Eastern Cape community radio

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Nqkubela Community Radio - NCR broadcasts from Port Elizabeth, concentrating on community-centred development, education and information, and targeting black and coloured listeners over 18. Programmes range from labour and other social issues to cultural and religious values and beliefs in Xhosa, English and Afrikaans, with a mix of 70% talk and 30% music.
  • Frequency: 97.0 FM
  • Broadcast area: Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage
  • Audience (past seven days): 271 000
  • Language: 60% Xhosa, 30% English and 10% Afrikaans
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 (past seven days): 230 000
  • Language: Xhosa
Radio Kingfisher - Radio Kingfisher is a Christian station broadcasting from Port Elizabeth and targeting listeners aged 25 to 49 with multicultural religious and secular programming made up of 60% talk and 40% music.
  • Frequency: 103.8 FM
  • Broadcast area: Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Dispatch, Jeffreys Bay and Grahamstown
  • Audience (past seven days): 114 000
  • Language: English
Link FM - Link FM is a Christian station broadcasting from East London and targeting listeners aged 16 to 49, with programming made up of 10% talk and 90% music.
  • Frequency: 97.1 FM
  • Broadcast area: East London, Mthatha (Umtata), Queenstown, Stutterheim, Grahamstown and King Williams Town
  • Audience (past seven days): 107 000
  • Language: English
Bay FM - Bay FM was born out of Radio Uppie at the University of Port Elizabeth. Now independent of the university and run by members of the community, the station's programming reflects its young target market and goes out in a mix of English and Xhosa, with 60% music and 40% talk.
  • Frequency: 107.9 FM
  • Broadcast area: Port Elizabeth, Despatch, Uitenhage, Motherwell, Kwa-Zakhele and Kwa-Maghake
  • Audience (past seven days): 66 000
  • Language: 70% English and 30% Xhosa
  • Offers live internet audio
CKI FM Stereo - Broadcast from Bisho, CKI targets young, urban and upmarket African listeners aged 16 to 34 who are focused on personal achievements but retain traditional values and customs, with programming 80% music and 20% talk. Programming is aimed at. They broadcast in English and Xhosa with a mixture of 80% music and 20% talk.
  • Frequency: 100.3 FM (Bisho), 104.1 FM (East London), 89.9 FM (King Williams Town) and 97.8 FM (Queenstown)
  • Broadcast area: Bisho, East London, King Williams Town, Queenstown, Idutywa, Stutterheim, Butterworth, Mdantsane, Port Elizabeth, Mthatha (Umtata), Aliwal North and Cradock
  • Audience (past seven days): 66 000
  • Language: English and 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 (past seven days): 56 000
  • Language: 80% Xhosa and 20% English
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 (past seven days): 54 000
  • Language: Xhosa
Radio Takalani - Radio Takalani broadcasts from Aliwal North, targeting the youth and young adults. Programming is in Xhosa, South Sotho, English and Afrikaans, with an even balance of music and talk.
  • Frequency: 107.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Aliwal North, Sterkspruit, Lady Grey, Rhodes, Barkly East, Jamestown, Burgersdorp, Zastron, Rouxville, Smithfield and parts of the southern Free State
  • Audience (past seven days): 46 000
  • Language: Xhosa, South Sotho, English and Afrikaans
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 (past seven days): 30 000
  • Language: Xhosa
Rhodes Music Radio - The station broadcasts from the campus of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, covering a radius of 25 kilometres from the town and targeting listeners and 16 to 28. Programming reflects the culture and aspirations of the student life as well that of the youth of Grahamstown and is made up of 45% talk and 55% music.
  • Frequency: 89.7 FM
  • Broadcast area: Grahamstown & 50km radius
  • Audience (past seven days): 24 000
  • Language: English, Xhosa & Afrikaans(60%, 30% & 10% respectively)
  • Offers live audio via streaming.
Radio Graaff-Reinet - Broadcasting from Graaff-Reinet, the station targets listeners of all races aged 18 to 50, with 40% music and 60% talk, including news, interviews, and educational and cultural programmes.
  • Frequency: 90.2 FM
  • Broadcast area: Graaff-Reinet, King Williams Town, Fort Beaufort, Bisho and Adelaide
  • Audience (past seven days): 22 000
  • Language: English and Afrikaans
Radio Ilitha - Ilitha Community Radio broadcasts from Maclear, targeting Xhosa, Southern Sotho, English and Afrikaans listeners aged 16 to 34, with programming focused on women and youth and made up of 80% talk and 20% music.
  • Frequency: 93.5 FM
  • Broadcast area: Elliot, Maclear, Ugie, Tsolo, Qumbu and Mount Fletcher
  • Audience (past seven days): 1 000
  • Language: Xhosa, Southern Sotho, English and Afrikaans

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