Cullinan
  • Audience (past seven days): 33 000
  • Language: English
  • Offers live internet audio

Radio Islam - Broadcasting from Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, Radio Islam aims to promote the religion of Islam, and to dispel myths about Islam and Muslims in South Africa and around the world.

Radio Kansel / Radio Pulpit - For the past 26 years Radio Pulpit has been broadcasting the gospel in both English and Afrikaans. The station broadcasts from studios in Pretoria on 657 MW, 24 hours per day and on the transmitters of Radio 2000 nationally between 4am and

11am.

  • Frequency: 657 AM (MW); 97.2 to 100.2 FM (4am to 11am)
  • Broadcast area: Gauteng (24 hours a day); National (4am to 11am)
  • Language: English and Afrikaans
  • Offers live internet audio

Radio TNG - Radio TNG broadcasts from studios in Weavind Park in Pretoria, listeners aged 16 to 39. The multicultural programming is aimed at young black listeners in college and university, and is made up of 40% talk and 60% music.

  • Frequency: 96.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pretoria, Rosslyn, Mabopane, Mamelode, Atteridgeville, Hammanskraal and Ga-Rankuwa.
  • Audience (past seven days): 26 000
  • Language: English

09.6 FM Stereo - This station broadcasts from Vereeniging, targeting an audience aged 20 to 50 with multilingual programming made up of 20% talk - mainly news - and 80% music.

  • Frequency: 90.6 FM
  • Broadcast
  • area: Vereeniging, Sasolburg, Vandebijlpark, Parys, Sebokeng, Sharpeville, Orange Farm, Meyerton, Evaton, Lenasia and Boipatong.
  • Audience (past seven days): 23 000
  • Language: 50% Afrikaans, 40% English and 10% African languages
  • Offers live internet audio

East Wave Radio - Broadcast from studios in Lenasia, the station targets listeners aged 16 to 34. The programming reflects the South African Indian culture in made up of 45% talk and 55% music.

  • Frequency: 92.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: greater Johannesburg metropolitan area, Vereening, Everton, Meyerton.
  • Audience (past seven days): 16 000
  • Language: English

Radio Today - The station broadcasts from Auckland Park in Johannesburg, with easy-listening music and golden oldies aimed at an audience aged over 50. Programming includes news, music, comedy, weather and traffic, made up of 30% talk and 70% music and entertainment.

  • Frequency: 1485 AM (MW)
  • Broadcast area: Johannesburg, Roodepoort, Randburg, Sandton, Edenvale, Alberton, Germiston, Boksburg and Benoni during the day; other provinces also reached at night
  • Audience (past seven days): 14 000
  • Language: English

TUT Stereo - This campus radio station broadcasts six hours a day from the Department of Journalism at Tshwane University of Technology, reaching most of Pretoria and surrounds. The station targets mainly English-speaking students, with some Afrikaans and Sepedi, 70% of them black and 30% white. With programming 60% talk and 40% music, TUT Stereo has a four-year license until 2008.

  • Frequency: 93.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pretoria and surrounds
  • Audience (past seven days): 1 000
  • Language: English, Afrikaans and Sepedi

Western Cape community radio

Radio Tygerberg - Radio Tygerberg is a Christian station broadcasting from Belville and targeting listeners aged 16 to 49, with programming made up of talk and music in equal measure.

  • Frequency: 104 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Simons Town and Durbanville
  • Audience (past seven days): 313 000
  • Language: English

Radio Zibonele - Radio Zibonele broadcasts from Khayelitsha outside Cape Town, targeting Xhosa- and English-speaking black listeners aged 18 to 39, with 30% music and 70% talk.

  • Frequency: 98.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Cape Town and surrounding townships
  • Audience (past seven days): 107 000
  • Language: Xhosa and English

Bush Radio - Bush Radio offers programming focusing on community issues, news, interviews and drama, made up of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 89.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Mitchells Plain, Cape Flats
  • Audience (past seven days): 86 000
  • Language: English, Afrikaans and Xhosa
  • Offers live internet audio

Radio KC - Broadcasting from Paarl, Radio KC targets coloured listeners of all ages with a strong emphasis on the ages 18 to 37. The programming is positioned to appeal to young adults and is made up of 40% talk and 60% music - mainly adult contemporary.

  • Frequency: 107.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Paarl, Drakenstein, Worcester, Wellington and parts of greater Cape Town
  • Audience (past seven days): 82 000
  • Language: English and Afrikaans

Radio 786 - Radio 786 broadcasts from Rylands Estate in Cape Town, targeting Muslim listeners aged 25 to 34. Programming reflects Islamic values and is made up of 95% talk and 5% music.

  • Frequency: 100.4 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Simons Town and Durbanville
  • Audience (past seven days): 147 000 (with Voice of the Cape)
  • Language: English

Voice of the Cape - VOC broadcasts from the Gardens in Cape Town, targeting Muslim listeners aged 25 and over. Programming reflects the multi-ethnic Muslim community and is made up of 70% talk and 30% music.

  • Frequency: 95.8 and 100.4 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Simons Town, Durbanville, Worcester, Malmesbury, Paarl, Wellington and Ceres
  • Audience (past seven days): 147 000 (with Radio 786)
  • Language: English

Radio CCfm - Broadcasting from Muizenberg, CCFM is a Christian station providing a community outreach prayer line to help people in need,

having logged 70 000 calls so far. The station targets listeners of all ages, with multi-ethnic Christian programming made up of 40% talk and 60% music.

  • Frequency: 107.5 and 96.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Simons Town and Durbanville
  • Audience (past seven days): 67 000
  • Language: English

Radio Namakwaland - Broadcasting from Vredendal, Radio Namakwaland is a Christian station targeting listeners over 25, with programming reflecting the culture of Namaqualand and made up of 60% talk and 40% music, including features such as health, agriculture, crime, traffic and weather.

  • Frequency: 93.4 FM
  • Broadcast area: Nuwerus, Bitterfontein, Vanrhynsdorp, Nieuwoudtville, Klawer, Citrusdal, Graafwater, Elands Bay Strandfontein, Lutzville, Lamberts Bay, Clanwilliam, Vredenburg and Saldanha
  • Audience (past seven days): 50 000
  • Language: Afrikaans and English

Valley FM - Valley FM broadcasts to the agricultural community of the Breede River Valley, targeting age groups by scheduling the content to suit the times they are listening. Its community focus programme for disabled listeners goes out on a Monday night and is compiled and presented by blind people. Format is made up of 60% talk and 40% music - 45% of the total music output is South African.

  • Frequency: 88.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Worcester, De Doorns, Rawsonville, Wolseley and the 900 farms of the Breede River Valley
  • Audience (past seven days): 37 000
  • Language: 80% Afrikaans, 15% isiXhosa and 5% English

Fine Music Radio- The station broadcasts from Cape Town, targeting discerning listeners over 35 with a taste for fine art, jazz and classical music. Programming is multicultural and made up of 10% talk and 90% music.

  • Frequency: 101.3 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Simonstown and Durbanville
  • Audience (past seven days): 33 000
  • Language: English
  • Offers live internet audio

Radio Atlantis - Radio Atlantis broadcasts from Atlantis, targeting listeners aged 16 to 34. The programming reflects the culture of the coloured community, with 60% talk and 40% music.

  • Frequency: 107.9 FM
  • Broadcast area: Atlantis, Abbotsdale, Mamre, Philadelphia, Malmesbury and the outskirts of Darling
  • Audience (past seven days): 29 000

MFM 92.6- MFM broadcasts from Stellenbosch University, targeting listeners aged 16 to 29. Programming reflects the culture and aspirations of the student life on the campus and is made up of 40% talk and 60% music.

  • Frequency: 92.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Simons Town and
  • Durbanville
  • Audience (past seven days): 13 000
  • Language: English and Afrikaans
  • Offers live internet audio

Radio UCT- UCT Radio broadcasts from the University of Cape Town and targets students and young professionals aged 14 to 28. Programming reflects the culture and aspirations of the student life on campus and includes the latest music, artists, lifestyles, news, sport and clubbing information.

  • Frequency: 104.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Durbanville and most of the southern suburbs
  • Audience (past seven days): 12 000
  • Language: English
  • Offers live internet audio

Radio Helderberg- Radio Helderberg broadcasts from Somerset West, targeting white and coloured listeners aged 25 to 49.

Programming aims to provide information, entertainment and companionship, reinforcing family values, and is made up of 40% talk and 60% music.

  • Frequency: 93.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Cape Town, Goodwood, Stellenbosch, Somerset West, Simons Town, Durbanville, Grabouw, Gordon's Bay and Macassar
  • Audience (past seven days): 8 000
  • Language: English, Afrikaans and Xhosa

Radio West Coast - Radio West Coast was granted a four-year license in March 2004. The station is vibrant and family-oriented, providing a full spectrum of programming for all age groups, made up of 30% talk and 70% music.

  • Frequency: 92.3 FM
  • Broadcast area: West Coast, from Lamberts Bay to Clanwilliam
  • Language: 91% Afrikaans, 5% English and 4% Xhosa

KwaZulu-Natal community radio

Radio Khwezi- Radio Khwezi broadcasts from Kranskop to transmitters in Greytown and Eshowe, targeting listeners aged 16 to 49. Programming is inclusive, geared to the Zulu, English, German and Afrikaner communities, and includes environmental, educational and cultural issues as well as news, weather and sports.

  • Frequency: 90.5 and 107.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: KwaZulu-Natal Midlands and upper North Coast
  • Audience (past seven days): 331 000
  • Language: Zulu, English, German, Afrikaans

Imbokodo - Imbokodo Community Radio began its life as an empowerment project by women's organisation Sobonakhona. The group attended a workshop on community radio in 1995, immediately got stuck in and applied for a broadcasting license. The station broadcasts in Zulu to people of all ages, with 30% music and 70% talk, including current affairs, health, business, agriculture, sport, youth and culture.

  • Frequency: 96.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Durban, Umlazi, Pinetown, Cato Ridge, Tongaat, Pietermaritzburg, throughout the UGU district, Eshowe and Newcastle
  • Audience (past seven days): 229 000
  • Language: Zulu

Durban Youth Radio - Broadcasting from Berea, Durban Youth Radio is described as "young, upmarket, politically aware and morally responsible - the station that pumps the most". Targeting high school pupils and young professionals, the station has been on air since 1995, transferring from the University of Natal to the community in 2001. Listeners are 80% black, 15% coloured, 4% Asian and 1% white.

  • Frequency: 105.1 FM
  • Broadcast area: Greater Durban metropolitan area
  • Audience (past seven days): 146 000
  • Language: 60% English and 40% Zulu

Highway Radio- Highway Radio is a Christian station broadcasting from Pinetown and targeting listeners aged 25 to 49 - half of them Indian, 20% black and the remaining 30% white and coloured. Programming is 30% talk and 70% music, with news, traffic, surf, beach and weather reports.

  • Frequency: 101.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pinetown, Durban, up the North Coast to Stanger and down the South Coast to Scottburgh
  • Audience (past seven days): 119 000
  • Language: English

Radio Maritzburg - Radio Maritzburg broadcasts from the centre of Pietermaritzburg, targeting Zulu-speaking listeners aged 24 to 34. Programming includes traditional and cultural items with 25% talk and 75% music.

  • Frequency: 107.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pietermaritzburg, Howick, Cato Ridge, New Hanover, Edendale, Richmond and Hammersdale
  • Audience (past seven days): 103 000
  • Language: Zulu

Newcastle Community Radio - NCR broadcasts from Madadeni in Newcastle, with its target audience 70% Zulu, 20% English and 10% Afrikaans and programming made

up of 70% talk and 30% music.

  • Frequency: 103.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Newcastle, Utrecht, Dannhauser, Memmel, Volksrust, Vryheid, Nqutu, Dundee, Glencoe, Ladysmith and surrounding areas
  • Audience (past seven days): 92 000
  • Language: Zulu, English, Afrikaans

Hindvani FM- Hindvani seeks to promote the development and propagation of the Hindi language and music, with an even split between Hindi and English programming, and music and talk. It targets Indian listeners of all ages.

  • Frequency: 91.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: South Coast as far as Umkomaas, North Coast to Mandeni, West Coast to Cato Ridge and East Coast and central Durban, including Chatsworth and Phoenix
  • Audience (past seven days): 66 000
  • Language: English

Icora FM - Icora FM broadcasts from Eshowe to rural black Zulu-speaking listeners aged 16 to 35, with programming made up of 55% talk and 45%

music.

  • Frequency: 107.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Eshowe, Stanger, Mandeni, Empangeni, Richards Bay and Ulundi
  • Audience (past seven days): 65 000
  • Language: 80% Zulu and 20% English

Maputaland Community Radio - Maputaland Community broadcasts from Jozini targeting mainly targets Zulu speakers (85%), with the rest English, Tsonga, Swazi and Afrikaans. Programming reflects Zulu culture, is not age-specific, and is made up of music and talk in equal measure. It includes issues on youth, women, environment, current affairs, labour and the economy, as well as community-based talks and interviews.

  • Frequency: 107.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Matubatuba from the south via Nongoma, Vryheid and the borders of Swaziland and Mozambique all the way to the coast
  • Audience (past seven days): 47 000
  • Language: Zulu, English, Tsonga, Swazi and Afrikaans

Good News Community Radio- Good News Community Radio is a Christian station broadcasting from Stanger and targeting listeners aged 19 to 49. Programming is 60% talk and 40% music, with news, traffic, surf, beach and weather reports.

  • Frequency: 98.0 FM
  • Broadcast area: Tongaat, Mtunzini, Chatsworth, up the North Coast to Stanger and down the South Coast to Durban
  • Audience (past seven days): 22 000
  • Language: English

Eastern Cape community radio

Nqkubela Community Radio - NCR broadcasts from Port Elizabeth, concentrating on community-centred development, education and information, and targeting black and coloured listeners over 18. Programmes range from labour and other social issues to cultural and religious values and beliefs in Xhosa, English and Afrikaans, with a mix of 70% talk and 30% music.

  • Frequency: 97.0 FM
  • Broadcast area: Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage
  • Audience (past seven days): 271 000
  • Language: 60% Xhosa, 30% English and 10% Afrikaans

Radio Kingfisher- Radio Kingfisher is a Christian station broadcasting from Port Elizabeth and targeting listeners aged 25 to 49 with multicultural religious and secular programming made up of 60% talk and 40% music.

  • Frequency: 103.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Dispatch, Jeffreys Bay and Grahamstown
  • Audience (past seven days): 114 000
  • Language: English

Link FM- Link FM is a Christian station broadcasting from East London and targeting listeners aged 16 to 49, with programming made up of 10% talk and 90% music.

  • Frequency: 97.1 FM
  • Broadcast area: East London, Mthatha (Umtata), Queenstown, Stutterheim, Grahamstown and King Williams Town
  • Audience (past seven days): 107 000
  • Language: English

Bay FM - Bay FM was born out of Radio Uppie at the University of Port Elizabeth. Now independent of the university and run by members of the community, the station's programming reflects its young target market and goes out in a mix of English and Xhosa, with 60% music and 40% talk.

  • Frequency: 107.9 FM
  • Broadcast area: Port Elizabeth, Despatch, Uitenhage, Motherwell, Kwa-Zakhele and Kwa-Maghake
  • Audience (past seven days): 66 000
  • Language: 70% English and 30% Xhosa
  • Offers live internet audio

CKI FM Stereo - Broadcast from Bisho, CKI targets young, urban and upmarket African listeners aged 16 to 34 who are focused on personal achievements but retain traditional values and customs, with programming 80% music and 20% talk. Programming is aimed at. They broadcast in English and Xhosa with a mixture of 80% music and 20% talk.

  • Frequency: 100.3 FM (Bisho), 104.1 FM (East London), 89.9 FM (King Williams Town) and 97.8 FM (Queenstown)
  • Broadcast area: Bisho, East London, King Williams Town, Queenstown, Idutywa, Stutterheim, Butterworth, Mdantsane, Port Elizabeth, Mthatha (Umtata), Aliwal North and Cradock
  • Audience (past seven days): 66 000
  • Language: English and Xhosa

Radio Khanya - Khanya Community Radio broadcasts from Butterworth, targeting listeners aged 18 to 34. Programming reflects Xhosa youth culture and is made up of 60% talk and 40% music.

  • Frequency: 106.1 FM
  • Broadcast area: Butterworth, Tsomo, Nqamakwe, Idutywa, Centane, Willowvalle, Kei Mouth, Clarkebury, Elliotdale and Nelson Mandela's home village of Qunu
  • Audience (past seven days): 56 000
  • Language: 80% Xhosa and 20% English

Vukani Community Radio - The station broadcasts from Cala outside Elliot, targeting Xhosa-speaking listeners aged 18 to 34, with a programming mix of 40% talk

and 60% music.

  • Frequency: 100.3 FM
  • Broadcast area: Cala, Elliot, Barkly East, Maclear, Aliwal North, Lady Grey, Oortrecht and Mount Fletche
  • Audience (past seven days): 54 000
  • Language: Xhosa

Radio Takalani - Radio Takalani broadcasts from Aliwal North, targeting the youth and young adults. Programming is in Xhosa, South Sotho, English and Afrikaans, with an even balance of music and talk.

  • Frequency: 107.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Aliwal North, Sterkspruit, Lady Grey, Rhodes, Barkly East, Jamestown, Burgersdorp, Zastron, Rouxville, Smithfield and parts of the southern Free State
  • Audience (past seven days): 46 000
  • Language: Xhosa, South Sotho, English and Afrikaans

Grahamstown Community Radio - Broadcast from Grahamstown, the station targets Xhosa-speaking listeners aged 18 to 49, with 60% music and 40% talk, including news, interviews, and educational and cultural programmes.

  • Frequency: 102.1 FM
  • Broadcast area: Grahamstown, King Williams Town, Fort Beaufort, Bisho and Adelaide
  • Audience (past seven days): 30 000
  • Language: Xhosa

Rhodes Music Radio- The station broadcasts from the campus of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, covering a radius of 25 kilometres from the town and targeting listeners and 16 to 28. Programming reflects the culture and aspirations of the student life and is made up of 40% talk and 60% music.

  • Frequency: 89.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Grahamstown
  • Audience (past seven days): 24 000
  • Language: English
  • Offers live audio on the Rhodes intranet

Radio Graaff-Reinet - Broadcasting from Graaff-Reinet, the station targets listeners of all races aged 18 to 50, with 40% music and 60% talk, including news, interviews, and educational and cultural

programmes.

  • Frequency: 90.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Graaff-Reinet, King Williams Town, Fort Beaufort, Bisho and Adelaide
  • Audience (past seven days): 22 000
  • Language: English and Afrikaans

Radio Ilitha - Ilitha Community Radio broadcasts from Maclear, targeting Xhosa, Southern Sotho, English and Afrikaans listeners aged 16 to 34, with programming focused on women and youth and made up of 80% talk and 20% music.

  • Frequency: 93.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Elliot, Maclear, Ugie, Tsolo, Qumbu and Mount Fletcher
  • Audience (past seven days): 1 000
  • Language: Xhosa, Southern Sotho, English and Afrikaans

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

North West community radio

Radio Mafisa - Broadcast from Rustenburg, Radio Mafisa targets Tswana-speaking listeners aged 18 to 35 with a mix of 60% music and 40% talk.

  • Frequency: 93.4 FM
  • Broadcast area: Rustenburg, Brits, Hartebeespoort, Magaliesburg, Swartruggens, Ventersdorp and Ga-Rankuwa
  • Audience (past seven days): 148 000
  • Language: English, Tswana, Sotho and Afrikaans

Vaaltar Community Radio - Broadcast from Taung, Vaaltar Community Radio targets Tswana-speaking listeners aged 16 to 39 with a mix of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 93.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Taung, Vryburg, Schweizer-Reneke, Bloemhof, Christiana and Warrenton
  • Audience (past seven days): 73 000
  • Language: English, Tswana and Sotho

Letlhabile Community Radio - The station broadcasts from Letlhabile near Brits, targeting black listeners over 18 with an even mix of talk and music.

  • Frequency: 99.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Rustenburg,
  • Brits, Hartebeespoort, Magaliesburg, Swartruggens, Ventersdorp and Ga-Rankuwa
  • Audience (past seven days): 54 000
  • Language: English, Tswana, Afrikaans, Sotho, Tsonga and Zulu

PUK FM - The station broadcasts from Potchefstroom University, targeting students and scholars with a mix of talk and rock, hip-hop, pop and South African music.

  • Frequency: 93.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Potchefstroom
  • Audience (past seven days): 5 000
  • Language: 50% English, 40% Afrikaans and 10% Tswana

Mpumalanga community radio

Moutse Community Radio - Moutse Community Radio broadcasts from Groblersdal to multilingual listeners aged 18 to 35, with programming 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 96.3 FM
  • Broadcast area: Groblersdal, Pretoria, Middelburg, Naboomspruit, Lydenburg, Dullstroom, Belfast and Witbank
  • Audience (past seven days): 160 000
  • Language: Ndebele, Sotho, Tsonga, Zulu and English

Barberton Community Radio - The station broadcasts from Barberton to Siswati-speaking listeners, with an equal mix of music and talk.

  • Frequency: 104.1 FM
  • Broadcast area: Barberton, Badplaas, Pienaar and Nelspruit
  • Audience (past seven days): 106 000
  • Language: English, Siswati and Zulu

Kangala Community Radio - Broadcasting from Exa Shopping Centre in Ekangala, Kangala Community Radio targets listeners aged 18 to 35. Programming is multilingual, including Ndebele, Tswana and Northern Sotho, with an even mix of music and

talk.

  • Frequency: 92.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Pretoria, Middelburg, Nelspruit, Hendrina, Kwa Thema, Hammanskraal, Belfast, Springs and Groblersdal
  • Audience (past seven days): 77 000
  • Language: English

Radio Kragbron- Radio Kragbron broadcasts from Witbank to Afrikaans-speaking listeners of all races aged 24 to 34, with a mix of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 96.0 FM
  • Broadcast area: Witbank, Middelburg, Ogies, Kriel, Bronkhorstspruit, Kwa Thema, Hammanskraal, Groblersdal, Witbank, Delmas and Carolina
  • Audience (past seven days): 39 000
  • Language: Afrikaans

Radio Middelburg - The station broadcasts from Middelburg to multilingual black and coloured listeners aged 18 to 35, with programming a mix of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 89.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Middelburg, Kwa Thema, Hammanskraal, Groblersdal, Witbank, Delmas and Carolina
  • Audience (past seven days): 20 000
  • Language: Nguni, Sotho, English and Afrikaans

Radio Laeveld - Broadcasting from Nelspruit, Radio Laeveld targets Afrikaans-speaking listeners aged 18 to 35, with programming a mix of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 100.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Nelspruit, Barberton, Badplaas, Phalaborwa, Blyde River Canyon, Lydenburg, Waterval Boven, Sabie and White River
  • Audience (past seven days): 12 000
  • Language: Afrikaans

Radio Alpha - Radio Alpha broadcasts from Badplaas to listeners aged 16 to 39. Programming is aimed at the Zulu and Swazi community but also caters for English and Afrikaans, with a mix of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 97.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Badplaas, Mooiplaas, Kromdraai, Oshoek, Warburton, Carolina, Machadodorp, Barberton and Tmpuluzi
  • Audience (past seven days): 4 000
  • Language:
  • English, Afrikaans, Siswati and Zulu

Limpopo community radio

Radio Bushbuckridge - Bushbuckridge Community Radio broadcasts from Bushbuckridge, 20 kilometres north of Nelspruit, to listeners aged 18 to 35. Programming is multilingual, including Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga and English, with a mix of 55% music and 45% talk.

  • Frequency: 88.4 FM
  • Broadcast area: Bushbuckridge, Phalaborwa, Blyde River Canyon, Lydenburg, Waterval Boven, Sabie and White River
  • Audience (past seven days): 225 000
  • Language: Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga and English

Univen Community Radio - Broadcasting from the campus of the University of Venda in a 50-kilometre radius of Thohoyandou, Univen Community Radio targets students aged 18 to 35, with programming made up of 45% music and 55% talk.

  • Frequency: 99.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Thohoyandou, Makhado, Giyani and Morbeng
  • Audience (past seven days): 120 000
  • Language: English, Pedi, Venda and Tsonga

Mohodi FM - Mohodi FM broadcasts from Mohodi

township outside Polokwane to listeners aged 16 to 39, with multicultural programming made up of 60% talk and 40% music.

  • Frequency: 98.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Polokwane, Makhado, Tzaneen, Mokopane, Ngoako Ramalepe, Sekakeng, Fatima, Madikana, Maponto, Broekman, Brussels, Lisa, Mogwadi and Makgalong
  • Audience (past seven days): 48 000
  • Language: Pedi and English

Radio Turf - Radio Turf broadcasts from the Technikon in Polokwane to Sepedi-speaking listeners aged 16 to 39, with programming aimed at students and with a mix of 60% music and 40% talk.

  • Frequency: 103.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Polokwane, Dalmada, Seshego, Haeneratzburg
  • Audience (past seven days): 29 000
  • Language: English

Radio Botlokwa - The station broadcasts from Botlokwa to Sepedi-speaking listeners aged 18 to 35, with a mix of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 89.3 FM
  • Broadcast area: Botokwa, Polokwane, Mokopane, Zebediela and
  • Tzaneen
  • Audience (past seven days): 28 000
  • Language: Sepedi, English and Afrikaans

Mokopane Community Radio - Broadcasting from Mokopane, the station targets multilingual black listeners of all ages with a mix of 60% talk and 40% music.

  • Frequency: 100.0 FM
  • Broadcast area: Polokwane, Mokopane, Roedtan, Tzaneen, Magoebaskloof, Morbeng, Ngoako Ramalepe, Makhado, Lephalale, Vaalwater, Thabazimbi, Modimolle and Bela-Bela
  • Audience (past seven days): 13 000
  • Language: Sepedi, English, Afrikaans, Ndebele and Tsonga

Radio Moletsi - The station broadcasts from Moletsi, 20 kilometres northwest of Polokwane, to Sepedi-speaking listeners aged 16 to 39, with programming a mix of 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 98.6 FM
  • Broadcast area: Polokwane, Seshego, Leboakgomo, Madiba Park, Mogwadi, Mashashane, Marabe, Matlala and Dikgale
  • Audience (past seven days): 11 000
  • Language: 90% Sepedi and 10% other languages

Northern Cape community radio

Radio Kaboesna - Radio Kaboesna broadcasts from Calvinia, targeting Afrikaans-, English- and Xhosa-speaking listeners aged 18 to 35. Programming reflects the culture of African communities, with 40% music and 60% talk.

  • Frequency: 98.0 FM
  • Broadcast area: Calvinia, Niewoudtville, Vanrynsdorp, Citrusdal and Williston
  • Audience (past seven days): 2 000
  • Language: Afrikaans, English and Xhosa

Radio Riverside - Broadcast from Upington, Radio Riverside targets Xhosa-, Setswana-, English- and Afrikaans-speaking listeners aged 18 to 35, with programming made up of 60% talk and 40% music.

  • Frequency: 98.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Upington, Groblershoop, Kakamas, Postmasburg, Kenhardt and Marydale
  • Audience (past seven days): 49 000
  • Language: Xhosa, Setswana, English and Afrikaans

Radio Teemaneng - Radio Teemaneng broadcasts from Kimberley and targets listeners aged 18 to 49 who speak Tswana, English, Xhosa and Afrikaans, with 65% music and 35% talk.

  • Frequency: 89.1 FM
  • Broadcast area: Kimberley, Warrenton Hertzogville, Postmasburg, Hopetown and Petrusburg
  • Audience (past seven days): 73 000
  • Language: Tswana, English, Xhosa and Afrikaans

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