Mvita FM

Mvita FM is a community and training radio station in Mombasa, run by the media section of Kenya Coast National Polytechnic and broadcasting on 106.2 FM. Its audience is Mombasa's Mvita area, the old town and island neighbourhoods, and its schedule leans on coastal culture.

The station started broadcasting in May 2018, according to the polytechnic. It was set up with funding from Mvita Constituency, so it doubles as a community station for constituents and a practical classroom for the polytechnic's media students.

Its programme mix includes talk, music and sport, plus cultural shows built around two of the Coast's signature sounds. Taarab, the sung poetry of the Swahili coast, and bango, Mombasa's own brand of dance band music, both have a place on the schedule. Programme titles are in Kiswahili, which points to Kiswahili as the main broadcast language, though the polytechnic does not state that outright.

Mvita FM sits on a busy Mombasa dial alongside Baraka FM, KBC's Pwani FM, Radio Rahma and Radio Kaya's 93.1 transmitter. As a training and community station, it focuses on local voices rather than national networks.

We have not confirmed presenters or the names and times of individual shows, so none are listed. In Mombasa, tune to 106.2 FM. The polytechnic's page on the station is at kenyacoastpoly.ac.ke, and you can stream Mvita FM live on this page.