Algoa FM

Broadcast area	Eastern Cape
Programming
Format	Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner	African Media Entertainment group (AME)

Algoa FM has been broadcasting in the Eastern Cape since 1 January 1986.

This is monitored by the South African licensing authority known as the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, or ICASA.

Footprint Extension

Algoa FM was granted an extension to their licensed broadcast region by ICASA in 2011. The additional transmitter split extends their broadcast footprint across the Garden Route to Mossel Bay. The signal was officially switched on in December 2011 by the station's Managing Director, Dave Tiltmann. Algoa FM now reaches the coastal towns of Knysna, George, Wilderness and Sedgefield.

Corporate

Algoa FM together with OFM in the Free State and United Stations, a radio sales house, form part of the African Media Entertainment group (AME).

Studios

The Algoa FM studios are based at The Boardwalk Casino Port Elizabeth, South Africa. There are three Drive shows from 3pm-7pm that cover different areas namely; the Drive Show with Brian Ndevu that covers the Border Region (East London through King William’s Town, Queenstown and up to Aliwal North), the Drive Show with Lance du Plessis that covers the Garden Route (from Knysna to Mossel Bay), and the Drive Show with Roland Gaspar that covers Port Elizabeth and the remainder of the Algoa FM broadcast area. The Drive in East London and the Garden Route broadcasts through the Algoa FM signal as a transmitter split.

Footprint

Algoa FM reaches throughout the Eastern Cape and Garden Route, from Mossel Bay to Barkly East and as far north as Colesberg.

Broadcast languages

Predominantly English^[1]

Broadcast time

24/7^[1]

Target audience

Age Group 25 - 49, upper income earners^[1]

Total Audience: BRC RAM (October 2017 – March 2018) 514 000 past seven days listeners

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Annual Guide to Radio in South Africa (AdVantage 2012). Media 24. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[The_Frequency_Advantage_2012-1] The Annual Guide to Radio in South Africa (AdVantage 2012). Media 24. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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