SAfm

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SAfm is one of the seventeen national radio stations owned by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It broadcasts on 104-107 FM frequencies nationwide from its studio in Johannesburg. This radio station has a long history. It was founded in 1936 and since then it changed its name several times until finally became SAfm in 1995.

SAfm radio station pioneered introduction of talk-format radio. There was a time when they broadcasted wide range of content including news, music, drama, children’s programmes. But then they added more and more information programmes, news and talk shows and removed all other type of entertaining content. And In 2006 they were forced by ICASA (the broadcasting governing body) to resume broadcasting of entertaining content. SAfm is an award-winning radio station. At MTN Radio Awards they were nominated in several categories in 2011, 2012 and 2013. According to statistics from their official website their audience includes more than 500,000 listeners across South Africa. But the real amount of their audience should be much bigger since many people prefer to listen to SAfm online. We also welcome you to add this page to your bookmarks if you want to have a live stream of this radio station on your PC. And if you prefer to listen to them on your smartphone you can download our free app for that.