Radio stations in African countries can be categorized into three main areas: public, commercial, and community. The management of these radio stations is subject to each region's preferred methods.[ 1]
Algeria
Entreprise nationale de Radiodiffusion sonore (ENRS) is the state public radio broadcaster of Algeria , which owns:
Angola
Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA) is the state radio broadcaster of Angola , which owns:
Canal A
Rádio Luanda
FM Estéreo
N'Gola Yetu
Rádio 5
Private/Other
234Radio[ 2]
Ecclesia FM - 97.5 FM Luanda (Religious Radio Station)
Luanda Antena Comercial - 95.5 FM Luanda
Ngola Radio - 87.7 FM Luanda
Ascension Island
The Atlantic Relay Station is the official broadcasting station of Ascension Island, installed in 1966.[ 3]
Benin
Office de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin (ORTB) is the state broadcaster of Benin , which owns:
Radio Bénin (National)
Radio Régionale
Atlantic FM
Radio Parakou
Private/Other
BBC WS Africa
CAPP FM
FM Ouémé
Radio Adja Ouèrè
Radio Maranatha
Radio Tokpa
RFI Afrique
RIC (Radio Immaculée Conception)
Golfe FM
Océan FM
Soleil FM
Frissons Radio
Fraternité FM
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Radio Television du Burkina (RTB), is the state broadcaster of Burkina Faso , which owns:
RTB Radio (National radio station)
Radio Canal Arc-en-Ciel
Local RTB radio stations
Private/Other
Burundi
Radio Télévision Nationale du Burundi (RTNB) is the state broadcaster of Burundi, which owns:
RTNB Radio 1
RTNB Radio 2
Private/Other
Cameroon
Cameroon Radio & Television (CRTV) is the state broadcaster of Cameroon , which owns:
Private/Other
Cape Verde
Rádio e Televisão de Cabo Verde (RTC) is the state broadcaster of Cape Verde , which owns:
RCV Rádio de Cabo Verde (National)
RCV Mais
RCV Regional
Private/Other
Central African Republic
Radio Centrafrique is the state broadcaster of Central African Republic.[ 4]
Chad
Comoros
Office de Radio et Télévision des Comores (ORTC) is the state broadcaster of Comoros , which owns:
Private/Other
Côte d'Ivoire
Radiodiffusion-Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) is the state broadcaster of Côte d'Ivoire , which owns:
Radio Côte d'Ivoire
Fréquence 2
Private/Other
Congo
La Radiodiffusion Télévision Congolaise (RTC) is the state broadcaster of the Republic of the Congo , which owns:
RTC National
RTC Régional
Private/Other
Democratic Republic of Congo
Radio-Télévision nationale congolaise or RTNC, is the state broadcaster of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which owns:
Private/Other
Djibouti
Radio Télévision de Djibouti (RTD) is the state broadcaster of the Republic of Djibouti , which owns:
Radio Inter
Radio Nationale
RTD FM
Private/Other
Egypt
Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) is the state broadcaster of Egypt .
All totaled, there are two partly private and two private radio stations.
Equatorial Guinea
Radiotelevisión de Guinea Ecuatorial (RTVGE) is the state broadcaster of Equatorial Guinea, which owns:
Radio Nacional Guinea Ecuatorial
Private/Other
Eritrea
Radio Selamna
Dimtsi Hafash
Radio Bana
Radio Zara
Ethiopia
Afro FM 105.3
Bisrat FM 101.1
Debub FM
EBC 97.1 FM
EBC FM 104.7
FM Addis
Radio Ethiopia
Fana FM 98.1
KETO 93.9 FM Denver
Sheger FM 102.1
zami 90.1 FM
Harar FM 101.4
103.7 FM
Finfinnee 92.3 FM
Shamanne 107.2 Fm
Ciro 101.1 FM
Gabon
Radiodiffusion-Télévision Gabonaise (RTG) is the state broadcaster of Gabon , which owns:
RTG Châine 1
RTG Châine 2
Private/Other
Ghana
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) is the state broadcaster of Ghana , which owns:
Private o international radio:
Guinea
Radio Télévision Guinéenne (RTG) is the state broadcaster of Guinea , which owns:
Radio Nationale Guinéenne
Radio Rurale Guinéene
Private/Other
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau National Radio (RGB) is the state broadcaster of Guinea-Bissau , which owns:
Radiodiffusão Nacional do Guinea
including Several local radio stations
Private/Other
Kenya
Broadcasting in Swahili, English and other local dialects, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is the state broadcaster of Kenya , which owns:
KBC Radio Taifa
KBC English Service
KBC Eastern
Coro FM
Pwani FM
Private/Other
Lesotho
romanza tv africa
Liberia
Liberia Broadcasting System or LBS, is the state broadcaster of Liberia, which owns:
Private/Other
Libya
Libyan Radio and Television (LRT) is the state broadcaster of Libya .
Al Aan FM (transmits in 105.3 MHz across the country, covering cities: Al Bayda, Al Marj , Benghazi , Jadu, Misrata , Labraq , Nalut , Sabha, Sirte , Susah, Tobruk , Tripoli ).
Madagascar
Malawi
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation or (MBC) is the state broadcaster of Malawi , which owns:
Private/Other
Times radio
Maziko radio
Yoneco fm
Mali
Office de Radiodiffusion Television du Mali (ORTM) is the state broadcaster of Mali , which owns:
Radio Mali
Chaîne 2
Radio Rurale
Private/Other
Mauritania
Radio Mauritanie is the state broadcaster of Mauritania, which owns:
Radio Mauritanie National
Radio Mauritanie Régional
Private/Other
Mauritius
Private/Other
Mayotte
Morocco
Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision or SNRT is the state broadcaster of Morocco, which owns:
Chaîne Nationale
Chaîne Inter
SNRT Quran
SNRT Arabic
Private/Other
Mozambique
Rádio Moçambique is the state broadcaster of Mozambique , which owns:
Private/Other
Namibia
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) is the state broadcaster of Namibia ,[ 5] which owns:
NBC National Radio 1 (English)
NBC National Radio 2 (Afrikaans)
NBC National Radio 3 (German)
including Other radio stations of NBC operate in several local languages
Private/Other
99FM Namibia : first and largest commercial English radio station in Namibia, broadcasting in main urban areas as well as by a live stream on www.99fm.com.na or the 99FM App (Android & Apple).
234Radio[ 2]
Hitradio Namibia : first commercial German-language radio station in Namibia, broadcasting in the central and coastal areas as well as by a live stream.
Channel 7 : Broadcasting on 104.5 FM in Windhoek. Christian community station. The widest reach (number of transmitters throughout the country) of any Namibian radio station (except Namibian Broadcasting Corporation).
Katutura Community Radio : Broadcasts on 106.2 FM in Windhoek. A community radio station based in a Windhoek suburb - Katutura.
Kudu FM
Omulunga Radio
99FM: English medium, commercial radio station. ([www.99fm.com.na Official website])
Radio Energy 100FM
RFI Afrique : Broadcasting on 107.9 FM in Windhoek. Relay of French-speaking radio channel in Windhoek
UNAM Radio : Community Radio broadcast from University of Namibia on 97.4 FM only within the city of Windhoek and surrounding areas
West Coast FM: Broadcasting on 107.7 FM in Swakopmund and 106.9 FM in Walvis Bay . The only station in the Erongo Region broadcasting live, 24/7 from Swakopmund. Self-described as "Adult contemporary with a touch of local."
Niger
Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Niger or ORTN, is the state broadcaster of Niger, which owns:
Private/Other
Nigeria
234Radio[ 2]
Don Bosco Radio (Official website ) internet radio; transmitting from Nigeria, Ireland, Ghana etc. It is operated by youth for youth.
Radio Biafra (Internet Radio), transmitting from London, UK and owned by the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) with its director as Mazi Nnamdi Kanu . It's a pro Biafran radio that broadcasts every two days, mostly by 7pm (GMT+1) and has its reach within Eastern Nigeria and Lagos.
Trybe City Radio (Official website ) - online campus station
XMRadio1 (Official website ) (New music, digital audio contents and new age radio shows)[ 6]
Réunion
Radio France is the state broadcaster of France , which also broadcasts some stations in La Réunion and Mayotte . It owns:
Private/Other
Rwanda
Rwandan Office of Information (ORINFOR) is the state broadcaster of Rwanda , which owns:
Private/other
Saint Helena
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS) is the state broadcaster of Senegal, which owns:
RTS Chaîne Nationale
RTS Chaîne Regionale
Radio Sénégal International
Dakar FM
Mag FM
Private/Other
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
All Jazz Radio [ 9] (Africa's only 24/7 volunteer driven online radio station streaming daily from Cape Town, playing all jazz from Africa including, Blues, Latin & World jazz)
234Radio[ 2]
East Coast Radio
Soweto iRadio [ 10]
Ugu Youth Radio
70vibe-fm - It's about the seventies music! [ 11]
Ntuzuma Fm (Online Radio)
South Sudan
Sudan
Sudan National Radio
FM 100
Salam Radio
Quran Radio
Wadi Nile Valley Radio
Swaziland
Swaziland Broadcasting and Information Services or SBIS, is the state broadcaster of Swaziland, which owns:
Radio 1 (Siswati)
Radio 2 (English)
Private/Other
Tanzania
Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) owns:
Private/Other
234Radio[ 2]
Abood Radio
Bongo Radio (Online Radio Station)
Clouds FM
Country FM
East Africa Radio
Ebony FM
HHC Alive Radio (Christian Radio)
Info Radio
Kwa Neema FM
Radio Kwizera FM-Covering Kagera, Kigoma, Geita, Shinyanga, Mwanza, Simiyu, Mara regions in North-Western Tanzania and the Great Lakes regions of Africa
Living Water FM
Magic FM
Mambo Jambo FM
Mbeya Highlands FM
Praise Power FM
Pride FM Radio
Radio Free Africa
Radio Imaan (Islamic Radio)
Radio Maria
Radio One
Radio Safina (Christian Radio)
Times FM
WAPO Rado
Tristan da Cunha
Togo
Tunisia
Since 2007, Établissement de la Radio Tunisienne (RT) is the state broadcaster of Tunisia , which owns:
Private/Other
Uganda
Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) is the state radio broadcaster of Uganda , which owns:
UBC Radio Uganda (National)
Red Channel
Blue Channel
Star FM
Magic 100
Mega FM
Private/Other
234Radio[ 2]
Bana U Radio
Basoga Baino FM 87.7
BBC WS Africa
Beat FM 96.3
CBS FM Buganda
91.3 Capital FM
Hot 100 Uganda
Impact FM
Jubilee Radio 105.6 Fort Portal
K-FM (93.3)
FUFA FM 102.3 Kampala
Kaaro FM 103.8 Lyantonde
Mega FM Gulu 102
Namirembe FM 93.9
NBS FM 89.4 Jinja
Pearl FM 107.9
Power FM 104.1
Radio Maria
Radio One FM
Radio5 99.7 FM
Radio ABC
Radio City FM
Radio Sapientia 94.4 FM
Radio Wa 89.8 FM Lira
RFI Afrique
Sanyu FM
Spirit FM 96.6
Touch FM 95.9
Tropical Radio 88.4 FM
Vision Radio 89.1
94.8 XFM
Radio West 100.2
Radio Rukungiri
Radio Ankole
Voice of Tooro
Kinkiizi Radio
Crooze Fm
Radio Endigyito
Hunter Fm
Voice of Kigezi
100.2 Pakwach Fm
RFM Radio - 91.1 Iganga
Galaxy FM 100.2
Western Sahara
Moroccan radio stations can be received in the Moroccan-controlled parts of Western Sahara , which include the Moroccan state broadcaster SNRT and its radio channels:
SNRT Al Idaâ Al-Watania (National)
SNRT Al Idaâ Al Amazighia
SNRT Quran
Chaîne Inter
Private/Other (Moroccan)
Radio Nacional de la R.A.S.D. is the Sahrawi -controlled state broadcaster and is based in the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria.
Zambia
The following are the registered radio stations in Zambia. The categories of radio stations include public, commercial and community.[ 12]
234Radio[ 2]
ZNBC (Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation )
ZNBC Radio 1
ZNBC Radio 2
ZNBC Radio 4
5FM Radio Zambia
AMA Radio 93.3 FM
Bangwela Radio - Samfya
BBC World Service Africa
Beats FM Radio - Solwezi
Breeze FM - 89.3 FM Chipata, 89.7 FM Lundazi, 98.9 FM Katete
Byta FM Radio
Capital FM 99.7 - Lusaka
Cheke Radio - Kaoma
Chikankata Radio - Chikankata
Chikaya Radio - Lundazi
Chikuni Radio - Monze
Choma Maanu FM Radio - Choma
Chongwe Radio - Chongwe
Christian Voice Radio - Lusaka
Classic Woods radio - Lusaka
Cloud FM - Kabwe
Comet 93.7 Fm
Faith Radio - Kitwe
Falls FM Radio - Livingstone
Flava FM - 87.7 FM - Kitwe
Feel Free Radio
Hone FM - Lusaka
Hot FM 87.7 FM Lusaka
Iso FM Radio - Isoka
Ithezhi-tezhi Radio - Lusaka
Iwave FM Radio - Chingola
Jive FM Radio - Ndola
Joy FM Zambia 106.9
K FM Radio - Mansa
Kabangabanga Radio - Solwezi
Kafue Radio - Kafue
Kariba Radio - Siavonga
Kasempa Radio - Kasempa
KNC Radio - Kabwe
Kokoliko FM - 94.9 FM - Chingola
Komboni Radio 94.9 FM[ 13]
Kwenje Radio - Chama
Liseli Radio - Mongu
Live FM Radio - Lusaka
Luapula Radio - Nchelenge
Lubuto Radio - Kaputa
Lukulu Radio - Lukulu
Luswepo Radio - Mbala
Lutanda Radio - Kasama
Lyambai Radio - Mongu
Mano Radio - 89.1 FM Kasama
Maranatha Radio - Kabwe
Mazabuka Community Radio MAZ FM - 100.9FM - Mazabuka
Metro FM - 94.5 Midlands
Millennium Radio
Mkushi Radio - Mkushi
Mphangwe Radio - Katete
Mpika Radio - Mpika
Muchinga FM Radio - Chinsali
Mumbwa Blue Sky FM Radio
Mungu FM Radio - Mongu
Musi-O-Tunya Radio - Livingstone
Mwinilunga Radio - Mwinilunga
Namwianga Radio - Kalomo
New Generation Radio - Solwezi
One Love Radio - Lusaka
Pan African Radio
Parliament Radio
Pasme Radio - Petauke
Petauke Explorers
Power FM Radio - Lusaka
Radio Chikuni 91.9 FM
Radio Chimwemwe - Ndola
Radio France International - 100.5 FM Lusaka & 92.5 FM Kitwe
Radio Icengelo 89.1 FM - Kitwe
Radio Maria - 88.5 FM Chipata & 94.5 FM Nyimba District
Radio Maria Yatsani Voice - Lusaka
Radio Phoenix 89.5 FM - Lusaka (100.5 FM - Kitwe)
Radio Q-FM-Zambia
Rise FM Radio - Chingola
Rock FM Radio
Roots FM Radio
Serenje Radio - Serenje
Sky FM Radio
Solwezi FCC Radio - Solwezi
Sun FM Zambia 88.5 Ndola City
Tuta FM Radio - Mansa
United Voice Radio - Lusaka
UNZA Radio - Lusaka
Valley FM radio - Nyimba
Vision Macha
Voice of Kalomo - Kalomo
Walamo Radio - Mpulungu
Yangeni radio - Mansa
Young Generation Radio
Your Anthem Radio "YAR" FM Radio - Kitwe
Zambezi FM 94.1 ( Livingstone, Kazungula, Zimba and parts of Kalomo, including the added parts into Zimbabwe hinterlands, Botswana and Namibia making it the only Zambian commercial radio station that broadcasting in Namibia)[ 14]
The Word Station - Lusaka (Coming soon)
Zimbabwe
ZBC is the state broadcaster of Zimbabwe and operates six radio networks.
Privately Owned Commercial Radio
Community Radio
Ntepe-Manama CRT
Lyeja FM
Ingqanga FM
Radio Bukalanga
Bayethe FM
Beitbridge-Shashe CRT
Twasumbuka FM
Nyangani FM
Avuxeni FM
Chimanimani CRT
Vemuganga CRT
Ndau CRT
Kazambezi FM
Madziwa FM
Campus Radio
Internet/Webcast only
See also
References
External links
Sovereign states States with limited recognition