Below is a list of all the community radio stations that are part of the Agenda news network. If you would like to add your station to this list, please contact the Radio Programme Coordinator at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The following figures and statistics were sourced through the South African Advertising and Research Foundation (SAARF - http://www.saarf.co.za/) website during November 2006.

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EASTERN CAPE COMMUNITY RADIO

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: 30 000
Language: 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: 56 000
Language: 80% Xhosa and 20% English

Rhodes Music Radio

The station broadcasts from the campus of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, covering a radius of 25 km from the town and targeting listeners from 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: 24 000
Language: English

Offers live audio on the Rhodes intranet

Unitra Community Radio

The station broadcasts from the University of Transkei in Mthatha (Umtata), targeting listeners aged 18 to 34. Programming reflects Xhosa youth culture and is made up of 60% talk and 40% music.

Frequency: 97.0 FM
Broadcast area: Mthatha (Umtata), Port Alfred, Port St Johns, Mount Fletcher, Mount Frere, King Williams Town, East London and Stutterheim
Audience: 230 000
Language: Xhosa

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: 54 000
Language: Xhosa

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FREE STATE COMMUNITY RADIO

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: 15 000
Language: 65% Sesotho, 35% Xhosa, and a sprinkling of English and Afrikaans

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: 120 000
Language: English, Sotho, Setswana and Xhosa

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: 20 000
Language: English, Sotho and Afrikaans

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: 154 000
Language: English and Sotho

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: 15 000
Language: English and Sotho

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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 (per week): 444 000
Language: English

Radio TNG

Radio TNG broadcasts from studios in Weavind Park in Tshwane, 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, Hammans Kraal and Ga-Rankuwa. Audience: 26 000
Language: English

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KWAZULU-NATAL COMMUNITY RADIO

Durban Youth Radio

Broadcasting from The Workshop, 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 KwaZulu-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: 146 000
Language: 60% English and 40% Zulu

Highway Radio 

Highway Radio is a Christian station broadcasting from Pinetown and targets 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: 119 000
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: 65 000
Language: 80% Zulu and 20% English

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 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: 229 000
Language: Zulu

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: 47 000
Language: Zulu, English, Tsonga, Swazi and Afrikaans

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: 92 000
Language: Zulu, English, Afrikaans

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: 331 000
Language: Zulu, English, German, Afrikaans

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LIMPOPO COMMUNITY RADIO

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: 28 000
Language: Sepedi, English and Afrikaans

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: 225 000
Language: Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga 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: 29 000
Language: 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: 120 000
Language: English, Pedi, Venda and Tsonga

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MPUMALANGA COMMUNITY RADIO

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: 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: 77 000
Language: English

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: 160 000
Language: Ndebele, Sotho, Tsonga, Zulu and English 

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: 20 000
Language: Nguni, Sotho, English and Afrikaans

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NORTH WEST COMMUNITY RADIO

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: 54 000
Language: English, Tswana, Afrikaans, Sotho, Tsonga and Zulu

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: 73 000
Language: English, Tswana and Sotho

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NORTHERN CAPE COMMUNITY RADIO

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: 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: 73 000
Language: Tswana, English, Xhosa and Afrikaans

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WESTERN CAPE COMMUNITY RADIO

Bush Radio

Bush Radio targets listeners aged 18 to 39, with 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: 86 000
Language: English, Afrikaans and Xhosa

Offers live internet audio

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: 107 000
Language: Xhosa and English

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