media landscape guide about Somalia - Internews

Frontier FMThis privately owned Somali-language radio station broadcasts from Garissa,the regional capital of Kenya’s North-Eastern Province.It transmits on 107.5 FM in Garrissa and 88.7FM in Nairobi, where there is alarge ethnic Somali population.Frontier FM is popular with both Kenyan Somalis and refugees andimmigrants from Somalia.The station carries Somali music programmes, Koranic recitations,Islamic lectures, and news on the hour.It has reporters in Garissa, Wajir and Nairobi, and correspondents inMogadishu and Somalia's southern port city of Kismayo.Frontier FM rebroadcasts VOA Somali Service programmes.The station was launched in 2006.Contacts????Salaam Radio www.salaamfm.comSalaam Radio is a talk radio radio station that broadcasts to the coastal areasof Kenya from the port city of Mombasa.Most of its programmes are in Swahili, but it broadcasts a 60-minuteprogramme in Somali every day at 15.00.Salaam Radio has transmitters in the following locations: Mombasa (90.7 FM) Malindi (92.1 FM) Lamu (92.6 FM) Garissa (89.5 FM)The station went on air in 2006 and claims to have 300.000 regular listenerson the Kenyan coast.It is owned by the family of Kenya’s defence minister, Yusuf Haji.Tel: +254 41)2317330+254 41 2318395Email: sales@radiosalaamfm.comAddress: TSS Towers, 13the Floor, NKR Road, P.O BOX 90445-80100,Mombasa, Kenya.53