Radio Stations in Nairobi

About these stations

Akamba FM: Akamba FM is a Kikamba-language commercial station for Kamba-speaking listeners, a fairly recent arrival in Ukambani radio.

Bahari FM: Bahari FM is Royal Media Services' station for the Kenyan Coast, broadcasting in coastal Swahili, the Kiswahili cha Kijomba of Mombasa, with occasional Taita, Giriama, Digo and other Mijikenda languages.

Biblia Husema Broadcasting: Biblia Husema Broadcasting (BHB) is the Africa Inland Church's media house, and its Swahili radio station is aimed at Christian listeners who want Bible teaching, gospel music and news.

Capital FM: Capital FM is an English-language music and talk station for urban Kenyan listeners, broadcasting to Nairobi on 98.4 FM.

Chamgei FM: Chamgei FM is Royal Media Services' Kalenjin-language station, broadcasting across the Rift Valley and on 90.4 FM in Nairobi.

Classic 105: Classic 105 is Radio Africa Group's English-language station for working adults, built around older hits, phone-ins and relationship talk.

Coro FM: Coro FM is the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation's Kikuyu-language station.

East FM: East FM is the Nairobi station that Kenya's Asian community tunes to for Bollywood hits, South Asian pop and talk about community life. It broadcasts on 106.3 FM and calls itself Kenya's premier Asian mix.

Egesa FM: Egesa FM is Royal Media Services' Ekegusii station for the Abagusii community, on air 24 hours a day.

Emoo FM: Emoo FM is a Kalenjin-language station from Mediamax Network, aimed at Kalenjin listeners in the Rift Valley and in Nairobi. In the capital it sits on 104.2 FM.

Family Radio 316: Family Radio 316 broadcasts Christian programming in English from Nairobi, mixing contemporary gospel music with Bible teaching and inspirational talk for families and church-goers.

Ghetto Radio: Ghetto Radio is a Nairobi FM station on 89.5 that talks to the city's informal settlements and to young listeners who speak Sheng.

Homeboyz Radio: Homeboyz Radio, known on air as HBR, is a Nairobi urban music station for fans of hip hop, R&B and dancehall, presented in English on 103.5 FM.

Hope FM: Hope FM is a Christian station from Christ is the Answer Ministries (CITAM), playing gospel music and Bible teaching for Nairobi listeners in English and Swahili. It broadcasts on 93.3 FM.

Hot 96: Hot 96 is Royal Media Services' urban station for young city and peri-urban listeners, speaking in what the company calls 'Urban English/Kenyanese', a blend of English and Kiswahili.

Inooro FM: Inooro FM is Royal Media Services' Kikuyu-language station, made for listeners in Mt Kenya, Nairobi and the Kikuyu-speaking diaspora.

Iqra FM: Iqra FM is an Islamic station in Nairobi, with Quran recitation, religious teaching and talk for Muslim listeners.

KASS FM: Kass FM is a commercial radio station for Kalenjin speakers. It broadcasts in Kalenjin from Nairobi, and much of its audience lives in the Rift Valley, where the language is spoken at home.

KBC English Service: KBC English Service is the national English-language radio channel of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, the state-owned public broadcaster.

KBC Radio Taifa: KBC Radio Taifa is the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation's national Swahili service, for listeners across the country who want news, public information and entertainment in Kiswahili.

Kameme FM: Kameme FM is a Kikuyu-language station for Central Kenya and Kikuyu speakers elsewhere, playing mugithi and other music between news, talk and cultural programmes.

Kiss 100: Kiss 100 is Radio Africa Group's English-speaking hits station, playing urban hits for young Nairobi listeners on 100.3 FM. Its studios are at Lion Place in Nairobi, the group's headquarters.

Milele FM: Milele FM is a Swahili music and talk station run by Mediamax Network, aimed at a broad adult audience with breakfast banter, rhumba, reggae and lifestyle chat. Nairobi listeners find it on 104.8 FM.

Mulembe FM: Mulembe FM is the Luhya-language station from Royal Media Services, aimed at the Luhya people of western Kenya and those living in Nairobi and the Rift.

Nation FM: Nation FM is the English-language radio station of Nation Media Group, broadcasting from Nairobi on 96.3 FM for an urban, working-age audience that wants talk, news and current music in one place.

Radio 47: Radio 47 is a national urban Swahili station owned by Cape Media Limited, the company that also runs TV47.

Radio Citizen: Radio Citizen is the Kiswahili flagship of Royal Media Services, a national station for families across Kenya that mixes news, talk, sport and music.

Radio Jambo: Radio Jambo is Radio Africa Group's Swahili station for a mass, national audience, known for football talk, comedy and conversation in plain everyday Kiswahili.

Radio Maisha: Radio Maisha is the Standard Group's Kiswahili station, broadcasting to Nairobi on 102.7 FM with a mix of news, current affairs, talk and music for a national Swahili-speaking audience. It went on air in 2010.

Radio Waumini: Radio Waumini is the Catholic Church's station in Nairobi, run for the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and heard on 88.3 FM.

Ramogi FM: Ramogi FM is Royal Media Services' Dholuo station, made for Luo listeners in Nyanza, Nairobi and beyond.

Relax 103: Relax 103 is a Nairobi music station, in English, for listeners who want songs rather than talk.

Ruben FM: Ruben FM is a community radio station in Mukuru kwa Ruben, a large informal settlement in Nairobi, and it exists to give Mukuru residents a voice on the issues that shape their lives.

Smooth FM: Smooth FM is Radio Africa Group's Nairobi music station for grown-up listeners, playing soul, R&B, grooves and easy listening on 105.5 FM.

Spice FM: Spice FM is the Standard Group's English station for grown-up Nairobi listeners who want talk on news, politics and business with good music between the debates.

Sporty FM: Sporty FM is a sports radio station that talks about nothing but sport, around the clock.

Sulwe FM: Sulwe FM is Royal Media Services' Lubukusu station, made for the Bukusu community of western Kenya and broadcasting on 89.6 FM.

Truth FM: Truth FM broadcasts on 90.7 FM in English, playing gospel music and Christian programmes for Nairobi listeners.

Berur FM: Berur FM is Standard Group's Kalenjin-language station, broadcasting news, talk and music to Kalenjin listeners across the Rift Valley.

KU FM: KU Radio 99.9 FM is Kenyatta University's campus station, branded 'The Sound of Campus' and aimed at students and young listeners in Nairobi.

MBCI Radio: MBCI Radio is the Swahili gospel and talk station of Nakuru-based MBCI Media, on air 24 hours a day for Christian listeners across much of Kenya.

Mbaitu FM: Mbaitu FM is a Kikamba-language station for Kamba listeners in Nairobi and Ukambani. It launched in 2013 and broadcasts news, sport, gospel and other music, and talk shows in Kikamba.

NRG Radio: NRG Radio is a Nairobi urban music station for young listeners, playing hip hop, afrobeats and pop in English. It broadcasts on 97.1 FM.

Radio Generation: Radio Generation Kenya, often shortened to RGK, is a Nairobi talk and current affairs station on 88.8 FM, built for listeners who want news, politics and opinion more than music.

Radio Mtaani: Radio Mtaani is a community station in Nairobi. It appears to be Mtaani Radio, a small station in the Dagoretti area that broadcasts in Kiswahili and Sheng for young people in the city's informal settlements.

Star FM: Star FM is a privately owned Somali-language news and current affairs station, regarded as Kenya's oldest Somali broadcaster, with an audience across North Eastern Kenya, Nairobi and Somalia.