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Wazaa FM (Mauritius)

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Wazaa FM
Broadcast areaMauritius
Frequency103.2 MHz (Center)
100.5MHz (North) (South)
106.5MHz (East)(West)
Programming
Language(s)French, Hindi, Mauritian Creole, English
Ownership
Owner
  • First Talk Ltd[1]
  • (Private Commercial Free to Air FM Radio broadcasting license)
History
First air date
10 May 2019
Links
Webcasthttp://www.wazaa.mu/
Websitehttp://www.wazaa.mu/

Wazaa FM is a privately owned radio station based in Mauritius which started operation in May 2019. It is one of the recent radio stations with a Private Commercial Free to Air FM Radio Broadcasting Licence issued by the Independent Broadcasting Authority-Mauritius.

Wazaa FM claims to be a 'Feel Good' radio station offering listeners more hits and popular music with an entertainment and good humor factor. The genre of broadcast music is mostly Bollywood but they also offer much of their airtime to promoting local talents and artists.

Programs

Wazaa FM shows vary from entertainment ones to addressing more important societal issues, recent happenings and addressing individual concerns. Recent additions to the shows also show their giving focus to health related issues thereby diversifying the type of shows on air.

On weekdays (Monday-Friday)

  • Devotional Hour with Isha
  • Subha ka Tara with Sobhanund
  • Wazaa Maurice with Ameeksha,Maesh & Joshua
  • Bollywood ka Dhaba with Pinky Rajpal
  • Skip the Traffic with Manishma
  • Love Lines with Tanisha
  • Desi Nights with DJ Vakil
  • Feel Good Weekend with Alain
  • Midnight Club with Jake Francois
  • Confluence with Sarvesh and Danielle
  • Wazaa Sante with Emma et Dr Sandip
  • Tibiznes dan Moris with Krsna, Shazia and Diana

Other shows on weekdays

  • Ena Simé (Wednesdays) with Dhiren Moher and Emma Chelumbrun
  • Ansam Ansam (Thursdays) with Krsna Coopoosamy & Girty Eleonore
  • L'Instant Polique with Jimmy Jean Louis

Popularity

Wazaa FM is one of the youngest and newest additions to the privately owned radio stations but is also very popular among the local audience. Within a year of existence, they have a following of around 137k on Facebook with a very active fan base.

They have also been documented participating in quite a few social work including blood donations, job fairs, health check-ups and much more.  

See also

List of radio stations in Mauritius

References

  1. ^ "Radios privées: l'IBA choisit First Talk Ltd et Mayfair and Purely Communications Ltd".