Radio Orania is a South African community radio station based in the Northern Cape. The coverage area is Orania, a town in the Northern Cape,[2] although some reception is possible as far as Hopetown.[3]
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| Broadcast area | Northern Cape |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Afrikaans |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Orania Uitsaaidienste[1] |
| History | |
First air date | 12 April 2008 |
Programmes are broadcast in Afrikaans language,[2] from 5 am to 4 pm and 5 to 10 pm.[2] The Orania community is the target audience.[2] Programme format includes about 40% music and 60% talk.[2]
The radio station was launched on 12 April 2008, after its predecessor Radio 100 had been shut down by ICASA.[4] The station is manned by volunteers only,[5] counting over 50 contributors.[6]
Programmes include readings of Afrikaans literature such as Mikro's Die ruiter in die nag.[7] A 13-year-old student at Orania's Volkskool made local news in 2009, when his radio play about Battle of Majuba was broadcast by the station.[8]
Listenership figures edit
| 7 Day | |
| May 2013 | 22 000 |
|---|---|
| Feb 2013 | 8 000 |
| Dec 2012 | 9 000 |
| Oct 2012 | 8 000 |
| Aug 2012 | 6 000 |
| Jun 2012 | 6 000 |
Notes edit
- ^ Notice 1046 of 2007[permanent dead link], Government Gazette of the Republic of South Africa, 24 August 2007. Accessed on 2 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d e The Annual Guide to Radio in South Africa (AdVantage 2012). Media 24. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 May 2013.
- ^ Hagen 2013, p. 65.
- ^ "Voorgrond" (in Afrikaans). Orania Beweging. July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ "Get ready for Radio Orania..." IOL News. 10 April 2008. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Orania Beweging". Twitter. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Hagen 2013, p. 66.
- ^ Lombard, Eleanor (20 March 2009). "Pluimpie vir jong skrywer". Volksblad. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ SAARF RAMS (Presentations)
References edit
- Hagen, Lise (January 2013), Place of our own: The Anthropology of Space and Place In the Afrikaner Volkstaat of Orania (PDF), Pretoria: University of South Africa, retrieved 1 April 2015
External links edit
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