Radio stations by genre
From log-drum amapiano to Sunday-morning gospel and 24-hour talk. Pick a genre to see every station in the directory that plays it.
News & Talk
4 stations
Live news bulletins, current affairs, phone-ins and sport talk from South African broadcasters.
Amapiano
1 stations
Log drums, piano and the sound that took over South Africa — stations playing amapiano and sgija all day.
Kwaito
4 stations
Kwaito and its 90s and 2000s classics, still a staple of South African radio.
Gospel
7 stations
Gospel music, worship and praise stations from across the country.
Christian
1 stations
Christian radio: teaching, sermons, family programming and contemporary Christian music.
Maskandi & Traditional
1 stations
Maskandi, mbaqanga, marabi and traditional South African music.
Pop & Top 40
4 stations
Chart music, Top 40 countdowns and contemporary hit radio.
Adult Contemporary
5 stations
Easy-listening adult contemporary, soft rock and light music.
Rock
2 stations
Rock, alternative, metal and indie stations.
Reggae & Dancehall
1 stations
Reggae, roots, dub and dancehall.
Classical
1 stations
Classical music, opera and orchestral programming.
Oldies & Retro
1 stations
Golden oldies, 60s to 90s classics and retro throwback stations.
Community Radio
7 stations
Local community stations — the backbone of South African radio, broadcasting in every official language.
Variety
18 stations
Mixed-format stations that play a bit of everything across the day.
What South Africa listens to
Genre labels sit loosely on South African radio. A single commercial station will run breakfast talk, a midday chart show and a late-night house mix, so many stations appear under several genres here. The tags come from the community-maintained station database and are refined against station names and formats.
If a station is filed under the wrong genre, tell us and we will fix it. You can also browse by province if location matters more to you than format.