Channel Africa

Type	Radio network
Country	South Africa
Availability	International
Owner	South African Broadcasting Corporation
Launch date	1 October 1992
Website	http://www.channelafrica.org/

Channel Africa is the international broadcasting service of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. 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. A radio network is a network system which distributes programming to multiple stations simultaneously, or slightly delayed, for the purpose of extending total coverage beyond the limits of a single broadcast signal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... SABC logo The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state owned broadcaster in South Africa, and was for many years the monopoly, controlled by the white minority National Party government. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... International broadcasting is broadcasting deliberately aimed at a foreign, rather than a domestic, audience. ... SABC logo The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the state owned broadcaster in South Africa, and was for many years the monopoly, controlled by the white minority National Party government. ... A solid-state, analog shortwave receiver Shortwave radio operates between the frequencies of 2,310 kHz and 30 MHz (30,000 kHz) [1] and came to be referred to as such in the early days of radio because the wavelengths associated with this frequency range were shorter than those commonly... A satellite radio or subscription radio (SR) is a digital radio that receives signals broadcast by communications satellite, which covers a much wider geographical range than terrestrial radio signals. ... Internet radio is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...

Channel Africa evolved out of Radio RSA, a similar service which was closely associated with the South African apartheid regime. Radio RSA was the international broadcasting service of the Republic of South Africa. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...

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. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Channel Africa broadcast live on three platforms; Shortwave, Satellite, and Internet. Its broadcasts are in Chinyanja, Silozi, Kiswahili, English, French and Portuguese. The Satellite broadcast is via PAS 10 and is accessible through SENTECH's vivid decoders. Chichewa (Chicheŵa in Malawian English) is one of the two official national languages of the Republic of Malawi, the other being English. ... Lozi, also known as Silozi and Rozi, is a Bantu language (of the Niger-Congo language family) that is spoken by the Lozi people primarily in southwestern Zambia and also, to a lesser extent, in surrounding countries. ... Swahili (also called Kiswahili; see below for derivation) is a Bantu language widely spoken in East Africa. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

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 also airs on the World Radio Network. The World Radio Network is a consortium of national public broadcasters from around the world, who share programming on a series of international satellite radio networks. ...

External links

• Channel Africa Website (English) (French) (Portuguese)
• Listen Live Channel Africa (English) (French) (Portuguese)