Yarona FM

Yarona FM is a radio station based in Gaborone Botswana with a core broadcast audience of youth (age 14), with a spill out to ages 35. 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.

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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.

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The official Yaronafm logo used between August 1999 and March 2008

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

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.

Current line-up

Monday

• TKO: 6am-10am with Phenyo Moroka & Dollar Mac
• Grand Slam: 10am-11am with Martin
• The Next Level: 11am-3pm with Zizi & M.O.G
• The Take Over: 3pm-7pm with Izzy & Tshepi S
• UAMplified: 7pm-11pm with Leungo & Minkx
• Say Say After Dark:11pm-1pm with Sadie

Tuesday

• FlightSix210: 6am-10am with Phenyo Moroka, Elte' & Mdu
• Live The Talk: 10am-11am with Rorisang
• The Next Level: 11am-3pm with Zizi & M.O.G
• Dollar And Sense: 3pm-7pm with Dollar Mac & Ratie
• UnDisputed: 7pm-11pm with Izzy
• Say Say After Dark:11pm-1pm with Sadie

Wednesday

• FlightSix210: 6am-10am with Phenyo Moroka, Elte' & Mdu
• The NewsRoom: 10am-11am with Modiri
• The Next Level: 11am-3pm with Zizi & M.O.G
• Dollar And Sense: 3pm-7pm with Dollar Mac & Ratie
• UnDisputed: 7pm-11pm with Izzy
• Say Say After Dark:11pm-1pm with Sadie

Thursday

• FlightSix210: 6am-10am with Phenyo Moroka, Elte' & Mdu
• Bottom Line: 10am-11am with Modiri
• The Next Level: 11am-3pm with Zizi & M.O.G
• Dollar And Sense: 3pm-7pm with Dollar Mac & Ratie
• UnDisputed: 7pm-11pm with Izzy
• Dee Nice:11pm-1pm with Robbie Rob

Friday

• FlightSix210: 6am-10am with Phenyo Moroka, Elte' & Mdu
• Galaxy Sports Show: 10am-11am with Fox
• The Next Level: 11am-3pm with Zizi & M.O.G
• Dollar And Sense: 3pm-7pm with Dollar Mac & Ratie
• UnDisputed: 7pm-10pm with Izzy
• Monate Sukiri Jam:10pm to 1pm with GabsDiva

Saturday

• Morning After: 6am-9am with KingBee & Minkx
• The Official 40: 9am-12pm with K-luv
• Sports Nation: 12pm-1pm with Omps
• Coca Cola Reloaded XL: 1pm-2pm with Tshepi sSS
• Sky Live: 2pm-3pm with Minx, Thabiso & Fifi
• Krazy Normal: 3pm-7pm with Drew
• HeadSpace: 7pm-10pm with Black
• Monate Sukiri Jam: 10pm-1pm with GabsDiva

Sunday

• Inspirational Grooves: 6am-9am with Trevor Jones
• Reloaded Sundays: 9am-1pm with Tshepi sSS
• The Big Story: 1pm-2pm with Mr Chilume
• Krazy Normal: 3pm-6pm with KingBee & Minkx
• Sunday Soccer Show: 6pm-8pm with Fox, Chilly Boy & Crew
• Krazy Normal Lounge: 8pm-12am with Drew

External links

• http://www.yaronafm.co.bw/