south africa availability international owner south african broadcasting corporation launch date 1 october 1992 official website channelafrica.co.za south africa portal channel africa is the international broadcasting service of the south african broadcasting corporation . overview edit airing on shortwave satellite radio and internet radio platforms the service airs news cultural sports and public affairs programming focusing on south africa and the african continent . channel africa evolved out of radio rsa a similar service which was closely associated with the south african apartheid regime . since the advent of the new democratic dispensation in 1994 channel africa the international radio service of the sabc has been engaged in the process of redefining itself and repositioning itself so that it is in line with the new democratic values underpinning the new south africa . during this period channel africa was faced with the task of formulating a vision and a mission that would cast the station as a major role player in the field of continental and international broadcasting . channel africa broadcasts live on three platforms ; shortwave satellite and internet . its broadcasts are in chewa silozi swahili english french and portuguese . the satellite broadcast is via pas 10 and is accessible through sentech s vivid decoders . the shortwave broadcast covers the south east central and west africa . the satellite broadcast covers the sub saharan region although it can be picked as far as london . the internet broadcast covers the entire world . programming from channel africa last aired on the world radio network in 2007 . see also edit external program hours comparison with some other external radio broadcasters external links edit channel africa official website live stream v t e radio stations in the johannesburg south africa region by frequency sw short wave fm 88.4 89.6 90.2 90.5 92.7 94.2 94.7 95.4 95.9 97.2 98.0 99.2 102.7 106.0 by name channel africa classic fm 5fm 947 yfm jacaranda 94.2 kaya fm lesedi fm metro fm motsweding fm radio 2000 ujfm talk radio 702 thobela fm vow fm south african radio markets cape town johannesburg see also list of radio stations in south africa v t e south african broadcasting corporation radio 5fm channel africa ikwekwezi fm lesedi fm ligwalagwala fm lotus fm metro fm motsweding fm munghana lonene fm phalaphala fm radio 2000 radio sonder grense safm thobela fm tru fm ukhozi fm umhlobo wenene fm x k fm 107.9 current television channels sabc 1 sabc 2 sabc 3 sabc 4 sabc news international former television channels south west african broadcasting corporation sabc africa v t e members of the world radio network akashvani all india radio banns radio international channel africa china radio international democracy now deutsche welle international radio serbia israel radio international kantor berita radio 68h kbs world radio npr pcj radio polish radio external service radio algeria international radio australia radio damascus radio exterior de espa a radio france internationale radio guangdong radio havana cuba radio japan radio kuwait radio new zealand international radio pakistan radio prague radio romania international radio slovakia international radio sputnik radio sweden radio taiwan international radio thailand world service radio tunis international radiodifusi n argentina al exterior rt swissinfo united nations radio vatican radio voice of korea voice of the islamic republic of iran voice of the strait voice of turkey world of radio this article about a radio station in south africa is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title channel africa & oldid 714378453 categories broadcasting in south africaexternal services broadcasting radio stations in johannesburgradio stations established in 1992state mediasouth african radio station stubshidden categories south africa articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinatesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 9 april 2016 at 11 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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