title: UMhlobo Wenene FM
text: # UMhlobo Wenene FM
  
  UMhlobo Wenene FM (UWFM) is a South African radio station, providing news, sports, and entertainment broadcasts in isiXhosa. The station broadcasts 24/7 on Channel 818 on DStv. It is the second-largest radio station in South Africa, with 4 million listeners.
  
  Broadcasting began on May 6, 1960, from the city of Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha), under the name Radio Xhosa, before a renaming following the fall of apartheid and the 1994 election.
  
  The station has a broadcasting license from ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa).
  
  The station has received a number of awards.
  
  