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947 (originally Highveld Stereo) broadcasts out of Johannesburg on 94.7 FM to English-speaking listeners across Gauteng, holding a steady grip on the 25–49 age group under Primedia Broadcasting. If you tune in around 7 AM, you immediately get why the station dominates morning ratings: Anele and the Club on 947 is pretty much pure chaos in a good way, where Anele Mdoda and her team constantly cut each other off, argue over trending topics, and pull listeners into unscripted prank calls rather than reading off a studio script.
When it comes to music, daytime hours focus on global hits, pop, and commercial dance, but as the day winds down, the playlist shifts noticeably toward local South African sounds. By the time Zweli Mkhize takes over the evening show, the fast comedy drops in favor of hit rundowns, track debuts, and a heavy dose of local house and amapiano. Beyond the presenters, the station stays grounded in Joburg life with constant, real-time traffic updates for rough commutes on the N1 and M1 highways, quick regional news hits, and its direct tie to 947 Ride Joburg, the city’s massive annual cycling event.
First air date: 1 September 1964
Owner: Primedia (private)
Broadcast area: Gauteng (Terrestrial FM); Africa (DStv Channel 879)
Author: Alina Katrechko
Sister stations
Main shows and presenters
Anele and the Club
947 Drive with Thando
Afternoons with Zweli
Night Pulse with Msizi James and Bolele
Top40 with Nick Explicit
The 947 Weekender with Matt
Robert Marawa
Mo Flava
Contacts
- Website: primediaplus.com/station/947.
- Address: 5 Gwen Lane, Cnr. Gwen Lane and Fredman Drive, Sandown, Gauteng.
- Phone number: +27 (11) 883 8947.
- SMS: 32 947.
- E-mail: Webmaster947@947.co.za.