KwaZulu-Natal community radio
Radio Khwezi - Ten-year-old 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 (past seven days): 331 000
- Language: Zulu, English, German, Afrikaans
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 got stuck in and 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 (past seven days): 229 000
- Language: Zulu
Durban Youth Radio - Broadcasting from Berea, 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 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 (past seven days): 146 000
- Language: 60% English and 40% Zulu
Highway Radio - Highway Radio is a Christian station broadcasting from Pinetown and targeting
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 (past seven days): 119 000
- Language: English
Radio Maritzburg - Radio Maritzburg broadcasts from the centre of Pietermaritzburg, targeting Zulu-speaking listeners aged 24 to 34. Programming includes traditional and cultural items with 25% talk and 75% music.
- Frequency: 107.6 FM
- Broadcast area: Pietermaritzburg, Howick, Cato Ridge, New Hanover, Edendale, Richmond and Hammersdale
- Audience (past seven days): 103 000
- Language: Zulu
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 (past seven days): 92 000
- Language: Zulu, English, Afrikaans
Hindvani FM - Hindvani seeks to promote the development and propagation of the Hindi language and music, with an even split between Hindi and English programming, and music and talk. It targets Indian listeners of all ages.
- Frequency: 91.5 FM
- Broadcast area: South Coast as far as Umkomaas, North Coast to Mandeni, West Coast to Cato Ridge and East Coast and central Durban, including Chatsworth and Phoenix
- Audience (past seven days): 66 000
- 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 (past seven days): 65 000
- Language: 80% Zulu and 20% English
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 (past seven days): 47 000
- Language: Zulu, English, Tsonga, Swazi and Afrikaans
Good News Community Radio - Good
News Community Radio is a Christian station broadcasting from Stanger and targeting listeners aged 19 to 49. Programming is 60% talk and 40% music, with news, traffic, surf, beach and weather reports.
- Frequency: 98.0 FM
- Broadcast area: Tongaat, Mtunzini, Chatsworth, up the North Coast to Stanger and down the South Coast to Durban
- Audience (past seven days): 22 000
- Language: English
