Channel Africa

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Channel Africa
Type	Radio network
Country	South Africa
Availability	International
Owner	South African Broadcasting Corporation
Launch date	1 October 1992
Website	http://www.channelafrica.org/

Channel Africa is the international broadcasting service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Airing on shortwave, satellite radio and Internet radio platforms, the service airs news, cultural, sports and public affairs programming focusing on South Africa and the African continent.

Channel Africa evolved out of Radio RSA, a similar service which was closely associated with the South African apartheid regime.

Since the advent of the new democratic dispensation in 1994, Channel Africa, the international radio service of the SABC has been engaged in the process of redefining itself and repositioning itself so that it is in line with the new democratic values underpinning the new South Africa. During this period, Channel Africa was faced with the task of formulating a vision and a mission that would cast the station as a major role player in the field of continental and international broadcasting.

Channel Africa broadcast live on three platforms; Shortwave, Satellite, and Internet. Its broadcasts are in Chinyanja, Silozi, Kiswahili, English, French and Portuguese. The Satellite broadcast is via PAS 10 and is accessible through SENTECH's vivid decoders.

The Shortwave broadcast covers the south, east, central and west Africa. The Satellite broadcast covers the sub-Saharan region although it can be picked as far as London. The Internet broadcast covers the entire world.

Programming from Channel Africa also airs on the World Radio Network.

[edit] External links

Channel Africa Website (English) (French) (Portuguese)
Listen Live Channel Africa (English) (French) (Portuguese)

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	The World Radio Network (WRN)	view • talk • edit

Channel Africa • China Radio International • Deutsche Welle • Earth & Sky • Israel Radio International • KBS World Radio • National Public Radio • Pacifica Radio • Public Radio International • Radio Australia • Radio Budapest • Radio Canada International • Radio Guangdong • Radio Netherlands • Radio New Zealand • Radio Polonia • Radio Prague • Radio Romania International • Radio Slovakia International • Radio Sweden • RTÉ • United Nations Radio • Vatican Radio • Voice of Russia

(Source: WRN Website and Sirius Radio)

Radio stations in the Johannesburg, South Africa market
By frequency	98.0 \| 702 \| Short Wave \| 102.7 \| 94.7 \| 94.2 \| 95.9
By callsign	Channel Africa \| Classic FM South Africa \| Highveld Stereo \| Jacaranda FM \| Kaya FM \| 5FM \| 702 Talk Radio

South African Broadcasting Corporation
Radio: SAfm \| 5FM \| Radio Metro \| Radio Sonder Grense \| Ukhozi FM \| Umhlobo Wenene FM \| Thobela FM \| Lesedi FM \| Motsweding FM \| Phalaphala FM \| Munghana Lonene FM \| Ligwalagwala FM \| Ikwekwezi FM \| Lotus FM \| Channel Africa
Television: SABC 1 \| SABC 2 \| SABC 3 \| SABC Africa
Former channels: South West African Broadcasting Corporation
Future channels: SABC 4 \| SABC 5