Radio 2000 is a South African national radio station. Owned by the

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(SABC) and based in

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, it broadcasts nationally between 97.2 and 100 FM. It is one of several radio stations in

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that broadcasts live sport reports. When it was established in July 1986, Radio 2000 would "

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" the original soundtracks of television programmes which were dubbed in

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, thereby catering for

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speakers who wished to watch them in the original language.''The voice, the vision: a sixty year history of the South African Broadcasting Corporation''
Malcolm Theunissen, Victor Nikitin, Melanie Pillay, Advent Graphics, 1996, page 120

Coverage areas & frequencies

*National (97.2 - 100.0 FM)

Broadcast languages

*English

Broadcast time

*24/7

Target audience

*LSM Groups 7 – 10

Listenership figures

scope="row"/ March 2022 !2800 354

References

External links

Official Website
Radio stations in Johannesburg Radio stations established in 1986 {{SouthAfrica-radio-station-stub