Good Hope FM

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Good Hope FM
Good Hope FM Logo.jpg
Broadcast area South Africa
Frequency 94 - 97 MHz
Programming
Format Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) [1]
Ownership
Owner SABC
History
First air date
1965
Links
Website http://www.goodhopefm.co.za/

Good Hope FM is Cape Town's leading music focused interactive lifestyle radio station, whose contemporary hit radio format provides a music mix of R&B, pop, hip hop and dance. It targets young, global, routed[ further explanation needed ] and "now generation" listeners. Its footprint covers the Cape including the city, surrounding towns and villages the Overberg and Plettenberg Bay. The station has a target audience of LSM 6-9, 22-32 year olds.

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The intrinsic offering is:

It contributes to the development of South African music and local content through a consistent delivery according to ICASA guidelines and expectations. The station has regular interviews with local artists and supports the local music industry. It broadcasts predominantly in English with English/Afrikaans news, traffic reports and commercials.

Good Hope FM is a SABC commercial radio station and was launched in 1965. The station is a well-established Cape Town brand which provides a platform for advertisers to reach the affluent 20-something market of metropolitan Cape Town.

Coverage and frequencies

The Good Hope FM broadcast footprint covers Cape Town metropolis and surrounding suburbs, towns and villages and also extends to the Overberg and Plettenberg Bay regions. The surrounding towns and villages include Langebaan, Saldanha Bay, Malmesbury, Paarl, Wellington, Worcester, Franschhoek, Stellenbosch and Gordon's Bay.

Transmitters and frequencies:
Site nameFrequency
Simons Town93.9 MHz
Franschhoek93.9 MHz
Paarl94.8 MHz
Stellenbosch94.1 MHz
Tygerberg96.2 MHz
Constantia Berg95.3 MHz
Table Mountain95.3 MHz
Sea Point96.7 MHz
Overberg90.9 MHz
Hermanus91.9 MHz
Riviersonderend90.2 MHz
Plettenberg Bay91.3 MHz

Broadcast Languages

Broadcast time

24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Listenership figures

Estimated listenership [2]
7 Day1 Day
Feb'22-Jan'23698,000266,000

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Us". Good Hope FM. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  2. "Radio Listenership" (PDF). Broadcast Research Council of South Africa. Retrieved 11 April 2023.