Cape Community FM
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CCFM (Cape Community FM) is a 24-hour, (when there is no load shedding) [1][2] 7-day-a-week[3] community radio station[4] serving the people of Cape Town, South Africa. As a non-profit radio station who must adhere to ICASA Community Broadcasting regulations, CCFM broadcasts a mix of contemporary Christian music, combined with talk, views and interviews, and up-to-the-minute news, weather, and traffic information.[3] Its slogan is “Changing lives for good.”
CCFM started as Radio Fish Hoek in 1993.[5] The station was founded by the Fish Hoek Baptist Church.[1][6] It currently broadcasts in Cape Town, False Bay, Stellenbosch, Goodwood, Fish Hoek, Simon’s Town, and Atlantis on 96.7 & 107.5 FM.[2] English is its primary language, but airs some Xhosa & Afrikaans as well.[2]
CCFM styles itself as a Christian radio station,[2] boasting about 152,000 listeners as of October 2014. About 10% are younger than 25, a quarter of listeners are 25–34, a third 35–49, and 30% are 50 or older. The sex of the audience breaks 48% male, 52% female.[2][7]
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