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Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is the state-run media organisation of Kenya. [2] It broadcasts in English and Swahili , as well as in most local languages of Kenya. The corporation was launched as a radio service in 1928 when Kenya was a British colony , making it the first radio station in Kenya.
Catherine Kasavuli in 2021. Catherine Kiza Kasavuli (22 February 1962 – 29 December 2022) [1] was a Kenyan journalist and news presenter. Kasavuli was the first female news anchor in Kenya and had previously worked in other television stations including the Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), Citizen Television, and Kenya Television Network (KTN).
Kenya's state-owned Kenya Broadcasting Corporation [1] broadcasts in both English and Swahili plus various vernacular languages. Royal Media services are the largest private national broadcaster with 13 radio stations and 3 TV stations with countrywide coverage . It also broadcasts in both English and Swahili plus various vernacular languages.
Kenya Television Network (KTN) is a Kenyan free-to-air television network that was launched in March 1990 by Jared Kangwana. [1] It is headquartered at Standard Group Centre, Nairobi . [ 2 ] It was the first free-to-air privately owned television network in Africa , and the first to break KBC's monopoly in Kenya.
Reggae and the associated Jamaican culture became so popular in Kenya that in the early 1990s, the government-owned Kenya Broadcasting Corporation KBC radio station launched the program Reggae Times for reggae fans who tuned to the English service on Tuesday mornings. The show was presented by veteran reggae disk jockey, Jeff Mwangemi.
Entertainment, music and phone-ins dominate the radio scene, which includes Islamic stations and stations broadcasting in local languages. The BBC World Service is available in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu. The state-run Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is funded from advertising revenue and from the government.
Ikenye studied mass communication in Kenya and got an internship at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC). She worked at KBC, Citizen TV, NTV Kenya [3]. She applied for a position at the BBC World Service in London which was looking for three presenters from East, West and South Africa, and got the job.
BBC Radio 1Xtra - Electronica, hip hop, R&B, soul. BBC Radio 2 - AC/AOR entertainment. BBC Radio 3 - Classical music, jazz, drama, arts. BBC Radio 4 - News, talk, and drama. BBC Radio 4 Extra - Comedy, Drama, Entertainment. BBC Radio 5 Live - Live News and sport. BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra - Sport.