List of South African media
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The following is a list of South African media, including newspapers, television stations, radio stations and various alternative media.
National
- BeeldBeeldBeeld is an Afrikaans language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. Beeld is distributed in five provinces of South Africa: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and KwaZulu-Natal. Die Beeld was an Afrikaans language Sunday newspaper in the late 1960s...
(5 of 9 provinces) - Business DayBusiness Day (South Africa)Business Day is a daily national business newspaper published in Johannesburg, South Africa....
- City PressCity Press (South Africa)City Press is a Sunday newspaper that is aimed at black readers and is the third biggest selling newspaper in South Africa. City Press is distributed nationally and in neighboring countries including Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland...
- Daily SunDaily SunDaily Sun is the biggest daily newspaper in South Africa. With over 400,000 sales in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Northwest provinces, the national expansion of the paper to KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and the Eastern Cape will add to the existing circulation.Daily Sun targets readers in and...
- Mail & GuardianMail & GuardianThe Mail & Guardian is a South African weekly newspaper, published by M&G Media in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a strong focus on politics, government, the environment, civil society and business.- The Mail & Guardian newspaper :...
- Rapport (unavailable in KwaZulu-Natal)
- Sowetan
- Sunday IndependentSunday Independent (South Africa)The Sunday Independent is a weekly English language newspaper owned by Independent News & Media and published in South Africa.-External links:*...
- Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times (South Africa)The Sunday Times is a popular South African Sunday newspaper. It has an audited circulation of 504,000 and a weekly readership of 3.2 million, making it the largest weekly newspaper in South Africa. Recently it was involved in exposing a corruption scandal involving the South African government's...
- Sunday SunSunday SunThe Sunday Sun is a regional Sunday newspaper in North East England, Cumbria and the Scottish Borders, published in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Trinity Mirror...
- Sunday WorldSunday WorldThe Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News and Media. It is the largest selling "popular" newspaper in the Republic of Ireland and is also sold in Northern Ireland .-Origins:The Sunday World was Ireland's first tabloid newspaper...
Terrestrial television channels
- SABC 1SABC 1South African Broadcasting Corporation public service television channel that carries programming in English and Nguni languages.It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels...
- SABC 2SABC 2SABC 2 is a South African television channel owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation . SABC 2 broadcasts programming in English, Afrikaans, Venda, and Tsonga.It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels...
- SABC 3SABC 3SABC3 is a commercial South African Broadcasting Corporation television channel that carries programming in English and, as of April 2009, Afrikaans....
- e.tv
- M-NetM-NetM-Net is a subscription-funded television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by Naspers....
- Soweto TVSoweto TVSoweto TV is a South African community television channel broadcasting in the biggest township of South Africa, Soweto. Other than this the channel is broadcast to South African subscribers to the Dstv pay tv service. It provides a network station for South Africa's only networked program, KMT . It...
- Cape Town TV (CTV)Cape Town TVCape Town TV is a community television channel that broadcasts in Cape Town, South Africa. It launched in September 2008 with a one-year, "temporary" license and thereafter won another such license in September 2009...
Community channel
New satellite broadcasting licencees (not yet operational)
- Walking on WaterWalking on waterJesus' walks on water, or Jesus walking on water, is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. Accounts of the miracle appear in three Gospels: Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52 and...
- e-Sat
- Telkom MediaTelkom MediaTelkom Media is a pay-TV company based in South Africa. It is intended to be the first provider of IPTV services in South Africa.-History:South African fixed-line telephone operator Telkom announced the creation of Telkom Media in August 2006, when it also applied for commercial satellite and...
National
- Ukhozi FMUkhozi FMUkhozi FM is a South African national radio station that caters to the needs of the Zulu language-speaking community. It has the second largest reach in the world with an estimated 6.67 million listeners making it the second largest radio station in the world....
90.80/91.55 (4 out of 9 provinces) *biggest radio station in South Africa with SAARF Amps-certified 6.5 million listeners as of February 2009. see SAARF Amps 2008. - Metro FMMetro FMMetro FM is a national radio station in South Africa owned by the SABC.- History :The station started broadcasting in October, 1986 as Radio Metro to compete with the now defunct Radio Bop...
- Umhlobo Wenene FM Umhlobo Wenene FMUmhlobo Wenene FM is a South African national radio station that caters to the needs of the Xhosa language-speaking community.-External links:* in both Xhosa and English* *...
(8 out of 9 provinces) - Lesedi FMLesedi FMLesedi FM is a South African radio network owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation....
(5 out of 9 provinces) - 5FM5FM5FM is a South African FM radio station that follows a Top 40 music format and is owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation , South Africa's public broadcaster...
- SAfmSAfmSAfm is a national radio station in South Africa owned by the SABC. It was formerly known as Radio South Africa. Prior to that it was called the English Service. It was launched as the "A" service when the SABC was established by an Act of Parliament in 1936 and was therefore the Corporation's very...
- Radio Sonder GrenseRadio Sonder GrenseRadio Sonder Grense , i.e. Radio Without Borders, is an Afrikaans language radio service run by the South African Broadcasting Corporation for the whole of South Africa. Since Afrikaans is one of South Africa's 11 official languages, the SABC is required to carry an Afrikaans-language service on...
(RSG)
Eastern Cape
- Algoa FMAlgoa FMAlgoa FM is a Commercial radio station established to cater for the needs of the Eastern Cape and the Garden Route of South Africa in the 1980s and is still a driving force in the media of the present day....
- Tru FM
- Inkonjane FM
- Unitra Community Radio (UCR)
- Alfred Nzo Community Radio
- Takalani FM
- Link FM
- Imonti FM
Free State
- OFMOFM (South Africa)OFM is a commercial radio station based in Bloemfontein, with satellite offices in Potchefstroom South Africa.It was originally a split of Radio Highveld only broadcasting in the evenings, and began broadcasting under the name Radio Oranje on the 1st of July, 1985.In 1985, Radio Oranje started...
- Kovsie FM, campus radio station of the University of the Free StateUniversity of the Free StateThe University of the Free State is situated in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State, South Africa. The university also has a satellite campus in Qwaqwa that was, until 2003, part of the University of the North.-Academic Divisions:...
- Lesedi FM
- Med FM
Gauteng
- 94.7 Highveld Stereo94.7 Highveld Stereo94.7 Highveld Stereo is a radio station that broadcasts on the 94.7FM frequency from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.- History :The station first went on the air on September 1, 1964, as the first SABC regional FM service, Radio Highveld. At that time the station broadcast hourly news bulletins...
- Jacaranda 94.2Jacaranda 94.2Jacaranda 94.2 is a commercial South African radio station, broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province and boasts an audience of more than 2 million...
- Kaya FMKaya FMmost of the target audiences of KAYA FM resides in the urban areasKaya FM 95.9 is a radio station that broadcast from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.- History :...
- Talk Radio 702Radio 702Radio 702, currently known as Talk Radio 702, is a commercial FM radio station based in Johannesburg, South Africa, broadcasting on FM 92.7 and FM 106 to the greater Gauteng province. The station is also webcast via its website. It claims to be Johannesburg's number one news and talk station,...
- Tuks FMTuks FMTuks FM is the radio station of the University of Pretoria and one of South Africa's most respected community broadcasters. In addition to its deeply impressive output of media professionals, many of whom have become household names in the world of radio and TV, it was also one of the first...
, campus radio station of the University of PretoriaUniversity of PretoriaThe University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa... - YFMYFMYFM is a "Youth" radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1997, the station is formatted to mostly play urban music genres such as Kwaito, Hip Hop, and R&B along with minority of its airtime dedicated to talk shows. As noted by the name, the station's core audience consists of...
- Jozi FMJozi FMJozi FM is a local radio station that started in 1995 as .In 1999–2000, Soweto Community Radio and Buwa Radio merged to form Jozi FM, to form the largest community radio station in South Africa, broadcasting in several languages including: isiZulu, isiXhosa, English, Sesotho, Sepedi, Setswana and...
*biggest community radion station in South Africa broadcasting for the communiy of Soweto with an over-spil into Johannesburg CBD. - Top Stereo 93.6 (pretoria)
- 101.9 ChaiFMChai FMChai FM is a South African Jewish community radio station broadcasting to the greater Johannesburg area on 101.9 FM. It broadcasts 24 hours a day six days a week, taking a break from Friday night to Saturday night because of Shabbat.-The beginning:...
, Jewish radio station
KwaZulu-Natal
- Gagasi99.5
- DYR 105.10
- Radio Khwezi
- East Coast RadioEast Coast Radio (South Africa)East Coast Radio, also known as ECR, is a KwaZulu-Natal commercial radio station with an audience of just under 2 million. It is the second largest regional radio station in South Africa....
- Lotus FMLotus FMLotus FM is a South African national radio station based in Durban, loosely similar to the BBC Asian Network in the United Kingdom, that caters for the needs of the South African Indian community. It combines a mix of Indian music, news, current affairs, interviews and entertainment...
- Izwi Lomzansi FM
- Vibe FMVibe FMVibe FM is a radio station in the Cayman Islands in the British West Indies. The station is owned by Paramount Media Services and airs an Urban Caribbean music format featuring reggae and pop music as well as specialty programs featuring jazz and Gospel music. The station's most recent license was...
- Inanda FMInanda FMInanda 88.4 is a community South African radio station situated in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal, broadcasting in English and Zulu, with a footprint that covers most of the KwaZulu Natal, province and boasts an audience of more than 102 000 , a significant number for a KZN radio station...
Western Cape
- 567 Cape Talk
- Bush RadioBush Radio (South Africa)Bush Radio is a popular and pioneering community radio station in South Africa. It broadcasts from Cape Town on 89.5 MHz FM, with a music and talk format aimed at the 18 to 39 age group.-Early life:...
- Fine Music RadioFine Music RadioFine Music Radio is a radio station that is based within the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1995, Fine Music Radio focuses mainly on Classical Music and Jazz, and broadcasts on the frequency 101.3 FM.-External links:**...
- Good Hope FMGood Hope FMGood Hope FM is a commercial music radio station for coloured people, based in Cape Town, South Africa. The station broadcasts 24 hours of Contemporary Hit Radio per day.The station runs a dating service.-External links:**...
- Kfm - 94.5KFMKFM may refer to:* Kearny Fallout Meter, an expedient radiation meter, that can be made from household items* The Kentucky Fried Movie, an American comedy film, released in 1977 and directed by John Landis...
- P4 104.9
- UCT RadioUCT RadioUCT Radio is a campus radio station operated by students of the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. UCT Radio broadcasts on the 104.5 MHz frequency from a 20 watt transmitter located at ....
- MFM 92.6MFM 92.6MFM 92.6 is a campus radio station based in Stellenbosch, South Africa,The station broadcasts in the region of a 20 km radius to approximately 35 000 listeners. The station broadcasts 24/7 and is targeted to the youth market and in particular Stellenbosch University students...
(Stellenbosch University Radio)
Street newspapers
- Big Issue
- Homeless talk, a small newspaper produced in Johannesburg. Content is largely about the plight of the homeless. On sale at selected shops and most traffic lights in Johannesburg.