Radio 2000

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Radio 2000
Radio 2000 (S.A).gif
Broadcast area South Africa
Frequency FM: 97.2 – 100 MHz
Programming
Format Music, news, sport
Ownership
Owner SABC
History
First air date
1986
Links
Website Radio2000.co.za

Radio 2000 is a South African national radio station. Owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) [1] and based in Johannesburg, it broadcasts nationally between 97.2 and 100 FM. It is one of several radio stations in South Africa that broadcasts live sport reports. [2]

Contents

When it was established in July 1986, Radio 2000 would "simulcast" the original soundtracks of television programmes which were dubbed in Afrikaans, thereby catering for English speakers who wished to watch them in the original language. [3]

Coverage areas & frequencies

Broadcast languages

Broadcast time

Target audience

Listenership figures

Estimated Listenership [5]
7 DayAve. Mon-Fri
Feb 2013890 000297 000
Dec 2012860 000285 000
Oct 2012857 000289 000
Aug 2012823 000282 000
Jun 2012790 000266 000

scope="row"/ March 2022

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References

  1. Radio 2000 home page
  2. Twitter profile
  3. The voice, the vision: a sixty year history of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Malcolm Theunissen, Victor Nikitin, Melanie Pillay, Advent Graphics, 1996, page 120
  4. 1 2 3 4 The Annual Guide to Radio in South Africa (AdVantage 2012). Media 24. 2012.
  5. SAARF RAMS (Presentations)