About SAFM

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SA's only national news and talk radio station. Leading the nation's conversation. The more you listen, the more you'll know. 104-107 FM Across Mzansi

SAfm is the SABC's national English language public radio station with its headquarters at Radio Park, Auckland Park, Johannesburg. It was established in 1936 at the time of the creation of the SABC. It was first known as the "A Programme", becoming the English Service when the Afrikaans Service came into being a year later. In 1985 it changed its name again to Radio South Africa and, ten years later, to SAfm.

Up until 1995, it was known as a "full spectrum" radio station; news, information, music, art, drama, children's programmes, sport, etc. It was also the first station to introduce 'talk' format and current affairs programming (Radio Today etc). During the next 8 years, SAfm moved away from "full spectrum" broadcasting in favour of news and information, dropping drama and cutting back on music in favour of a live, 'talk show' format. Children & teenage programming had already been removed from the programme schedule at the birth of SAfm.

However, in 2006, the broadcasting governing body, ICASA, instructed SAfm to re-introduce both drama and children's programming which it has done.

SAfm draws its audience from LSM's 7-10. It's core listeners fall into the age bracket 35-49.

Latest Achievements

2011 MTN Radio Awards:

  • Content Producer (Non-Commercial) : Finalist - Helen Mittwoch 
  • Drama Programme : Winner - No Place for You 
  • Sports Show : Finalist - SAfm Sports Special

 

2012 MTN Radio Awards:

  • Daytime Show : Winner - PBS: Afternoon Talk 
  • Drama Programme : Winner - PBS: Radio Vuka 
  • News and Actuality Producer - Winner - PBS: Veronica Fourie - AM Live 
  • Night-time Presenter - Winner - PBS: Ashraf Garda 
  •  On Air Packaging - Winner - PBS: African Renaissance 

 

2013 MTN Radio Awards:  

  • News and Actuality Presenter - Winner - PBS: Ashraf Garda 
  • Sports Show (EXP) - Winner - Sports Special 
  • Weekend Radio Show - Winner - Intune 

2015 MTN Radio Awards:  

  • Best PBS Night-Time Show - Overnight - Naye Lupondwana 


2017 Liberty Radio Awards: 

  • Best PBS Sports Show - Johan le Roux
    Best PBS Radio News reader - Nomsa Mdhluli

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SAfm draws its audience from LSM's 7-10. It's core listeners fall into the age bracket 35-49.

 

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