UMhlobo Wenene FM
Radio station in Port Elizabeth
- Port Elizabeth
Sister stations
First air date
UMhlobo Wenene FM (UWFM) is a South African radio station, providing news, sports, and entertainment broadcasts in isiXhosa. The station broadcasts 24/7 on Channel 818 on DStv. It is the second-largest radio station in South Africa, with 4 million listeners.[1]
Broadcasting began on May 6, 1960, from the city of Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha),[2] under the name Radio Xhosa, before a renaming following the fall of apartheid and the 1994 election.[3]
The station has a broadcasting license from ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa).[4]
The station has received a number of awards.[5]
References
- ^ "Top 10 Radio Stations 2018". sabcgroupsales. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "UMhlobo Wenene Radio". gov. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ Ally, Shireen; Lissoni, Arianna (2017). New Histories of South Africa's Apartheid-Era Bantustans. Routledge.
After 1994 [...] vernacular radio stations came up with new names and logos. [...] Radio Xhosa adopted the name 'Umhlobo Wenene'
- ^ ICASA Website (Checked April 2013)
- ^ "Umhlobo Wenene (Awards)". umhlobowenenefm. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
External links
- Website in Xhosa and English
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- SAfm (English)
- Metro FM (English)
- 5FM (English)
- Radio 2000 (English)
- Good Hope FM (English and Afrikaans)
- tru fm (English and Xhosa)
- Lotus FM (English and Hindi)
- Radio Sonder Grense (Afrikaans)
- iKwekwezi FM (Ndebele)
- Lesedi FM (Sotho)
- Ligwalagwala FM (Swazi)
- Motsweding FM (Tswana)
- Munghana Lonene FM (Tsonga)
- Phalaphala FM (Venda)
- Thobela FM (Northern Sotho)
- Ukhozi FM (Zulu)
- Umhlobo Wenene FM (Xhosa)
- X-K FM 107.9 (!Xun and Khwe)
- Channel Africa (international)