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Lotus FM

Lotus FM

South African radio station


Lotus FM (formerly, Radio Lotus) is a South African national radio station based in Durban, loosely similar to the BBC Asian Network in the United Kingdom, that caters for the needs of the Indian South African community. It combines a mix of Indian music, news, current affairs, interviews and entertainment. Lotus FM targets South African Indians between the ages of 25-34 (core) and 35-49 (secondary) in the LSM 7-10 segment.

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Lotus FM has occasionally been the subject of complaints, with people of South Indian descent claiming that the station's broadcasts favour Hindi music over Tamil music.[1][2]

The Lotus FM studio complex is based at the SABC in Durban, next to the famous Kingsmead Cricket stadium.

Disc jockeys

The following is a list of On-Air Personalities who present and produce shows on the station (including weekends)

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Frequencies

The station broadcasts in FM on the following frequencies throughout South Africa

Coverage Areas & Frequencies[5]
Area Freq.
Durban87.7 MHz
Ladysmith87.9 MHz
Port Shepstone88.2 MHz
Pietermaritzburg88.3 MHz
North Coast87.7
Durban North89.4 MHz
Glencoe90.0 MHz
Cape Town97.8 MHz
Port Elizabeth98.3 MHz
Pretoria100.1 MHz
Johannesburg106.8 MHz

Listenership Figures

More information May 2013, Feb 2013 ...

References

  1. "TimesLIVE".
  2. CJ Benjamin was fired after a breach in company policy in 2009. http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/lotus-fm-dj-to-fight-for-job-1.460722#.UjmO5dUoEwY


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