Skyz Metro FM

Skyz Metro FM is the first commercial radio[1] station for the metropolitan city of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Skyz Metro FM
CityBulawayo
Broadcast areaBulawayo free to air, worldwide online
Frequency100.3 MHz
SloganBeyond the sky!
Programming
Language(s)English, Ndebele, Shona
FormatAdult contemporary, Talk
Ownership
OwnerFairtalk Communications
Sister stationsBreeze FM 91.2
History
First air date11 Sep 2016
Links
WebcastListen live
Websiteskyzmetroradio.co.zw

Description

The station provides music, culture, news and current affairs to listeners in the Bulawayo metropolitan province and further at a 60 km radius around the city. Most of its radio shows are mainly broadcast in iSiNdebele and English.

The station was received well by the people, businesses, organisations and artistes of the Bulawayo region and surrounding areas as it relates to their culture and music than any other station in the country.[2]

The birth of Khulumani FM[3] in March 2018, which is owned by the state broadcaster got some station's listeners talking, where others thought that it was launched to directly compete with Bulawayo's first, some welcomed it as an additional flavour. Media critics from other regions accused the two Bulawayo radio stations for sounding more like South African radio stations due to the use of South Western Zimbabwean languages including iSiNdebele, Xhosa and Sotho among other Matabeleland languages, and also heavily playing Nguni languages music.

It has various interactive shows that engage the community around the region and beyond.

Skyz Metro has the best shows for all ages for Bulawayo people and those who love Bulawayo. It boasts some of the best DJs, presenters and newsreaders from the city including presenters like Nkokhelo Khumalo aka 'Khekhe', Khaya Moyo, Donna Ncube, Babongile Sikhonjwa, Benkosi BKay Maphosa, soulful Possenti Sikosana and Bulawayo's best Ndebele newsreader, Kundai Shamuyarira.

The station is arguably one of the best projects that ever happened in the city in recent years. It uses the tagline #Esabantu which translates to "For The People".

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gollark: Public hospitals are LITERALLY COMMUNISM!!!!¹¡¡¡¡11
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gollark: Oh, it definitely slows down spread. I'm just saying that it doesn't *stop* it, which is why you still have new cases.
gollark: If everyone were isolated in airtight chambers and never left for probably a month or so you would get rid of viruses. But we can't do that, unfortunately.

References
  1. "8 Community Radio Stations issued licenses by BAZ". Creative Loop. March 3, 2015.
  2. "Skyz Metro FM charms listeners". Zimbabwe Independent. September 1, 2017.
  3. "Khulumani FM goes live". The Chronicle. March 5, 2018.

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