UCT Radio is a
campus radio station operated by students of the
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
(UCT) in
Cape Town
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,
South Africa
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. UCT Radio broadcasts on the 104.5 MHz frequency from a 20
watt
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transmitter located at . According to the university website, the station broadcasts its signal from the main Upper Campus in the Southern Suburbs, and all the way across the Cape Flats towards the Northern Suburbs of the greater Cape Town area.
According to the Radio Audience Measurement Survey, UCT Radio had a weekly listenership of 30,000 people.
Management
* Station Manager: Natalie Brandreth
* Traffic and Tech Manager: Kyle Robbertze
* HR Manager: Torben du Toit
* Programme Manager: Resego Molope
* Marketing Manager: Spokazi Tati
* Head DJ: Michael Owen
* Production Manager: Liezel Boudreaux
* News Manager: Tej Bagirathi
* Content Manager: Reitumetse Malefane
* Music Manager: Rèné du Toit
* Online and Social Media Coordinator: Rebecca Cullum
* Events Coordinator: Caitlin Samuels
Programming on UCT Radio
As a student-run, campus-community station, our programming reflects the culture, ethos and diversity of campus life, following a cross-genre approach to music and playing 90% of South African music.
Notable alumni
Mark Gillman (
5FM presenter), Randall Abrahams (
Idols SA judge), Suga (
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 ...
/MC at
46664 events), Bongani Njoli (
e.tv
e.tv (commonly referred to on-air as e) is the first and only privately owned free-to-air television station in South Africa. It is the fifth terrestrial television channel in the country, following three channels that are operated by the sta ...
) and
Natalie Bekker (P4/Free Spirit/
Top Billing
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presenter).
References
External links
UCT Radio official websiteUCT Radio live internet stream
Student radio stations in South Africa
University of Cape Town
Radio stations in Cape Town
1976 establishments in South Africa
Radio stations established in 1976
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