TUT FM 96.2 is a South African university campus radio station based in Soshanguve, Gauteng.[1] It broadcasts from the Soshanguve Campus of the Tshwane University of Technology.[1]
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Frequency | 96.2 MHz |
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Website | www |
The station mainly targets the youth / students.[2]
It is one of the first campus community radio stations to be given a one-year term broadcasting licence by the then Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) in 1994. The station has been able to renew its licence under the Electronic Communications Act awarded in 2014.
The station broadcasts within a 50 km radius from 06:00 AM to 12:00 AM[3] daily and has a listenership of about 50 000. It targets mainly the youth aged between 15 and 35 and broadcasts in six languages that are English,[2][4] isiZulu,[2][4] Sepedi,[2][4] Setswana,[2][4] Tshivenḓa,[2] and Xitsonga[2] as per regulatory framework.
TUT FM 96.2 broadcasts on 96.2 MHz FM Stereo from studios in the Tshwane University of Technology's Soshanguve Campus to most areas in Pretoria that are within a 50 km radius including Soshanguve, Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane, Winterveldt, Pretoria suburbs and CBD, Centurion, Hatfield, Brooklyn, and many more. The station targets the listeners between 15 – 35 in the LSM group 3–7. The programming reflects a multi-cultural flavour targeted at the young black listener in the township, high school, college and university and the community, consists of about 40% talk and 60% music and includes the local news, traffic reports, and weather reports.
Broadcast languages
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editTarget audience
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editListenership figures
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Feb 2013 | 40 000 |
Dec 2012 | 58 000 |
Oct 2012 | 67 000 |
Aug 2012 | 63 000 |
Jun 2012 | 51 000 |
Location
editThe station's physical address is:
No. 2 College Block L, Soshanguve, Gauteng[6]
Soshanguve South campus of Tshwane University of Technology.,[1] ± 35 km North of Pretoria CBD.
References
edit- ^ a b c "TUT FM 96.2 Exceeds 110 000 listeners". Up2date. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s The Annual Guide to Radio in South Africa (AdVantage 2012). Media 24. 2012.
- ^ a b c d "TUT FM Website (About us)". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l The Media Connection (North West FM)
- ^ SAARF RAMS (Presentations)
- ^ "TUT FM Website (Find us)". Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2013.