CCFM (Cape Community FM) is a 24-hour, (when there is no load shedding)
7-day-a-week
community
radio station serving the people of
Cape Town, South Africa
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislature, legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the sec ...
. As a
non-profit radio station who must adhere to ICASA Community Broadcasting regulations, CCFM broadcasts a mix of contemporary
Christian music, combined with
talk, views and interviews, and up-to-the-minute
news
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the tes ...
, weather, and
traffic information.
Its slogan is “Changing lives for good.”
CCFM started as Radio Fish Hoek in 1993. The station was founded by the Fish Hoek
Baptist Church
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...
.
It currently
broadcasts in Cape Town,
False Bay,
Stellenbosch,
Goodwood,
Fish Hoek,
Simon’s Town, and
Atlantis on 96.7 & 107.5
FM.
is its primary language, but airs some
Xhosa &
Afrikaans as well.
CCFM styles itself as a Christian radio station,
boasting about 152,000 listeners as of October 2014. About 10% are younger than 25, a quarter of listeners are 25–34, a third 35–49, and 30% are 50 or older. The sex of the audience breaks 48% male, 52% female.
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Radio stations in Cape Town