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(Redirected from Wazobia Fm Onitsha) Radio station with branches across Nigeria

Wazobia FM
    • Abuja
    • Kano
    • Lagos
    • Port Harcourt
    • Onitsha
Broadcast areaNigeria
Frequency
Ownership
OwnerAim Group
Sister stationsArewa radio
Cool FM
Kidz FM
Nigeria Info
History
FoundedNovember 2007
First air date2007
Links
Websitewww.wazobiafm.com

Wazobia FM is a Nigerian pidgin radio station that broadcast their programs in pidgin and other indigenous languages which includes Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa. It has stations in Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Onitsha.

The radio station is owned by Aim Group, who are also the owners of Cool FM, Nigeria Info, Arewa radio and Kidz FM.

History

Wazobia FM 95. 1 was founded in November 2007, in Lagos State by Aim Group and it was the first pidgin radio station in Nigeria. One year later, another branch was opened in Port Harcourt with 94.1 frequency, followed by a branch in Abuja in January 2011 with the frequency 99.5, and then another in Kano State with the frequency 95.1 in October 2011. In July 2018, another branch was opened in Onitsha, Anambra State.

Stations

Wazobia stations
Frequency City
99.5 MHz Abuja
95.1 MHz Kano
95.1 MHz Lagos
93.7 MHz Onitsha
94.1 MHz Port Harcourt

References

  1. ^ Akinmade T. Akande, Oladipo Salami, ed. (2021). Current Trends in Nigerian Pidgin English: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. De Gruyter. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9781501513541.
  2. Ojaruega, Enajite Eseoghene; Omoko, Peter E.; Awhefeada, Sunny I., eds. (2018). Scholarship and Commitment: Essays in Honour of G.G. Darah. Malthouse Press. p. 406. ISBN 9789785557886.
  3. Ojoye, Taiwo (24 March 2019). "I worked as guard, cleaner as a varsity student in Paris – Serge Noujaim, CEO, Cool FM". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. Floribert Patrick C. Endong, ed. (2019). Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media. IGI Global. pp. 262–263. ISBN 9781522593140.
  5. Ndukwe, Ijeoma. "'Everyone is hustling here': The Lebanese of Nigeria". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  6. "AIM Group boss, Amin Mousalli reveals how he started Wazobia FM with his cleaners". Encomium. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  7. "Wazobia FM celebrates 7th anniversary". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  8. "Celebratory Milestone for Wazobia FM – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  9. Akinmade T. Akande, Oladipo Salami, ed. (2021). Current Trends in Nigerian Pidgin English: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. De Gruyter. p. 86. ISBN 9781501513541.
  10. Okonkwo, Nwabueze (6 March 2019). "Widow attacked and dispossessed of her capital receives N50,000 from Wazobia FM". Retrieved 1 June 2024.

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