Gagasi 99.5 FM
{{short description|Radio station in Durban, South Africa}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = Gagasi FM
| logo = Gagasi 99.5 FM (2013 Logo).gif
| logo_size = 200px
| city = Durban
| area = Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
| airdate = {{start date|2006|3|13|df=yes}}
| frequency = {{frequency|99.5|MHz}} PMB : 98.5
| format = Urban
| owner = MRC Media (PTY) LTD
| sister_stations = Heart FM
| webcast =
| website = https://gagasiworld.co.za/
| coordinates =
}}
Gagasi FM (previously P4 99.5 FM or P4 Radio Durban) is a radio station broadcasting in Durban and surrounding areas in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, specialising in R&B, Afro pop, hip hop, house and kwaito.{{cite web |url=http://www.gagasi995.co.za/aboutus.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518002044/http://www.gagasi995.co.za/aboutus.htm |archive-date=2007-05-18 |title=About Us |access-date=2007-06-28 |publisher=Gagasi 99.5 FM |url-status=dead }} {{As of|2007|05}} it had a listenership of approximately 10 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.saarf.co.za/RAMS/rams-commercial.htm |title=Commercial Station Summary |access-date=2007-06-28 |work=RAMS 2007 |publisher=South African Advertising Research Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008035626/http://www.saarf.co.za/RAMS/rams-commercial.htm |archive-date=2007-10-08 |url-status=dead }} The station launched on 13 March 2006. It claims to be the only English and Zulu radio station in the country.
The station had 1 million listeners during its first year of operation.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
Broadcast time
Listenership figures
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:500px; height:200px;"
|+Estimated listenership[//www.saarf.co.za/rams-presentations SAARF RAMS (Presentations)] | style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"| | style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"|7-day | style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"|Avg. Mon-Fri |
| scope="row"| May 2013
| 1,791,000 | 801,000 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Feb 2013
| 1,769,000 | 833,000 |
| scope="row"| Dec 2012
| 1,736,000 | 796,000 |
| scope="row"| Oct 2012
| 1,765,000 | 824,000 |
| scope="row"| Aug 2012
| 1,778,000 | 777,000 |
| scope="row"| Jun 2012
| 1,836,000 | 795,000 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.gagasiradio.fm/ Gagasi FM website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817050533/http://gagasiradio.fm/ |date=2015-08-17 }}
- [http://www.saarf.co.za SAARF website]
- [http://www.sentech.co.za Sentech website]
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Category:Radio stations in Durban
Category:Zulu-language mass media
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