{"id":332691,"date":"2019-08-03T18:29:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T16:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=332691"},"modified":"2019-08-02T18:15:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T16:15:36","slug":"top-20-most-popular-radio-stations-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/332691\/top-20-most-popular-radio-stations-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 20 most popular radio stations in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite the rise of new technologies such as streaming and improved broadband connectivity, radio still remains big business in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The latest statistics published by the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa show<\/a><\/strong> that many of these still receive a weekly listenership of over a million people in a wide variety of languages.<\/p>\n

The largest station is Durban-based Ukhozi FM which caters to the needs of the Zulu-speaking community. Between October 2018 and March 2019 the station had 7.6 million listeners a week.<\/p>\n

This is far ahead of the second most popular station Umhlobo Wenene FM – a station which focuses on the Xhosa language-speaking community – which had 5.4 million listeners a week over the same time period.<\/p>\n

Rounding up the top three is Metro FM with 4.3 million listeners a week.<\/p>\n

You can find the list of the 20 most popular radio stations outlined below.<\/p>\n

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Ranking<\/th>\nStation<\/th>\nWeekly listenership<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nUkhozi FM<\/td>\n7 670 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nUmhlobo Wenene FM (UWFM)<\/td>\n5 409 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMetro FM<\/td>\n4 372 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nLesedi FM<\/td>\n3 196 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nThobela FM<\/td>\n2 978 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMotsweding FM<\/td>\n2 546 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nGagasi FM<\/td>\n1 394 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nRSG<\/td>\n1 170 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nJacaranda FM<\/td>\n1 079 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nLigwalagwala FM<\/td>\n1 074 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nIkwekwezi FM<\/td>\n1 029 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nEast Coast Radio<\/td>\n1 023 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nMunghana Lonene FM (MLFM)<\/td>\n1 020 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nKFM<\/td>\n944 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\n947<\/td>\n942 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nPhalaphala FM<\/td>\n778 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nHeart 104.9 FM<\/td>\n768 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nKaya FM 95.9<\/td>\n754 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nYFM 99.2<\/td>\n676 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n5FM<\/td>\n674 000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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