Jacaranda 94.2

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Jacaranda 94.2 is South Africa's largest independent radio station broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province of South Africa and boasts an audience in excess of 2.5 million. Programming is constructed around a playlist of popular music mainly from the 80's, 90's and today, as well as interactive and emotive features woven into daily programming.

The FM signal is carried on 22 transmitters broadcasting on frequencies ranging from 93.9 - 97.1 MHz. These transmitters are operated by South Africa's state-owned broadcast signal distributor Sentech.

Content is also available on DStv audio bouquet (Channel 158) and WorldSpace Digital Satellite Radio (Channel 25). The DStv IS-7 Ku-band satellite footprint blankets the whole of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the southern half of Malawi. The south beam of WorldSpace's AfriStar satellite reaches much further north, into Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar and Mauritius.

Live worldwide audio streaming is hosted on its official website, listed below.

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[edit] Contact Information

Head Office: Jacaranda Broadcast Centre, 1 Samrand Avenue, Kosmosdal Ext 11, Centurion, Gauteng, Republic of South Africa

Telephone: +27 (0) 12 673 9100

Telefax: +27 (0) 12 657 0104

Email: enquiries@jacarandafm.com

  • Chief Executive Officer: Alan Khan
  • Programme Manager: Lloyd Madurai
    • Music Manager: Gustav Greyling
    • Creative and Production Manager: Andrew Campbell
  • Managing Editor: News: Alet van Rensburg
  • Marketing Manager: Lulu Ndevu
  • Financial Manager: Johan van der Merwe
  • Sales Manager: Bridget Clur
  • Technical Manager: Andrew Pike
  • RMfm Manager: Dewald Hattingh

[edit] History

Started broadcasting at midnight on 1 January 1986. Initially known as Radio Jakaranda/Radio Jacaranda, it spent its first 11 years with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). The transmitting signal was upgraded to stereo in 1990 - coupled with a name change to Jakaranda Stereo/Jacaranda Stereo. In 1994, the name was changed again to Jacaranda 94-97. Original location was Studio RS9 at SABC Northern Transvaal Broadcasting Services in Weavind Park, Pretoria until a move to a highly visible location next to the Ben Schoeman Freeway in Kosmosdal, Centurion when the station was privatised in 1997 - and renamed "Jacaranda 94.2 - More Music, More Stars/Meer Musiek, Meer Sterre". In 1999, the payoff line changed to "Your Soothing Companion/Jou Streler Speler", and currently is "Life's Greatest Hits".

Prominent past presenters of this radio station include: Fanus Rautenbach, Willem Engelbrecht, Ben Theunissen, Helen Naudé, Theo Conradie, Tom Henderson, Alida Theron, Anelle Schotkamp-Hugo, Anton Schmidt, Derrich Gardner and Morné Zeelie.

Jacaranda 94.2 is part of Kagiso Media, South Africa's biggest black owned media company. Jacaranda 94.2 is the group's top performer and is currently South Africa's number 1 independent radio station. Being a commercial bilingual music radio station it has challenges but Jacaranda 94.2 has entrenched itself as a station for the new South Africa. It is changing perceptions, delivering world class radio and has a dynamic management team leading it to 2010 and beyond.

[edit] Current weekday DJ lineup

  • 05:00-06:00: Francois du Toit
  • 06:00-09:00: "Just Plain Breakfast" with Darren Scott, Dianne Broodryk (News), Francois du Toit (Traffic) & John Walland (Sport)
  • 09:00-13:00: "Workzone" with Maurice Carpede
  • 13:00-16:00: "Workzone" with Tové Kane
  • 16:00-19:00: "Afternoon Drive" with Martin Bester, Riva Schoeman (Traffic) & Trevor Cramer (Sport)
  • 19:00-19:30: "Sports Cage" with Trevor Cramer
  • 19:30-23:00: "Night Flight" with Clayton Robbertze
  • 23:00-02:00: "Night Prowl" with Michelle Bradshaw
  • 02:00-05:00: Jeffrey Stevens

[edit] Current weekend DJ lineup

  • 06:00-10:00: "The Wakeup Shakeup" with Andrew Sorrill
  • 10:00-14:00: Samm Marshall (Saturdays); Francois du Toit (Sundays)
  • 14:00-18:00: "The Weekend JaM" with Jeffrey Stevens and Mags van der Westhuizen
  • 18:00-22:00: "Saturday Night Fever" with Dewald Noel (Saturdays); Riva Schoeman (Sundays)
  • 22:00-02:00: Jeffrey Stevens (Saturdays); Clayton Robbertze (Sundays)
  • 02:00-06:00: Liezel van der Westhuizen

[edit] List of Jacaranda 94.2's analogue terrestrial (FM) transmitters

GAUTENG

LIMPOPO

MPUMALANGA

NORTH WEST

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