Top FM (Mauritius)

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TOP FM
Top FM radio`.jpg
  • Port Louis
Broadcast areaMauritius
Frequency 105.7 MHz (East/West)
104.4 MHz (Centre)
106.0 MHz (North/South)
Programming
Language(s) Bhojpuri, Creole, English, French, Hindi
Ownership
Owner
  • TOP FM Ltd
  • (Private Commercial Free to Air FM Radio broadcasting license)
TopTV Mauritius
History
First air date
31 December 2002
Technical information
Transmitter coordinates
20°09′51″S57°29′37″E / 20.164147°S 57.493672°E / -20.164147; 57.493672
Links
Webcast http://www.topfmradio.com/radio.html
Website www.topfmradio.com

Top FM is a private radio station in Mauritius, owned and broadcast by Top FM Ltd which is headquartered on the 7th floor of The Peninsula Caudan Port Louis. It started operations on 31 December 2002 with a private commercial free-to-air FM radio broadcasting licence issued by the Independent Broadcasting Authority of Mauritius. [1] The station's core audience is between 15 and 50 years, with ratings indicating loyalty of more than 65% and Opportunity to Hear (OTH) of over 1,800,000 every week. [2]

Contents

The station launched an associated news web TV channel, Top TV Mauritius. [3]

Awards

Top FM and Top TV Mauritius have been awarded the Transparency Mauritius Investigative Journalism Award 2015 [4] for its investigation titled Le décès de Iqbal Toofanny .

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References

  1. "License holder", IBA website. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  2. "About Top Fm", Top Fm website. Retrieved 28 June 2014
  3. "TOP TV Mauritius". YouTube. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  4. "TM Investigative Journalism Award 2015". Transparency Mauritius. Retrieved 2 November 2015.