Sentech

Sentech is the signal distributor for the South African broadcasting sector. The organisation began operations in 1992 as the signal distributor of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Sentech's mandate also included providing services to M-Net, Radio 702, Radio Ciskei, Radio Transkei and the Bophuthatswana Broadcasting Corporation.

However, in its Triple Inquiry report that was published in August 1995, the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) recommended that Sentech should be split from the SABC and that Sentech become a public company. This report was approved by the South African Parliament in March 1996 and the Sentech Act to implement these measures was adopted by Parliament in November of the same year.

Sentech now operates as a commercial enterprise that is owned by the Government of South Africa via the Department of Communications and has its own board of directors.

For a comprehensive list of South African radio and television frequencies, go to the frequency finder on the Sentech website: www.sentech.co.za.

Main radio/TV sites

Province Historical Province Location Transmitter Coordinates
Eastern Cape Cape Province Aliwal North 30°47′6″S 26°33′58″E / 30.78500°S 26.56611°E
Western Cape Cape Province Beaufort West 32°15′30″S 22°30′23″E / 32.25833°S 22.50639°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Bedford 32°37′57″S 26°2′56″E / 32.63250°S 26.04889°E
Free State Orange Free State Bethlehem 28°14′12″S 28°29′57″E / 28.23667°S 28.49917°E
Free State Orange Free State Bloemfontein 29°6′13″S 26°13′47″E / 29.10361°S 26.22972°E
Free State Orange Free State Boesmanskop 30°0′28″S 27°12′53″E / 30.00778°S 27.21472°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Butterworth 32°16′35″S 28°12′24″E / 32.27639°S 28.20667°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Calvinia 31°23′3″S 19°46′56″E / 31.38417°S 19.78222°E
Western Cape Cape Province Cape Town (Constantiaberg) 34°3′16″S 18°23′12″E / 34.05444°S 18.38667°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Carnarvon 30°54′15″S 22°22′27″E / 30.90417°S 22.37417°E
Mpumalanga Transvaal Carolina (The Brook) 26°10′27″S 30°38′6″E / 26.17417°S 30.63500°E
North West Province Transvaal Christiana 27°53′4″S 24°55′47″E / 27.88444°S 24.92972°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Cradock 32°18′2″S 25°32′26″E / 32.30056°S 25.54056°E
Mpumalanga Transvaal Davel 26°27′32″S 29°37′26″E / 26.45889°S 29.62389°E
Northern Cape Cape Province De Aar 30°27′50″S 23°59′13″E / 30.46389°S 23.98694°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Donnybrook 29°54′58″S 29°51′18″E / 29.91611°S 29.85500°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Douglas 29°4′8″S 23°31′43″E / 29.06889°S 23.52861°E
Mpumalanga Transvaal Dullstroom 25°34′23″S 30°11′16″E / 25.57306°S 30.18778°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Durban (Alverstone) 29°46′12″S 30°43′0″E / 29.77000°S 30.71667°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province East London 32°56′21″S 27°48′55″E / 32.93917°S 27.81528°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Eshowe 28°51′32″S 31°17′35″E / 28.85889°S 31.29306°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Faans Grove 27°6′0″S 22°24′16″E / 27.10000°S 22.40444°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Garies 30°18′53″S 18°4′40″E / 30.31472°S 18.07778°E
Western Cape Cape Province George 33°55′39″S 22°27′1″E / 33.92750°S 22.45028°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Glencoe (Fort Mistake) 28°9′5″S 29°56′51″E / 28.15139°S 29.94750°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Graaff Reinet 32°4′48″S 24°26′59″E / 32.08000°S 24.44972°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Grahamstown 33°17′15″S 26°42′30″E / 33.28750°S 26.70833°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Greytown 29°0′47″S 30°32′9″E / 29.01306°S 30.53583°E
Limpopo Transvaal Hoedspruit 24°32′32″S 30°52′7″E / 24.54222°S 30.86861°E
Gauteng Transvaal Johannesburg 26°11′33″S 28°0′25″E / 26.19250°S 28.00694°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Kareedouw 34°1′30″S 24°25′47″E / 34.02500°S 24.42972°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Kimberley 28°51′15″S 24°54′17″E / 28.85417°S 24.90472°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province King William's Town (Keiskammahoek) 32°40′48″S 27°15′36″E / 32.68000°S 27.26000°E
North West Province Transvaal Klerksdorp (Hartbeesfontein) 26°45′15″S 26°24′28″E / 26.75417°S 26.40778°E
Free State Orange Free State Kroonstad 27°25′18″S 27°11′7″E / 27.42167°S 27.18528°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Kuruman Hills 27°53′13″S 23°33′37″E / 27.88694°S 23.56028°E
Free State Orange Free State Ladybrand 29°10′19″S 27°22′41″E / 29.17194°S 27.37806°E
Limpopo Transvaal Louis Trichardt 23°0′5″S 29°45′27″E / 23.00139°S 29.75750°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Matatiele 30°23′47″S 28°49′15″E / 30.39639°S 28.82083°E
Western Cape Cape Province Matjiesfontein 33°16′54″S 20°30′17″E / 33.28167°S 20.50472°E
Mpumalanga Transvaal Middelburg 25°49′6″S 29°23′23″E / 25.81833°S 29.38972°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Mooi River 29°11′9″S 29°52′3″E / 29.18583°S 29.86750°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Mount Ayliff 30°50′14″S 29°23′41″E / 30.83722°S 29.39472°E
Western Cape Cape Province Napier (Bredasdorp) 34°31′46″S 19°53′33″E / 34.52944°S 19.89250°E
Mpumalanga Transvaal Nelspruit 25°30′57″S 30°46′33″E / 25.51583°S 30.77583°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Nongoma 27°54′19″S 31°39′26″E / 27.90528°S 31.65722°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Noupoort 31°18′14″S 24°55′59″E / 31.30389°S 24.93306°E
Western Cape Cape Province Oudtshoorn 33°40′17″S 22°16′1″E / 33.67139°S 22.26694°E
Free State Orange Free State Petrus Steyn 27°31′1″S 28°19′6″E / 27.51694°S 28.31833°E
Mpumalanga Transvaal Piet Retief 27°1′13″S 30°41′2″E / 27.02028°S 30.68389°E
Western Cape Cape Province Piketberg 32°49′9″S 18°44′17″E / 32.81917°S 18.73806°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Port Elizabeth 33°56′10″S 25°26′27″E / 33.93611°S 25.44083°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Port Shepstone 30°44′8″S 30°17′18″E / 30.73556°S 30.28833°E
Limpopo Transvaal Potgietersrus 24°9′26″S 29°14′9″E / 24.15722°S 29.23583°E
Gauteng Transvaal Pretoria 25°41′22″S 27°59′2″E / 25.68944°S 27.98389°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Prieska 29°40′54″S 22°36′55″E / 29.68167°S 22.61528°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Queenstown 31°43′58″S 26°47′3″E / 31.73278°S 26.78417°E
Western Cape Cape Province Riversdale 34°1′8″S 21°7′39″E / 34.01889°S 21.12750°E
North West Province Transvaal Rustenburg 25°36′59″S 27°7′5″E / 25.61639°S 27.11806°E
North West Province Transvaal Schweizer-Reneke 27°8′10″S 25°13′7″E / 27.13611°S 25.21861°E
Free State Orange Free State Senekal 28°15′21″S 27°30′25″E / 28.25583°S 27.50694°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Springbok 29°35′4″S 17°48′26″E / 29.58444°S 17.80722°E
Free State Orange Free State Springfontein 30°16′15″S 25°46′7″E / 30.27083°S 25.76861°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Suurberg 33°14′55″S 25°34′27″E / 33.24861°S 25.57417°E
Limpopo Transvaal Thabazimbi 24°28′2″S 27°36′50″E / 24.46722°S 27.61389°E
Free State Orange Free State Theunissen 28°11′56″S 26°34′48″E / 28.19889°S 26.58000°E
Limpopo Transvaal Tzaneen (Houtbosdorp) 23°47′7″S 30°0′16″E / 23.78528°S 30.00444°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Ubombo 27°33′44″S 32°4′50″E / 27.56222°S 32.08056°E
Eastern Cape Cape Province Umtata 31°35′49″S 28°44′36″E / 31.59694°S 28.74333°E
Northern Cape Cape Province Upington 28°52′58″S 21°44′11″E / 28.88278°S 21.73639°E
Western Cape Cape Province Vanrhynsdorp 31°45′16″S 18°41′21″E / 31.75444°S 18.68917°E
Western Cape Cape Province Villiersdorp 33°58′11″S 19°30′24″E / 33.96972°S 19.50667°E
Mpumalanga Transvaal Volksrust 27°18′36″S 29°53′15″E / 27.31000°S 29.88750°E
KwaZulu-Natal Natal Vryheid 27°44′29″S 30°47′37″E / 27.74139°S 30.79361°E
Gauteng Transvaal Welverdiend 26°26′49″S 27°14′54″E / 26.44694°S 27.24833°E
North West Province Transvaal Zeerust (Ottoshoop) 25°51′38″S 26°2′50″E / 25.86056°S 26.04722°E

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