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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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  1. ^ a b "Radio CCFm 107.5". All About Mzansi Information Services.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Radio CCFM - the Media Connection". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  3. ^ a b "GivenGain - Cause - Radio CCFm". GivenGain.
  4. ^ "Christian Community radio in South Africa". Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  5. ^ "Radio CCFM joins TownCaptain.com | Town CaptainTown Captain". Archived from the original on 2014-11-30. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  6. ^ "Our Story – Living Hope".
  7. ^ "SAARF".