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| Broadcast area | Gauteng,Limpopo,Mpumalanga,North West |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 93.9–97.1 MHz FM |
| Branding | Jacaranda FM, previously Jacaranda 94.2 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult Contemporary;Commercial |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Kagiso Media;Lagardère Active |
| East Coast Radio; OFM; iGagasi 99.5fm; Kaya FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1 January 1986 (1986-1-1) |
| Technical information | |
| ERP | 110kilowatts |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaTuneIn) |
| Website | Jacaranda FM Website |
Jacaranda FM, previously known asJacaranda 94.2, is a South Africanradio station,broadcasting inEnglish andAfrikaans, with a footprint that coversGauteng,Limpopo,Mpumalanga and theNorth West Province and boasts a listening audience of 2 million people a week and a digital community of more than 1.1 million people a month. The station's format is mainstream with programming constructed around a playlist of hit music from the 1980s, 1990s and now.
According to the latest official numbers from the South African Advertising Research Foundation[1] released in 2014, Jacaranda FM used to be the no. 1 station among Afrikaans home language consumers in Gauteng province, and one of the top 10 stations in the country.
Jacaranda FM operates a regional transmitter split service from a studio inMbombela. It can be heard in most of the Capricorn,Bushveld and Lowveld regions of the Limpopo Province as well as in the Mpumalanga Lowveld, notably Mbombela and theKruger National Park. Split broadcasts occur each weekday from 12:00–16:00 and on Saturdays from 10:00–14:00. Morning and afternoon drive time newscasts are also fed to the regional audience.
The station started broadcasting at midnight on 1 January 1986 during a special outside broadcast from a New Year's Eve ball in the Pretoria City Hall. Radio Jakaranda/Radio Jacaranda was established as a result of the restructuring of theSouth African Broadcasting Corporation's regional radio portfolio following their decision to discontinue the popularSpringbok Radio on 31 December 1985. The original three regional services,Radio Good Hope,Radio Port Natal andRadio Highveld were expanded with three new services - Radio Jacaranda,Radio Oranje andRadio Algoa. Jacaranda's transmitting signal was upgraded to stereo in 1990 - coupled with a name change to Jakaranda Stereo/Jacaranda Stereo. In 1994, the name was changed again to Jacaranda 94-97. The original location was Studio RS9 at SABC Northern Transvaal Broadcasting Services in Weavind Park, Pretoria until a move to a highly visible location next to the N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway on Samrand Avenue, Centurion, when the station was privatised in 1997 - and renamed "Jacaranda 94.2 - More Music, More Stars/Meer Musiek, Meer Sterre". In 1999, the payoff line changed to "Your Soothing Companion/Jou Streler Speler", and currently is "More Music You Love".
Prominent past presenters of this radio station include: Maurice Carpede, Fanus Rautenbach, Willem Engelbrecht, Ben Theunissen, Helen Naudé, Theo Conradie, Tom Henderson, Alida Theron, Anelle Schotkamp-Hugo, Pierre Schnehage, Anton Schmidt, Derrich Gardner, Morné Zeelie, Elana Afrika-Bredenkamp,[2] Kieno Kammies, Duncan Pollock, Clayton Robbertze, Darren Scott and Martin Bester.
Jacaranda FM is part ofKagiso Media, South Africa's biggest black-owned media company. Jacaranda FM is the group's top performer and is currently South Africa's number 1 independent radio station by weekly audience figures (2,089,000 weekly listeners - RAMS June 2014)
Radio legendAlan Khan and media expert Mile Siluma were both former CEO's of Jacaranda FM.
Jacaranda FM operates primarily from their studio offices inMidrand, Johannesburg Region A. The address is: Jacaranda Broadcast Centre, 89 14th Road, Erand Gardens, Midrand, PO Box 11961, Centurion 0046.
They also have a secondary studio in theMontecasino complex, Johannesburg. The regional split is broadcast from Mbombela, where another satellite studio can be found at Emnotweni Casino.
The station moved into a new building in Midrand, in December 2012, approximately 6 km south of the previous location on Samrand Avenue, Kosmosdal.
Jacaranda FM utilises G-Selector music scheduling and Zetta playout software fromRadio Computing Services (RCS).
The FM signal is beamed viaSTL from the Jacaranda Broadcast Centre in Centurion and carried on 22 transmitters broadcasting on frequencies ranging from 93.9 - 97.1MHz. These transmitters are operated by South Africa's state-owned broadcast signal distributorSentech.
In addition to the conventional over-the-air FM broadcast, Jacaranda FM is also available on theDStv audio bouquet (Channel 158). The DStv IS-7Ku band satellite footprint blankets the whole of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the southern half of Malawi.
Live worldwideaudio streaming is hosted on its website.
GAUTENG
LIMPOPO
MPUMALANGA
NORTH WEST
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| 7 Day | Ave. Mon-Fri | |
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| May 2015 | 1 955 000 | 1 000 000 |
| May 2013 | 1 855 000 | 909 000 |
| Feb 2013 | 1 744 000 | 831 000 |
| Dec 2012 | 1 796 000 | 835 000 |
| Oct 2012 | 1 869 000 | 843 000 |
| Aug 2012 | 1 771 000 | 780 000 |
| Jun 2012 | 1 774 000 | 804 000 |
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