Umgungundlovu FM, also known as uMgungundlovu Community Radio, broadcasts on 107.6 FM from Pietermaritzburg. It is a non-profit community station rather than a commercial one, established in 2006 and serving the uMgungundlovu district.
Official contact channels
- Telephone: 033 342 3952
- Second line: 033 342 2391
- Address: Msunduzi Tourism Hub Building, 283 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201
- The station publishes an enquiry form on its own website
- It is also reachable through its social media channels
The station does not publish a role-based email address such as an info or studio mailbox; the address on its contact page is a personal one. Use the two landlines or the website enquiry form, which reach the station rather than an individual.
What this organisation provides
- Community radio broadcasting on 107.6 FM
- Programming focused on education, community development and socio-economic awareness
- Coverage of political awareness, cultural development and economic development
- Health and human rights programming, including HIV and AIDS, and abuse of children and women
- A published show schedule, podcasts and community events
Community stations of this kind carry a public-interest mandate rather than a purely commercial one, which is why the schedule leans towards development and awareness programming. Airtime and outside broadcasts are usually negotiated directly with the station rather than through an agency.
Address and operating information
- Studios at the Msunduzi Tourism Hub Building, 283 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg
- Registered as a non-profit organisation and under the Companies Act, established 2006
- Broadcast licence reference: CLASS/COM/R128/FEB/09, issued under section 43 of the IBA Act 153 of 1993
- New broadcast studios were unveiled at the station in August 2023 with support from the Media Development and Diversity Agency
- No public office hours are published; broadcast hours and office hours are not the same thing
The licence reference is worth quoting if you ever need to raise something formally. It identifies the station uniquely to the regulator and saves an exchange of letters establishing which broadcaster you mean.
Support and escalation routes
- Programming, advertising and general enquiries: 033 342 3952 or 033 342 2391
- Broadcasting licences and compliance are regulated by ICASA, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
- Complaints about broadcast content go to the Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa where a station is a member, and otherwise to ICASA
- Community broadcasters are supported by the Media Development and Diversity Agency, a statutory agency
- Conduct of a registered non-profit can be raised with the Department of Social Development, which administers NPO registration
Take a content complaint to the station first and put it in writing. Both the BCCSA and ICASA will ask what the broadcaster was told and when, and a complaint about something said on air is far easier to pursue while the recording is still within the station retention period.
Sources
- Umgungundlovu FM about and contact pages, umgungundlovufm.co.za, read 3 September 2026
- Media Development and Diversity Agency page on uMgungundlovu Community Radio, mdda.org.za