Setsoto FM Stereo

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Setsoto Fm Stereo
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  • Ficksburg
Broadcast areaEastern Free State
Frequency 93.7Mkhz
Programming
Format Multicultural
Ownership
OwnerMaluti Media Networks
History
First air date
28/02/2000
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
Key People=P. Mothijoa & T Sibiya
Links
Webcast www.setsotofm.caster.fm/

Setsoto FM Stereo is a South African community radio station based in the Free State. The station is directly responsible and accountable to Maluti Media Network as a community-based project; Setsoto FM is operated by volunteers from within the community of Greater Ficksburg and its surrounding areas.

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Coverage areas

From its studios in Ficksburg [1]

Broadcast languages

Broadcast time

Target audience

Programme format

Listenership Figures

Estimated Listenership [2]
7 Day
July 201616 000
July 201727 000
July 202262 000

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Media Connection (Setsoto FM)" . Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  2. SAARF RAMS (Presentations)