{"id":1551,"date":"2026-03-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/metrofmmusicawards\/sponsor-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:47:00","slug":"sabc-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrofmmusicawards.co.za\/metrofmmusicawards\/sabc-1\/","title":{"rendered":"SABC 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SABC 1<\/strong>&nbsp;is a South African&nbsp;public television&nbsp;network operated by the&nbsp;South African Broadcasting Corporation&nbsp;(SABC) which carries programming in English and&nbsp;Nguni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was created in 1996, after the SABC restructured its television channels. SABC 1 carried much of its programming over from the TV1 network, which was itself made up of the former TV2, TV3 and TV4 timeshared channels created in the 1980s. 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