East Rand Stereo well known for its variety and fun-to-listen-to music selection, day and night and also broadcasts various focused programs such as Gospel, Country, Boeremusiek and Classical Music In 2005 East Rand Stereo once again became a leader in the industry, when it became the first community radio station in South Africa to broadcast using RCS (Radio Computer Software), which was in the past only used by Larger Commercial Radio Stations. East Rand Stereo is also one of few community radio stations with a fully operational newsroom and a news team, providing local news to its community, including two daily "good-news" bulletins.
West Rand creation of the Johannesburg unicity in 1999, Roodepoort, which is traditionally regarded as part of the West Rand, became part of Johannesburg municipality. After 1999, much of the area (excluding Roodepoort, which became part of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality) became part of the newly formed West Rand District Municipality. Despite being a separate municipal area, like the East Rand, the West Rand is included in the Witwatersrand urban area. To this end, the West Rand shares the same dialling code as Johannesburg (011 locally). It is not uncommon for residents of the West Rand to work in Johannesburg