Algoa FM streams hit music and lifestyle talk live from Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, covering South Africa's Eastern Cape and Garden Route from the Wild Coast inland through the Karoo. Press play on Radio Shuffle and it streams free, instantly, wherever you are.
Forty Years on Air, Starting Inside the SABC
Algoa FM first went on air on January 1, 1986 as part of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, according to the station's own history, before being privatised in October 1996 and eventually folded into Africa Media Entertainment, a company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. That timeline puts the station's fortieth anniversary of broadcasting right in 2026, a milestone forty years in the making for what has become the Eastern Cape's dominant commercial voice.
A Coastline-Spanning Signal
Broadcasting on frequencies between 94.0 and 97.0 MHz from studios in Gqeberha, East London and George, Algoa FM's reach stretches from Mossel Bay to Barkly East and as far north as Colesberg, covering the Wild Coast and the Karoo hinterland along the way. A DStv satellite channel extends that footprint further still, carrying the station well beyond what its FM towers alone could reach.
Built for Listeners Who Want the Good Life
Algoa FM positions itself around adults who, as the station puts it, enjoy good music and quality life experiences, a lifestyle-first framing that runs through its hit music programming rather than chasing any single narrow genre. That approach has helped it stay the Eastern Cape's leading commercial station across a region where few single broadcasters cover as much geographic ground.
Tune In
From a 1986 SABC launch to four decades as the Garden Route's defining station, Algoa FM keeps the Eastern Cape's airwaves covered coast to Karoo. Stream it free on Radio Shuffle anytime.