SAfm

SAfm is a national radio station in South Africa owned by the SABC. It was originally called the English Service, then in 1985 it changed its name to Radio South Africa and finally in 1995 it was changed to SAfm. It was launched as the "A" service when the SABC was established by an Act of Parliament in 1936 and was therefore the Corporation's very first radio station. The "B" service (Afrikaans) was only launched a year later in 1937.

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HIT 107

Hit 107 (call sign: 5SSA) is a commercial FM radio station in Adelaide, South Australia primarily targeted at those in the 16–35 age group on a frequency of 107.1 MHz, and part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. On Monday 13 October 2014, it was announced that SAFM would cease broadcasting, and would relaunch on Monday 20 October 2014 as hit107 due to flagging ratings.

History

The station commenced broadcasting in 1980, on the frequency of 107.5 MHz, with a call sign of 5SSA and an original on-air ID of "Triple SA-FM" which was very short lived but soon replaced by "Double SA-FM". It was the first commercial radio station to broadcast on the FM band in Adelaide. Initially SA-FM was somewhat of a fringe operation, hampered largely by the fact that many houses, and more importantly most contemporary cars, did not have the ability to receive FM radio broadcasts.

Later, it changed its name to "SAFM", and altered its frequency slightly to 107.1 MHz. A second frequency, 91.1 MHz, was added as what was the first of many repeater frequencies in Adelaide, required due to Adelaide's sometimes problematic television and radio reception idiosyncrasies.