Coro FM

Coro FM is the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation's Kikuyu-language station. It is made for Gikuyu speakers in the capital and across Mount Kenya, and mixes news and current affairs with music and community shows, all in the language.

KBC launched Coro FM in December 2000. That puts it among the public broadcaster's earliest dedicated vernacular FM stations. It came as the airwaves were opening up, at a time when private Kikuyu stations such as Kameme FM and Inooro FM were winning big audiences.

Because it is a public service station, Coro FM carries a strong share of public information alongside entertainment. It sits inside a larger KBC radio family: Radio Taifa in Swahili and the English Service at national level, then regional stations including Pwani FM on the Coast, Kitwek FM in the Rift Valley, Minto FM in Kisii, Mwatu FM in Makueni, Ingo FM in Western and Ngemi FM in Embu.

KBC itself is a state corporation, created by an Act of Parliament (Cap 221) and run from its headquarters on Harry Thuku Road in Nairobi. It also runs KBC Channel 1 on television.

Coro FM frequencies, as KBC lists them: Nairobi 99.5 FM, Nyeri 102.3 FM and Nakuru 99.7 FM. If you are outside those areas, or abroad, you can stream Coro FM live on this page.