Munghana Lonene FM

Munghana Lonene FM is an SABC (South African Broadcasting Cooperation) radio station broadcasting in Tsonga language in South Africa. In Tsonga, "Munghana Lonene" means "a true friend." Munghana Lonene FM is geared to listeners who understand Xitsonga. Munghana Lonene FM is branded as an "infotainment" radio station with a 50% split of music and talk. It offers an environment interactive with its listeners, providing a mixture of news, music, current affairs, talk shows, education, sport, weather and traffic. The music repertoire consists of Jazz, R&B, Kwaito, House, Gospel music and African music.

Munghana Lonene FM
Broadcast areaLimpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and North West Provinces
FrequencyMultiple
Slogan"Makomba Ndlela"
Ownership
OwnerSABC
History
First air date
25 December 1965
Links
Websitewww.munghanalonenefm.co.za

Munghana Lonene FM's broadcast areas includes Gauteng, Limpopo, eastern Mpumalanga and Mozambique

History

On 1 February 1965, initial programmes in the Tsonga language were broadcast for listeners in the then Northern Transvaal, from the Johannesburg studios of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, at that time situated in Broadcast House, Commissioner Street. This service later became known as Radio Tsonga. On 1 February 1984 Radio Tsonga was also broadcast on medium wave from Pietersburg (now Polokwane). On 1 May of the same year, coverage was extended to listeners in Soweto via a low power FM transmitter atop the SABC building at Auckland Park.

Amongst those who managed the station is former presenter and Radio 2000 manager, James Shikwamabane[1] after Tsakani Baloyi left the station in 2011. Former sports presenter James Swikwambane has won more National and International Awards; he was now the station manager from May 2012 to September 2016.

As of 1 December 2016, Lawrence Ubisi is the station manager. Vongani Nkanyane is the station’s marketing manager. On 1 September 2018 the station announced Tebogo Jacko Magubane as its new programmes manager.

Lawrence Ubisi, Vongani Nkanyane and Tebogo Jacko Magubane are the station’s Top Management assisted by a group of Executive Producers heading various departments such as: Education; Sport and Religion.

As of 4 February 2020, OVHD is adding SABC Radio stations on its audio banquet and Munghana Lonene FM will be part of the stations on the banquet.

Coverage and frequencies
Coverage Areas & Frequencies
Area Freq. MHz
Mbombela89.4
Makhado91.9
Gaba91.3
Hoedspruit92.0
Tzaneen92.6
Pretoria95.6
Mokopane99.6
Johannesburg103.2

Programming

Broadcast time

Social Media
  • Twitter : @Munghana
  • Facebook : Munghana Lonene fm: Makomba-Ndlela
  • Instagram : munghanalonene
  • YouTube : Munghana Lonene FM

Listenership Figures
Estimated Listenership[3]
7 Day Ave. Mon-Fri
May 2013 1 198 000 755 000
Feb 2013 1 039 000 670 000
Dec 2012 1 092 000 704 000
Oct 2012 1 096 000 696 000
Aug 2012 1 214 000 657 000
Jun 2012 1 175 000 635 000

References
  1. http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2012/03/14/big-jamm-now-heads-mlfm-radio
  2. The Annual Guide to Radio in South Africa (AdVantage 2012). Media 24. 2012.
  3. SAARF RAMS (Presentations)
  1. http://www.clumag.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1205&Itemid=%5B%5D
  2. http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sowetan/archive/2008/04/15/dj-brian-back-with-best
  3. http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90871/7038965.html
  4. http://www.sabc.co.za/wps/portal/SABC/munghanalonenefm
  5. https://archive.is/20130421220015/http://www.rab.co.za/munghana-lonene-fm/

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