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The station's main target audience is the urban youth, and its music library consists of a mixture of urban
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The station was set up soon after the country got its independence in 1980 to cater for the urban youth. When it launched, it was broadcasting for 19 hours a day. It became a 24 hour station in the late 90s.
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The station was renamed to Power FM in 2004, at the time when it was broadcasting 100% Zimbabwean music, a law that was enforced by the former
Zimbabwe's Information and Broadcasting minister,
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Some Power FM legends like Kudzi 'Mr Cool' Marudza, Witness 'Chuman' Matema and
Kennedy 'Kaycee The Gig Master' Masawi returned to the national broadcaster, but on the sister station
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at the time. The sudden change of policies, which took place in 2002 saw the departure of many of
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