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Kaya FM

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Frequency
  
95.9 MHz FM

Owner
  
RadMark Media House

First air date
  
August 1997

Broadcast area
  
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Format
  
Urban/Jazz/African Indigenous

Kaya FM 95.9 is a radio station that broadcasts from Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

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History

Kaya FM was launched in August 1997, and was one of the first frequencies to be approved for private commercial radio in South Africa. The station format is 60% music and 40% talk, thus making it unique to other ICASA approved licences.

Format and listeners

According to its website, the current listenership stands at 628 000 per average day. Most of the target audience of KAYA FM resides in the urban areas. The music format offers a mix including Adult Contemporary music and Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Contemporary Jazz. It also includes African Indigenous Genre to its sound. Kaya FM 95.9 programming contains news, sport, and topical driven issues as well.

Footprint

  • Greater Johannesburg Metropolis
  • Northern Boundary: Pretoria Boundary
  • Eastern Boundary: Springs
  • Southern Boundary: Vanderbijlpark
  • Western Boundary: Carletonville
  • Broadcast time

  • 24/7
  • References

    Kaya FM Wikipedia