Jacaranda 94.2

Jacaranda 94.2

Broadcast area	Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West
Branding	Jacaranda 94.2
Slogan	"Life's Greatest Hits"
Frequency	93.9 - 97.1 MHz FM
First air date	January 1, 1986
Format	Adult Contemporary; Commercial
ERP	110 kilowatts
Transmitter coordinates	Pretoria-Gelukskroon (Magaliesberg Mountain Range)25°41′21.00″S 27°59′1.00″E
Owner	Kagiso Media; Lagardère Active
Sister stations	East Coast Radio; OFM; Heart 104.9; iGagasi 99.5fm; Kaya FM
Webcast	Jacaranda 94.2 Webcast
Website	Jacaranda 94.2 Website

Jacaranda 94.2 is a commercial South African radio station, broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province and boasts an audience of more than 2 million. The station's format is mainstream Adult Contemporary with programming constructed around a playlist of popular music from the 80's, 90's and today, as well as interactive and emotive features woven into daily programming.

It is an important player in South Africa's most competitive radio market, Gauteng, and dominates all of its target audience demographics in the nation's capital, Pretoria. According to official numbers from the South African Advertising Research Foundation released in 2010, Jacaranda 94.2 is the no. 1 station among Afrikaans home language consumers in Gauteng province. Gauteng is South Africa's economic powerhouse and home to the vast majority of the country's economically active population.

Jacaranda 94.2 operates a regional transmitter split service from a studio in Nelspruit. 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 Nelspruit and the Kruger National Park. Broadcasts occur weekdays from 12:00-16:00 and on Saturdays from 10:00-14:00. It also provides morning and afternoon drivetime newscasts to the regional audience.

History

The station started broadcasting at midnight on 1 January 1986 during a special outside broadcast from a New Year's Eve ball in the Pretoria City Hall. Radio Jakaranda/Radio Jacaranda was established as a result of the restructuring of the South African Broadcasting Corporation's regional radio portfolio following their decision to discontinue the legendary Springbok Radio on 31 December 1985. The original three regional services, Radio Good Hope, Radio Port Natal and Radio Highveld were expanded with three new services - Radio Jacaranda, Radio Oranje and Radio Algoa. Jacaranda's 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 N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway in Samrand Avenue, 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, Pierre Schnehage, Anton Schmidt, Derrich Gardner, Morné Zeelie, Elana Afrika, Kieno Kammies, Duncan Pollock, Clayton Robbertze and Darren Scott.

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.

Current weekday presenter lineup

• 05:00-06:00: Robbie Kruse
• 06:00-10:00: Frankie du Toit, Dianne Broodryk (News), Robbie Kruse (Traffic), John Walland (Sport)
• 10:00-13:00: Workzone with Julio Garcia & Gerda de Sousa (News)
• 13:00-16:00: Workzone with Barney Simon & Gerda de Sousa (News)
• 16:00-19:00: Martin Bester Drive with Martin Bester, Marius van der Walt (News), Janina Oberholzer (Traffic) & Trevor Cramer (Sport)
• 19:00-19:30: Sports Cage with Simon Hill
• 19:30-23:00: That Show with Rian van Heerden
• 22:00-00:00: Antowan Nothling
  • 12:00-16:00: Jacaranda Regional - Miguel Proenca

Current weekend presenter lineup

SATURDAY

• 06:00-10:00: The Wakeup Shakeup with Andrew Sorrill
• 10:00-12:00: Top 20 with Robbie Kruse
• 12:00-16:00: Maurice Carpede
• 16:00-20:00: Antowan Nothling
• 20:00-00:00: Saturday Night Fever with Dewald Noel
  • 10:00-14:00: Jacaranda Regional - Miguel Proenca

SUNDAY

• 06:00-10:00: The Wakeup Shakeup with Andrew Sorrill
• 10:00-12:00: Closet Classics with Barney Simon
• 12:00-16:00: Maurice Carpede
• 16:00-20:00: Pieter Koen
• 20:00-00:00: Janina Oberholzer

Playout and transmission

Jacaranda 94.2 utilises Selector music scheduling and Master Control playout software from Radio Computing Services (RCS).

The FM signal is beamed via STL from the Jacaranda Broadcast Centre in Centurion and 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.

In addition to the conventional over-the-air FM broadcast, Jacaranda 94.2 is also available on the DStv audio bouquet (Channel 158). The DStv IS-7 K_u band satellite footprint blankets the whole of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the southern half of Malawi.

Live worldwide audio streaming is hosted on its website.

• List of analogue terrestrial (FM) transmitters:

GAUTENG

• 94.20 MHz - Pretoria-Gelukskroon
• 95.30 MHz - Menlo Park

LIMPOPO

• 93.90 MHz - Louis Trichardt
• 94.60 MHz - Potgietersrus-Sugarloaf Hill
• 95.10 MHz - Thabazimbi-Kransberg
• 95.20 MHz - Hoedspruit-Mariepskop
• 95.50 MHz - Blouberg
• 95.80 MHz - Tzaneen
• 96.10 MHz - Nylstroom-Ruskloof

MPUMALANGA

• 94.00 MHz - Dullstroom-Mareskop
• 95.00 MHz - Middelburg
• 95.30 MHz - Piet Retief-Goedetrouw
• 95.70 MHz - Nelspruit-Spitskop
• 95.80 MHz - Volksrust
• 96.00 MHz - Lydenburg
• 96.20 MHz - Carolina-Pittville
• 96.70 MHz - Davel
• 97.10 MHz - Sabie-Klein-Spitskop

NORTH WEST

• 93.90 MHz - Rustenburg-Ishufi
• 94.80 MHz - Enzelsberg
• 95.50 MHz - Groot Marico
• 95.80 MHz - Zeerust

External links

• www.jacarandafm.com - Jacaranda 94.2 consumer website
• www.jacarandarmfm.com - Jacaranda RMFM consumer website
• www.radmark.co.za - RadMark, airtime sales house
• www.kagisomedia.co.za - Kagiso Media Limited, majority shareholder
• www.lagardere.com - Lagardère Active, minority shareholder