History  of the community and the station X-K Fm.

Community

• In March 1990, the first plane with San people landed in Kimberley in the NC.
• 1000 soldiers with their families and dependants ( about 6000) was broad to Schmidts drift 80 Km from Kimberley.
• Everything was provided by the SADF, food, water and Army tents.
• In line with the SADF policy of integration, San soldiers were deployed to military bases elsewhere, but were not allowed to be joined by their families and dependents.
• At Schmidt drift, unskilled and illiterate mothers and elders became the heads of households.

Station

• The !Xun & Khwe people at Schmidt's drift, 80Km from Kimberley, where cut from every body and everything, they where listening to radio RSG, because Afrikaans is the communication language between the two communities but  they could not understand everything.
• The community leaders was very concerned because the youth who was mixing home language with Afrikaans and they thought that the language will become extinct.
• They approached one of the school teachers and asked him what can they do to preserve the San language.
• They did a  presentation to ICASA and applied for a broadcasting licence..
• A broadcasting licence for a community radio was granted to the SABC for the San people.
• The station was launched  on the 18 of August 2000 by the late Minister of communication. DR. Ivy Matsepe Casaburi at Schmidt's drift.
• The station was broadcasting in containers from 06:00 to 13h00 with only 4 male presenters.
• Two ladies joined them on the later stage in 2001.
• With the relocation of the San people to Platfontein in 2003, the station  played a big role in the community and was moved to Kimberley studios and the broadcasting hour was extended to 18h00.
• The SABC who is the mother and provider of everything to the station,  moved the station to a new building in Platfontein where the community is,  in 2005 the broadcasting hours were extended to 21h00 according to the ICASA mandate for us to broadcast 15hours a day.
• The SABC employed more presenters, a station manager, music compiler,  producers, archivist and a technical lady for the station all from the San community of Platfontein.
• The station has now a staff compliment of 17, excluding freelancers, all thanks to the SABC