List of FM radio stations in Egypt

FM broadcasting in Egypt began in the 20th century. By the early 1990s, Egypt had only 4 FM stations, but the number increased to 6 by the end of the decade. In 2000, stations moving from the AM band and the introduction of private stations raised the number to 10 stations as of 2006^[update].

All the radio stations are state-controlled. Nogoom FM and Nile FM are Joint venture between Good News and ERTU; El Gouna is private.

Contents 1 Stations 1.1 Capital and Greater Cairo 1.2 Other cities 1.2.1 Alexandria 1.2.2 El Gouna 1.2.3 Sharm El Sheikh 2 International Radio Reception In Egypt 3 See also 4 External links

Stations

Capital and Greater Cairo

Most of these stations are broadcasted on other frequencies in other regions in Egypt.

• 88.2 MHz Radio Hits - Arabic pop music with occasional foreign music (mostly American pop). (State-owned)
• 88.7 MHz Radio Masr - Arabic pop music and news briefs. (State-owned)
• 89.5 MHz Sharq Awsat - Old Arabic music. (State-owned)
• 90.9 & 105.8 MHz Aghany Motakhasesa - Old Arabic music. (State-owned)
• 92.7 MHz Mega FM Arabic Pop Music (State-owned)
• 95.4 MHz European Program (English, French, Italian, German, Greek) - Old World hits. (State-owned)
• 98.2 MHz Qur'an Karim (All Arab League members have a Qur'an station) (State-owned)
• 98.8 MHz Music Program - Old Arabic music (State-owned)
• 100.6 MHz Nogoum FM - Arabic pop music. (Privately-owned)
• 102.2 MHz Greater Cairo Radio - News and talk shows.
• 104.2 MHz Nile FM - Full-time English-speaking. Synced American and British shows as well as local talk shows in English. (Privately-owned)
• 105.3 MHz Nagham FM - Arabic pop music. (State-owned)
• 106.3 MHz Arab Voice - News and talk shows. (State-owned)
• 107.4 MHz The General Programming - (State-owned)
• 108.0 MHz Goal FM - Sports news, live matches and music station (State-owned)

Other cities

Alexandria

All radio stations in Alexandria are State-owned.

• 88.0 MHz Music Program - Old Arabic music
• 88.2 MHz Radio Hits - Arabic pop music with occasional foreign music (moslty American pop)
• 90.1 MHz Qur'an Karim
• 92.7 MHz Mega FM - Arabic pop music
• 94.3 MHZ English Service Radio
• 97.6 MHz Music Radio
• 101.1 MHz Radio Alexandria
• 104.7 MHz The General Program

• Foreign radio stations can be easily captured in the summer, mainly Israeli, Greek, Italian and Cyprus radio stations
• Local radio stations are aired in Armenian, Italian, French, Greek and English since 1940s (even thought these language-speaking expatriates have greatly declined in number.)

El Gouna

• 100.0 MHz El Gouna Radio (Italian and English)

Sharm El Sheikh

3 FM Radio Channels operate in Sharm el-Sheikh by the American command of the emergency forces overseeing the borders between Egypt and Israel. Two of them are army stations and the third is a news station.

International Radio Reception In Egypt

They are available on the AM band, as follows :

• 639 KHz BBC World Service (British Radio Service)
• 990 KHz Radio Sawa (American Radio Service) (Since March 23, 2002)

See also

• List of radio stations in Africa

External links

• http://www.ertu.org/radio/ for more information about the Egyptian Radio industry.
• FMLIST database of FM stations (select country "EGY" after logging in or continuing as guest)
• FMSCAN reception prediction of FM, TV, MW, SW stations (also use the expert options for better results)