This is a list of radio stations in South Africa.
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Note: The list of commercial stations tends to be more stable, with few additions or removals. The list of community stations tends to change quite a bit, with many changes over time (mainly due to funding issues).
National / multiprovincial (commercial stations)
Active
These are the active radio stations in South Africa.
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* 5FM – previously Radio 5
*CapeTalk
CapeTalk is a commercial AM radio station based in Cape Town, South Africa, broadcasting on AM/MW 567 to Cape Town. The station is also webcast via its website. It claims to be Cape Town's number one news and talk station, offering news, sport, ...
* Kfm 94.5
*947
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Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – A Hungarian army led by Grand Prince Taksony campaigns in Italy, heading ...
– previously 94.7 Highveld Stereo
*99.2 YFM
YFM (99.2 FM broadcasting, FM) is a "Youth" radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1997, the station is formatted to mostly play urban music genres such as Kwaito, Hip Hop, and R&B along with a minority of its airtime bein ...
* 2000FM (Radio 2000)
*Algoa FM (Radio Algoa)
Algoa FM is the leading South African commercial radio station serving the Eastern Cape Province and Garden Route, mostly due to the limited number of alternative radio stations in the locality. It started broadcasting on 1 January 1986 as part of ...
* BRFM (The Border Drive)
* Capricorn FM
* Hot 1027, formerly Classic FM 102.7
*East Coast Radio (ECR)
East Coast Radio (ECR) is a KwaZulu-Natal commercial South African radio station with an audience of approximately 5 million. It is one of the largest regional radio stations in South Africa.
The station can also be heard online via its website ...
* Gagasi FM
*Good Hope FM
Good Hope FM is Cape Town's leading music focused interactive lifestyle radio station, whose Contemporary Hit Radio format provides a music mix of R&B, Pop, Hip Hop and Dance. Good Hope FM targets young, global, routed and now generation listene ...
* Heart 104.9 FM
* iKwekwezi FM – previously Radio Ndebele
*Jacaranda FM
Jacaranda FM, previously known as Jacaranda 94.2, is a South African radio station, broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province and boasts a listening audience of ...
* Kaya FM 95.9
*Ligwalagwala FM
Ligwalagwala FM is a South African national PBS radio station based in Mbombela, South Africa.
History
The year 2008 marked the rebirth of the station by launching a brand new, vibrant, jubilant and dynamic image. The launch of the new logo was ...
*Lesedi FM
Lesedi FM is a South African PBS radio network owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the public broadcaster in South Africa, and provides 19 radio stations ( AM/ FM) as we ...
*Lotus FM
Lotus FM (formerly, Radio Lotus) is a South African national radio station based in Durban, loosely similar to the BBC Asian Network in the United Kingdom, that caters for the needs of the Indian South African community. It combines a mix of In ...
*Metro FM
Metro FM is a national radio station in South Africa owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation. The station broadcasts on FM Stereo as well as the DStv Bouquet Channel 801.
Telephone :
History
The station started broadcasting in O ...
*Motsweding FM
Motsweding FM is an SABC radio station based in Mahikeng, South Africa, broadcasting mainly in Tswana language. Formerly known as Radio Tswana, the country-wide broadcast station evolved from a Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation, which had ...
* MPowerFM
*Munghana Lonene FM
Munghana Lonene FM is an SABC (South African Broadcasting Cooperation) radio station broadcasting in Tsonga language in South Africa. In Tsonga, "Munghana Lonene" means "a true friend." Munghana Lonene FM is geared to listeners who understand X ...
* OFM – previously Radio Oranje
*Phalaphala FM
Phaphala FM is a South African radio station operating through SABC, South Africa's government owned national broadcaster. Phalaphala broadcasts in the Venda language and can be received mainly in Gauteng and Limpopo provinces. The station's Mus ...
*Power FM
Capital South Coast was a regional radio station owned by operated by Global Radio as part of the Capital radio network. It broadcast to Hampshire from studios in Segensworth, Fareham. In 2019, Capital South Coast was replaced by Capital So ...
(Power 98.7 FM)
*Radio 702
702 is a commercial FM radio station based in Johannesburg, South Africa, broadcasting on FM 92.7 and FM 106 to the greater Gauteng province. The station is also webcast via its website. It claims to be Johannesburg's number one news and talk ...
*Radiokansel / Radio Pulpit
Radio Pulpit is an established, reliable, relevant media voice and preferred Christian radio station and partner in South Africa and beyond. With more than four decades of broadcasting experience, this trusted brand is a welcome voice in househo ...
* RSG – previously Afrikaans Stereo, Radio Suid-Afrika (1985), Afrikaanse Diens van die SAUK (1937)
*SAfm
SAFM (official callsign: 5SSA) is a commercial FM radio station owned and operated by Southern Cross Austereo as part of the Hit Network. The station is broadcast to Adelaide, South Australia from studios in Franklin Street.
History
The stati ...
– previously Radio South Africa (1985), English Service (1936)
* Smile 90.4FM
* Cybatar Tunes
*Thobela FM
Thobela FM is the contemporary voice of Sepedi speaking/understanding South Africans.
Coverage and frequencies
The station broadcasts in these areas and in FM on the following frequencies throughout South Africa.
Broadcast time
*24/7
Targ ...
* tru fm – previously CKI FM
*Ukhozi FM
Ukhozi FM is a South African national radio station & owned by SABC, based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal that caters to the needs of the Zulu-speaking community. Founded in 1960, it is the largest radio station in South Africa and Africa (by listen ...
* Umhlobo Wenene FM
*Vuma 103 FM
Vuma FM is a Zulu language South African commercial radio station based in Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Z ...
*YFM
YFM (99.2 FM) is a "Youth" radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1997, the station is formatted to mostly play urban music genres such as Kwaito, Hip Hop, and R&B along with a minority of its airtime being dedicated to ...
99.2
*100.6 FM
The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 100.6 MHz:
Egypt
* Nogoum FM is the first private radio station in Egypt, started in 2003, based in the Egyptian Media Production City. China
* CNR Business Radio in Mianyang
* CNR China T ...
* VUTHA FM COMMERCIAL
* VUTHA FM NEWS
*EVRH Evogue Radio (Digital radio station)
Ceased
*Springbok Radio
Springbok Radio (spelled ''Springbokradio'' in Afrikaans, ) was a South African nationwide radio station that operated from 1950 to 1986.
History
SABC's decision in December 1945 to develop a commercial service was constrained by post-war financia ...
– owned by SABC; closed 31 December 1985
*Radio RSA Radio RSA: The Voice of South Africa was the international broadcasting service of the Republic of South Africa. It was run by the South African Broadcasting Corporation from its inception on 1 May 1966 until its demise in 1992 following the end of ...
– closed; renamed Channel Africa after 1992
Free State (community stations)
Active
* Koepel Stereo (KSFM 94.9)
* Kovsie FM 97.0
* Lentswe Community Radio
* Mosupatsela FM Stereo
*Motheo FM
Motheo FM is a South African community radio station based in the Free State.
Coverage areas
*Bloemfontein
*Botshabelo
*Brandfort
*Bultfontein
*Dewesdorp
*Glen
*Hobhouse
*Theunissen
*Windburg
* Verkeerevlei
*Ladybrand
* Thaba-Phathswa
*Hobhous ...
*Overvaal Stereo
Overvaal Stereo is a South African community radio station based in the Free State.
Coverage areas
* Potchefstroom
*Klerksdorp
*Odendaalsrus
* Coligny
*Welkom
*Kroonstad
*Virginia
*Parys
*Vanderbijlpark
* Sasolburg
Broadcast languages
*Predom ...
* QwaQwa Radio
* Radio Panorama 107.6 FM
*Radio Rosestad 100.6 FM
Radio Rosestad 100.6 FM (City of Roses) is a South African community-based radio station based in Bloemfontein, South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Afric ...
*Setsoto FM Stereo
Setsoto FM Stereo is a South African community radio station based in the Free State. The station is directly responsible and accountable to Maluti Media Network as a community-based project; Setsoto FM is operated by volunteers from within the c ...
*Central University of Technology Campus Radio (CUT FM 105.8FM)
Gauteng (community stations)
Active
* 90.6FM Stereo / VCR FM
*Hellenic Radio
The Hellenic Radio ( el, Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία; or ERA) is the main public radio broadcaster in Greece. Founded in 1987 as a subsidiary of public broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), it broadcasts four domestic ra ...
*Hope FM
Hope FM is an English and iTaukei language Christian, radio station in Fiji. The station broadcasts on the 107 MHz to the cities of Suva, Navua, Nausori, Nadi and Lautoka
Lautoka () is the second largest city in Fiji. It is on the ...
* IFM 102.2
*Jozi FM
Jozi FM (formerly known as Soweto Buwa Radio) is a local radio station that started in 1995 as Soweto Community Radio.
In 1999–2000, Soweto Community Radio and Buwa Radio merged to form Jozi FM, to form the largest community radio station in ...
* Kasie FM 97.1
*Pretoria FM
Pretoria FM, formerly ''Radio Pretoria'' is an Afrikaans community-based radio station in Pretoria, South Africa. It broadcasts 24 hours a day in stereo on 104.2 FM in the greater Pretoria area. Various other transmitters (with their own freque ...
* Tuks FM 107.2
*TUT FM 96.2
TUT FM 96.2 is a South African university campus radio station based in Soshanguve, Gauteng. It broadcasts from the Soshanguve Campus of the Tshwane University of Technology.
The station mainly targets the youth / students.
It is one of the firs ...
* UJFM 95.4
* Arrowline Chinese Radio AM 1269
KwaZulu-Natal (community stations)
Active
* DYR (Durban Youth Radio) 105.1 FM – reactivated as of April 2016
* Icora FM (Indonsakusa Community Radio)
* KZN Capital 104FM
*Ugu Youth Radio FM
Ugu Youth Radio 93.4FM is a South African national radio station based in Port Shepstone, Kwa-Zulu Natal, that caters to the needs of the Zulu-speaking community. Founded in 2011 and began broadcasting 1 December 2012, it is the largest radio st ...
* VOD RADIO 105.4 AM* FAITH ARMARIA ONLINE
Limpopo (community stations)
Active
*Giyani Community Radio
Giyani Community Radio station (106mhz-FM)(Giyani Community Radio station) is an Organization and a community radio station established by Greater Giyani community. It is located at the town of Giyani under the Greater Giyani Local Municipality. T ...
*Makhado FM 107.3
Makhado FM is a community radio station based in the small town of Louis Trichardt in the Makhado Local Municipality of South Africa. It covers a radius of a few kilometres away from the town and is found on the 107.3 FM. It caters for all age gr ...
* John Hagan Radio
Mpumalanga (community stations)
Active
* Radio Laeveld 100.5FM Stereo
Northern Cape (community stations)
Active
* Kurara FM
*Radio NFM 98.1
Radio NFM 98.1 is a South African community radio station based in Northern Cape.
The preparation and research phases date back to 1996 since the concept of community radio was introduced to the people of Namaqualand by the then Independent Broad ...
*Radio Orania
Radio Orania is a South African community radio station based in the Northern Cape. The coverage area is Orania, a town in the Northern Cape, although some reception is possible as far as Hopetown.
Programmes are broadcast in Afrikaans languag ...
* Radio Riverside 98.2 FM
* Radio Teemaneng Stereo 89.1 FM
* Ulwazi FM 88.9
*X-K FM 107.9
X-K FM (or FM) is a South African community radio station based in the Northern Cape. It was founded on 18 August 2000. Its mission is to preserve the !Xun and Khwe languages and cultures, uplifting, developing and informing the community.
...
North West (community stations)
Active
* Aganang FM
* Letlhabile Community Radio
* Lichvaal Stereo (92.6FM)
* Life FM
*Mafikeng Community Radio 96.7
Mafikeng Community Radio 96.7 is a South African community radio station based in the North West.
Coverage areas
Radius of 100 km centered on Mafikeng:
*Mafikeng
*Setlaole
*Madibogo
*Gelukspan
*Kopela
*Ramatlabama
*Itsoseng
*Lichtenburg
...
* Modiri FM
*PUK FM 93.6
PUKfm 93.6 is a South African campus radio station based in Potchefstroom in the North West (South African province), North West.
PUKfm 93.6 is the Liberty Radio Awards 2018 Campus Station of the Year.
Coverage areas
*North-West University, Nor ...
*Radio Mafisa 93.4 FM
Radio Mafisa 93.4 FM is a South African community radio station based in the North West.
Coverage areas
*Rustenburg
*Brits
*Hartebeespoort
*Magaliesburg
*Swartruggens
*Ventersdorp
*Ga-Rankuwa
Broadcast languages
*Tswana
*English
English u ...
*Star FM 102.9 Mhz
Star FM (102.9 MHz) is a South African community radio station based in Klerksdorp, City of Matlosana, Dr KK District Municipality DC40,(formerly Southern District municipality) named after Kenneth Kaunda the first President of Zambia, one of ...
* Kopanong FM 100.0 and 103.5 Mhz
Western Cape (Cape Town radio stations)
Active
* 5FM - Frequency 89.0FM
* Bush Radio 89.5FM
* Smile 90.4FM
* Metro FM 93.0
HelderbergFM 93.6
* Kfm 94.5
* Good Hope FM 95.3FM
* Lotus FM 97.8FM
* Radio 2000 98.6FM
* CCFM 107.5
* Heart 104.9FM
* Fine Music Radio
* MFM 92.6
*One FM 94.0
One FM 94.0 in Cape Town, South Africa is a community radio station that broadcasts to the community of the Western Atlantic Seaboard, in Cape Town, South Africa. One FM 94.0 received its Community Broadcast License from ICASA in 2014, but only ...
* Radio 786 100.4FM
* Radio Kaap se Punt
* 70vibeFM
Online Radio Stations
Active
* Massiv Metro
* Homegrown Radio
* Chiff Central
* Urban Fusion Radio
Border areas
*Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...
*Eswatini
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– Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service
Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service is the state-owned broadcast and print information provider of Eswatini, which essentially wields total control over all media within the country.
It was founded in 1966 as a radio broadcaster, and was ...
*Lesotho
Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...
*Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
*LM Radio
LM Radio is a radio station based in Maputo, Mozambique. Historically it was a shortwave station broadcasting to South Africa and Rhodesia from Lourenço Marques, the colonial era name of Maputo, hence the name "Lourenço Marques Radio" from 193 ...
*Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
*Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
International
* 93.6 RAM FM
*Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale, usually referred to as RFI, is the state-owned international radio broadcaster of France. With 37.2 million listeners in 2014, it is one of the most-listened-to international radio stations in the world, along with ...
– news, sport and features, across Africa
See also
* List of newspapers in South Africa
This is a list of newspapers in South Africa.
In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation ...
* Media of South Africa
The mass media in South Africa has a large mass media sector and is one of Africa's major media centres. While South Africa's many broadcasters and publications reflect the diversity of the population as a whole, the most commonly used language i ...
*Lists of radio stations in Africa
Radio stations in African countries can be categorized into three main areas: public, commercial, and community. The management of these radio stations is subject to each region's preferred methods.
Algeria
Entreprise nationale de Radiodiffusi ...
* Music of South Africa
*South African Audience Research Foundation
The South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF) is a non-profit organisation which publishes media audience and product/brand research on traditional media.
It was formerly known as the South African Advertising Research Foundation (follo ...
(SAARF)
References
Further reading
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External links
Live All Radio Stations From South Africa Online
African radio online
Ecouter Radio En Direct
Listen to all South Africa FM radio stations online
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20090227013730/http://fmlist.org/ FMLISTdatabase of FM stations (select country "AFS" after logging in or continuing as guest)
FMSCAN
reception prediction of FM, TV, MW, SW stations (also use the expert options for better results)
Springbok Radio Preservation Society of South Africa
Radio Station World
list of station websites
South African Radio channel
SAARF (South African Audience Research Foundation)
Radio station in South Africa Live Stream
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Reference lists of all radio by province from South Africa
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