Univen Radio is celebrating 20 years since its inception on 05 September 1997. The Community Radio Station is located in Thohoyandou at the Thulamela Municipality. The Station’s broadcasting radius covers the Vhembe and Mopani district municipalities, Mutale local municipality, and North of Kruger National Park on the eastern side.
Univen FM has been broadcasting for 20 years successfully and continues to serve its surrounding communities. The station strives for excellence in quality programming, contributes towards skills development and training and provides the platform for the district to address and understand issues of politics, agriculture, sports, gender, ethnicity, economics, youth development, women and children, education, entrepreneurship, religion and race.
The station has been at the forefront of imparting skills and work knowledge in programme production, script writing, marketing and sales, presenting, news reading, administration, secretarial, technical, human resource, advertising, music, events management and journalism disciplines. Currently, the station is in the process of rebranding
We have produced seasoned radio personnel that are currently working for commercial stations and the public broadcaster
Frequency: 99.8 FM
Coverage Areas: Across Vembe District and other parts of Mopani District in a 100km Radius
LSM Group: 1 – 5
Age Group: Primary Group: 16 – 35, Secondary Group: 35 and above. Male & Female
Broadcast Hours / Days: The station broadcast 24 hours per day
Broadcast Languages: English, Tshivenda, Xitsonga and Sepedi
Target Market: Students, youth, young adults and elders
Programme Format: Talk 60%, Music 40%
General Information: Mainly Youth, but several programmes attract adults
Music: Kwaito, African, Traditional, Jazz, House, R&B and Soul, Rap and Hip-Hop, Reggae, Gospel and Pop