Yarona FM

Yarona FM
Type	Radio network
Country	Botswana
Availability	FM: Botswana
Slogan	Live The Music
Launch date	22 August 1999[1]
Official website	Yarona FM

Yarona FM is a Botswana FM radio based in Gaborone with a core broadcast audience of youth (age 14), with a spill out to ages 35. The network plays a relatively freeform mix of indie music, including rock, pop, alternative hip hop, motswako and electronic music.

History

Yarona FM logo, August 1999 - March 2008

The radio station started its 24-hour broadcast on August 22, 1999, and at first was primarily a local broadcaster within Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana) covering a radius of 50 km from its central transmitter. In June 2007 the station was offered a national broadcast license by the Botswana Telecommunications authority and began a national rollout covering Botswana's major centres: Lobatse, Mahalapye, Serowe, Palapye, Selibe Phikwe, Francistown and Maun. For much of its history, its programming focus was on arts and culture, primarily consisting of programs devoted to RnB, Hip Hop, Motswako and Pop music.

The official Yaronafm logo since April 2008

Brand

From its conception, Yarona FM has identified itself with the "freshest" and newest songs, targeted towards Botswana's urban youth audience. Its initial tag lines were "Re tswhere vibe": setswana for "we've got the vibe" and "blazing GC's most rocking tunes". When the station went national in 2008, the tag line changed to "Live the music". Yarona FM is a positive, upwardly mobile forward thinking brand that encapsulates the aspirations, style, language, lives and future of the Youth of Botswana.

Frequencies(From South to North)

Until April 2008, the radio station was broadcasting through the frequency 106.6 FM, which was part of its logo and brand until 7 more frequencies were added.

Lobatse: 102.1FM
Gaborone: 106.6FM
Mahalapye: 99.9FM
Serowe: 102.9FM
Palapye: 105.1FM
Selibe Phikwe: 97.5FM
Francistown: 100.1FM
Maun: 97.5FM

Popular past presenters

Japs, Luzboy, Stups dawg, Big Duke (Current Programmes Manager), Chawa Bale, Dollar Mac, Tshepo Ntshole, Dig Nash, Otis Fraser, Kepi, O'neal, Junior Psy, Jazelle, Owen Rampha ( previous Station manager), McD, Kingdom, Dum-luv, and Big Fish were all popular names identified with the Yarona FM brand in the past. Many of these have now moved on to other local radio stations or to other ventures. Of late, and due to the high standards at Yarona FM, the station has become the number one breeding ground for talent amongst other broadcast entities in Botswana.

The youngest presenter in the history of the station are Kabelo "Japs" Tlhomelang (at age 15), airing in July 2000 with Kgosi "Dollar Mac" Kgosidintsi.

Yarona FM schedule

Podcasting

Yarona FM shows are also available via podcast on the stations Sound Cloud account.

Schedule

The network's base schedule is noted here, and applies only to Yarona FM's outlets.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Time
5am						Hanging Hosted by: Door Man
6am	Buffet Breakfast Hosted by: S.C.A.R & Zizi	Buffet Breakfast Hosted by: S.C.A.R & Zizi	Buffet Breakfast Hosted by: S.C.A.R & Zizi	Buffet Breakfast Hosted by: S.C.A.R & Zizi	Buffet Breakfast Hosted by: S.C.A.R & Zizi		Inspirational Grooves Hosted by: Trevor Jones
7am
8am
9am						Sports Nation Hosted by: Lb	Recess Hosted by: Khali & Lerato
10am	Grand Slam Hosted by: Martin	Live The Talk Hosted by: Yandile Nuku	Live The Talk Hosted by: Yandile Nuku	Live The Talk Hosted by: Yandile Nuku	Galaxy Sports Show Hosted by: Fox	The Hangover Mix Hosted by: Tshepie Dee
11am	The Next Level Hosted by: M.O.G & Ross	The Next Level Hosted by: M.O.G & Ross	The Next Level Hosted by: M.O.G & Ross	The Next Level Hosted by: M.O.G & Ross	The Next Level Hosted by: M.O.G & Ross	The Official 40 Hosted by: K-luv
12noon
1pm							The Wrap Hosted by: Katlego Rakola
2pm						Effin Every Where Hosted by: Kedi	Explore BW Hosted by: Lebo
3pm	Ride Hosted by: Izzy & Zizi	Ride Hosted by: Izzy & Zizi	Ride Hosted by: Izzy & Zizi	Ride Hosted by: Izzy & Zizi	Ride Hosted by: Izzy & Zizi	Krazy NormaL Hosted by: Drew Chadhall	Chillas YaRona Hosted by: Thato Dee
4pm
5pm
6pm					LiveWire Hosted by: Dollar Mac		The R&B 10 Hosted by: K-luv
7pm	AMPlified Hosted by: KingBee & Minkx	AMPlified Hosted by: KingBee & Minkx	AMPlified Hosted by: KingBee & Minkx	AMPlified Hosted by: KingBee & Minkx	LiveWire Hosted by: Dollar Mac	Headspace Hosted by: Bonnie B	The Soccer Show Hosted by: Fox
8pm					Club810 Hosted by: Macx Wa Bana & Dj Cupid
9pm					Club810 Hosted by: Macx Wa Bana & Dj Cupid
10pm	House Of esS x Triple 1 Mixtape Hosted by: Tshepi esS x Dj Fauz	House Of esS Hosted by: Tshepi esS	House Of esS Hosted by: Tshepi esS	House Of esS Hosted by: Tshepi esS	House Of esS x The Groove Hosted by: Tshepi esS x Dj Kops	Kaofela Hosted by: Mzitho	The Revolution Hosted by: Dj Kellz
11pm
12am
1am

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References

"Yarona Fm". Botswana Unplugged. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Yarona Fm". Botswana Unplugged. Retrieved 17 August 2017.