98.4 Midlands

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| country = ZW

| name = 98.4 Midlands

| city = Gweru

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| area = Gweru & Midlands

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| frequency = FM {{Frequency|98.4|MHz}}

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| format = Music, Talk, News

| language = {{plainlist| *English

| licensing_authority = [https://baz.co.zw/ BAZ]

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| owner = AB Communications

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| sister_stations = {{plainlist| *ZiFM Stereo

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| website = {{URL|http://www.984midlands.co.zw/}}

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98.4 Midlands is a privately owned provincial commercial radio station broadcasting from Gweru, Zimbabwe.{{cite news |title=8 Community Radio Stations issued licenses by BAZ |url=http://www.creativeloop.co.zw/2015/03/8-community-radio-stations-issued-licenses-baz/ |date=March 3, 2015 |work=Creative Loop}} It is accessible on FM 98.4 MHz in the city of Gweru and greater parts of the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe.

The station first began broadcasting in 2016,{{cite news |url=https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2016/09/22/ab-communications-regional-stations-go-live/ |title=AB Communications' regional stations go live |work=Zimbabwe Independent |date=September 22, 2016}} with live broadcasts beginning in 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/hevoi-fm-98-4fm-go-live/ |title=Hevoi FM, 98.4FM go live |work=The Chronicle |date=June 1, 2017}}{{cite news |url=https://www.chronicle.co.zw/jah-signal-makhalima-judgement-yard-for-98-4fm-1st-birthday/ |title=Jah Signal, Makhalima, Judgement Yard for 98.4FM 1st birthday |work=The Chronicle |date=July 4, 2018}}{{cite news |title=Supa Mandiwanzira’s company launches radio stations in Masvingo & Gweru |work=Pindula News |date=June 1, 2017 |url=https://news.pindula.co.zw/2017/06/01/supa-mandiwanziras-company-launches-radio-stations-masvingo-gweru/}} A Gweru-based musician interviewed by the Zimbabwe Standard praised 98.4 Midlands, saying that it would highlight local musical talent that had previously been overshadowed.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2017/06/11/gweru-gospel-musician-hails-new-radio-station/ |title=Gweru gospel musician hails new radio station |work=The Standard |date=June 11, 2017}} The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation launched a second commercial radio station in Gweru in 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.newsday.co.zw/2018/07/zbc-launches-gweru-commercial-radio/ |title=ZBC launches Gweru commercial radio |work=NewsDay |date=July 16, 2018}}

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