- Station name Station name
- Jacaranda FM
- Description Description
- According to the latest official numbers from the South African Advertising Research Foundation released in 2014, Jacaranda FM used to be the no. 1 station among Afrikaans home language consumers in Gauteng province, and one of the top 10 stations in the country.
- Launch date Launch date
- 1 January 1986
- Owner Owner
- Kagiso Media; Lagardère Active
- Contact Contact
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Jacaranda FM
South Africa
Format
128kbps • MP3
Jacaranda FM, previously known as Jacaranda 94.2, is a South African radio station, broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province and boasts a listening audience of 2 million…
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
South Africa
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|---|---|
| Language Language | Unknown |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | jacarandafm.com |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Primary frequency
97.1 MHz
Service type
FM
Coverage area
Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West
Owner / network
Kagiso Media; Lagardère Active
First air date
1 January 1986
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Station details
Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 481862 |
|---|---|
| Region | South Africa, Gauteng |
| Owner | Kagiso Media; Lagardère Active |
| Broadcast area | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
| Launched | 1 January 1986 |
| Website | jacarandafm.com |
| Primary frequency | 97.1 MHz |
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| Last check | 5 hours ago |
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| Stream host | live.jacarandafm.com |
| Final host | live.jacarandafm.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/mpeg |
| Server software | edge-iono-w2-01.sharp-stream.com 9.2.1 |
| Latency | 1180 ms |
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Source information
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| Current stream format | MP3 |
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Stream checked
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Last successful stream
5 hours ago
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About station About Jacaranda FM
Jacaranda FM, previously known as Jacaranda 94.2, is a South African radio station, broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province and boasts a listening audience of 2 million people a week and a digital community of more than 1.1 million people a month. The station's format is mainstream with programming constructed around a playlist of hit music from the 1980s, 1990s and now.
According to the latest official numbers from the South African Advertising Research Foundation released in 2014, Jacaranda FM used to be the no. 1 station among Afrikaans home language consumers in Gauteng province, and one of the top 10 stations in the country. Jacaranda FM operates a regional transmitter split service from a studio in Mbombela. It can be heard in most of the Capricorn, Bushveld and Lowveld regions of the Limpopo Province as well as in the Mpumalanga Lowveld, notably Mbombela and the Kruger National Park. Split broadcasts occur each weekday from 12:00–16:00 and on Saturdays from 10:00–14:00. Morning and afternoon drive time newscasts are also fed to the regional audience.
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