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List of radio stations in Egypt
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<h2 id="local-stations">Local stations</h2> <p>All local radio stations in Egypt are also simulcast on the series of the satellites (partly private but state controlled), <a href="/facts/Nilesat/Lwoxr8gI">Nilesat</a> at 7 degrees west, except <i>El Gouna Radio</i>. </p><p>Local stations are typically broadcast on <a href="/facts/FM_broadcasting/TpKl3FJv">FM</a>. Very few radio stations use the <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">Radio Data System</a> to broadcast the station name, but receiving the RDS is very rare in FM receivers in Egypt. Very few available mobile phones in Egypt which have an FM receiver, receive the RDS information. <i>90.9 MHz</i> is the only station to broadcast the current song or show title, but when the title is long, it is partly displayed. All of the radio stations are state-controlled, unless otherwise noted. </p> <h3>Greater Cairo</h3> <p><a href="/facts/Greater_Cairo/HwGHk1Hg">Greater Cairo</a> region has the most number of FM stations in Egypt. Most transmissions, FM or TV, are broadcast from <a href="/facts/Mokattam/rC7YbE2D">Mokattam</a> hills, as they are the most elevated location within Greater Cairo, to make the transmission reach the widest area possible, however, the signals are weakly received farther than <a href="/facts/Line-of-sight_propagation/w4xfQd2o">40 kilometers</a>, which makes transmission weak to the most eastern part of <a href="/facts/New_Cairo/KxlGqybo">New Cairo</a>, the eastern half of <a href="/facts/Al_Shorouk_City%2c_Cairo/RPIbT81w">Shorouk City</a>, two-thirds of western <a href="/facts/6_October_City/AoeqJkJ8">6 October City</a>, all of <a href="/facts/Madinaty/1B68DGRa">Madinaty</a>, <a href="/facts/Badr_City/2cA8qAbd">Badr</a> and <a href="/facts/New_Heliopolis_City/S9xwRxWy">New Heliopolis</a>. </p><p>A few of the following stations are broadcast on other frequencies in <a href="/facts/Provinces_of_Egypt/N8T6FdYL">other regions</a> in Egypt. </p><p>All stations which broadcast popular songs are mainly Egyptian songs with very few Levantine hits (mostly Lebanese) or other North African. </p> FM stations<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Count</th><th>Frequency in MHz</th><th>Name</th><th>Format</th><th><a href="/facts/FM_Stereo/TpKl3FJv">Stereo</a>?</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>87.8</td><td>Mix FM</td><td>Popular Egyptian, regional songs, and news</td><td>yes</td><td>Since 2019</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>88.2</td><td>Radio Hits</td><td>Popular songs with occasional foreign songs, mostly American popular hits</td><td>yes</td><td>since mid-2010; similar to <i>Radio Masr</i> but with more songs</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>88.7</td><td><a href="/facts/Radio_Masr/Vz99L0oA">Radio Masr</a></td><td>Popular songs and news briefs</td><td>yes</td><td>Since mid-2010, as a test since 2009; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: راديو مصر</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>89.5</td><td><a href="/facts/Middle_East_Radio/C8VmG1PD">Middle East Radio</a></td><td>Spoken content and songs</td><td>yes</td><td>Simulcast on the MW band; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة الشرق الأوسط</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>90.9</td><td>El Radio FM 90 90</td><td>Popular songs</td><td>yes</td><td>since April 2012; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: الراديو 90 90</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>91.5</td><td>Cultural Program</td><td>Talk radio, rarely classical music, some affiliate foreign stations programs</td><td>no</td><td><a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: البرنامج الثقافى</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>92.1</td><td>NRJ<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>Popular Egyptian songs mainly</td><td>yes</td><td>Since 2017; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>; private</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>92.7</td><td>Mega FM</td><td>Popular songs and foreign songs, mostly American popular hits</td><td>yes</td><td>Since mid-2010; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>93.7</td><td>On Sport FM</td><td>Sport-related shows</td><td>no</td><td>Since early 2020s?; initially a rebroadcast for <i>Youth and Sport</i> on 108 MHz from 2009 to 2013</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>95</td><td>Shaabi FM<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Shaabi/gjWz5JDp">Working class popular Egyptian songs</a></td><td>yes</td><td>Initially a rebroadcast for <i>Specialty Song</i> on 105.8 MHz from 2009 to 2013; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: شعبى إف إم</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>95.4</td><td>European Program</td><td>English, French, Greek, Italian, German – spoken content with western hits</td><td>Mono and <a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a> interchangeably</td><td><a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: البرنامج الأوروپى</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>98.2</td><td>Koran Radio</td><td><a href="/facts/Quran/39rkStko">Quran</a> recitation and Islamic shows</td><td>no</td><td>Simulcast on the MW band; All <a href="/facts/Arab_League/15f9WWWM">Arab League</a> members have a <a href="/facts/Quran/39rkStko">Quran</a> station</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>98.8</td><td>Musical Program</td><td>Classical international music, folk and old Egyptian songs, soft music and foreign songs (mostly American popular hits)</td><td>yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: البرنامج الموسيقى</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>99</td><td>99 FM</td><td>?</td><td>?</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>100.6</td><td><a href="/facts/Nogoum_FM/cGGuF5Jt">Nogoum FM</a></td><td>Popular Egyptian and regional songs with entertainment shows</td><td>yes</td><td>Since 2002; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>; joint venture with ERTU; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: نجوم إف إم</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>102.2</td><td>Greater Cairo Radio</td><td>Talk radio</td><td>no</td><td><a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة القاهرة الكبرى</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>102.7</td><td>Nile News</td><td>Talk radio</td><td>yes</td><td>As of 2025; formerly broadcast <i>European Program</i> on 95.4 MHz and <i>Greater Cairo Radio</i> on 102.2 from February 2012 till mid-March 2013, off the air in May and June 2013, and off again since mid-August till the early 2020s?; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: النيل للأخبار</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>104.2</td><td><a href="/facts/Nile_FM/ro6qJkC6">Nile FM</a></td><td>Full time English-speaking, occasionally syndicated American and British shows</td><td>yes</td><td>Since 2002; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>; joint venture with ERTU</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>105.3</td><td>Nagham FM</td><td>Popular Egyptian songs</td><td>yes</td><td>Since 2012; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: نغم إف إم "Tunes FM"</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>105.8</td><td>Specialty Songs</td><td>Mainly old Egyptian songs</td><td>yes</td><td>Partly simulcast on the MW band; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة الأغانى</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>106.3</td><td><a href="/facts/Voice_of_the_Arabs/wYE7qhU1">Voice of the Arabs</a></td><td>Talk radio</td><td>no</td><td>A legacy propaganda station of high historical significance in the 1960s on the shortwave and mediumwave; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: صوت العرب</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td>107.4</td><td><a href="/facts/Egyptian_Radio/EUeXcMuY">General Program</a></td><td>Talk radio</td><td>no</td><td>Simulcast on the MW band; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: البرنامج العام</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>108</td><td>Youth and Sport</td><td>Sport-related shows</td><td>no</td><td>Simulcast on the MW band; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة الشباب و الرياضة</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>105.2</td><td>EL MEHWAR FM</td><td>Popular Egyptian songs</td><td>yes</td><td>Since 2025; English: EL MEHWAR FM "EL MEHWAR TV"</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>100.5</td><td>AL-HADATH AL-YOUM FM</td><td>Mainly old Egypyian songs</td><td>yes</td><td>Since 2025; joint venture Egyptian songs</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In the following table, far stations receivable at night that are broadcast on a nearby frequency to a local strong station, are omitted since it is normally impossible to receive on ordinary receivers. Likewise, very weak far stations are omitted. When daylight saving time is applicable to the local time in <a href="/facts/Daylight_saving_time_in_Egypt/YftBwpyT">Egypt</a>, an additional hour is added to the time in UTC. </p> MW stations<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><table><tbody><tr><th>Count</th><th>Frequency in kHz</th><th>Name</th><th>Time in UTC</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>540</td><td>Kuwait Main Arabic program</td><td>24h</td><td>Only receivable at nighttime when the nearby 558 kHz goes off at 22:00 UTC</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>558</td><td>Educational program</td><td>4:00-22:00</td><td><a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: الإذاعة التعليمية</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>567</td><td>Syrian Radio 1</td><td>24h</td><td>Only receivable at nighttime when the nearby 558 kHz goes off at 22:00 UTC</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>594<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>Riyadh Radio</td><td>2:30-15:00</td><td>Saudi Arabian station; used to be an extension to the broadcast time for the station on 1521 kHz, closed in 2025</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>630</td><td>TRT Radyo 1; TRT Çukurova</td><td>13:30-21:02, 2:00-6:05; 6:05-9:15</td><td>Only receivable at nighttime; 2 Turkish stations sharing the same frequency</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>639</td><td><a href="/facts/BBC_Arabic/u6MzwIIN">BBC Arabic</a> radio<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>14:00–14:30, 5:00-5:30</td><td>A temporary revival of the pre-2019 BBC AM frequency due to the <a href="/facts/Gaza_war/dmUoIpBw">Gaza war</a>; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: بى بى سى نيوز عربى</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>711</td><td>Youth and Sport</td><td>24h</td><td>Simulcast on the FM band; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة الشباب و الرياضة</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>774</td><td>Middle East Radio</td><td>24h</td><td>Simulcast on the FM band; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة الشرق الأوسط</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>819</td><td>General Program</td><td>24h</td><td>Simulcast on the FM band; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: البرنامج العام; transmitted from Batrah, <a href="/facts/Dakahlia/oN4u93GV">Dakahlia</a> with 300 KW power.</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>864</td><td>Koran Radio</td><td>24h</td><td>Simulcast on the FM band; transmitted from <a href="/facts/El_Santa/29RFIbk9">Santa</a>, <a href="/facts/Gharbia_Governorate/fFTw0y0g">Gharbia</a> with 500 KW power.</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>936</td><td>Om Kalthoum Station</td><td>15:00-20:00</td><td>Named after the singer <i><a href="/facts/Umm_Kulthum/IKhvPEV8">Om Kalthoum</a></i></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>999</td><td>Koran Radio</td><td>24h</td><td>Only receivable at nighttime; a Saudi Arabian station</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>1071</td><td>Nile River; Elderly Station</td><td>17:00-23:00; 3:00-15:00</td><td>2 Stations sharing the same frequency; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة نهر النيل; إذاعة الكبار</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>1161</td><td>Middle Delta</td><td>4:00-22:00</td><td>Only receivable at nighttime; <a href="/facts/Arabic_language/A1e66hVV">Arabic</a>: إذاعة وسط الدلتا</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>1341</td><td>Specialty Songs; Koran Radio</td><td>5:00-17:00; 17:00-5:00</td><td><i>Specialty Songs</i> is simulcast in part on the FM band while <i>Koran Radio</i> is simulcast on both the MW and the FM bands</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>North coast</h3> <p>Foreign radio stations can be received in summer, mainly: Cypriot, Greek, Italian, and Israeli radio stations, but reception is unreliable and fades quickly. </p> <h4>Alexandria</h4> <p>As of 2007, there were 6 radio stations. </p> <ol><li>88 MHz <i>Musical Program</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>)</li> <li>88.2 MHz <i>Radio Hits</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>) <i>(since 2010)</i></li> <li>88.7 FM <a href="/facts/Radio_Orient/lC1f2eCl">Radio Orient</a> (إذاعة الشرق) (A very conservative radio station and the only fully foreign broadcast on the local FM)</li> <li>90.1 MHz <i>Koran Station</i> (mono)</li> <li>92.7 MHz <i>Mega FM</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>) <i>(since 2010)</i></li> <li>94.3 MHz <i>European Program</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>)</li> <li>95.5 MHz <i>Shaabi FM</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>)</li> <li>97.6 MHz <i>Specialty Songs</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>)</li> <li>101.1 MHz <i>Radio Alexandria</i> (mono)</li> <li>104.7 MHz <i>General Program</i> (mono)</li> <li>105.2 MHz <i>EL MEHWAR FM</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>) <i>(since 2025)</i></li> <li>100.5 MHz <i>AL-HADATH AL-YOUM FM</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>) <i>(since 2025)</i></li></ol> <p>There used to be local radio stations which were aired in the languages, <a href="/facts/Armenian_language/tELuE2wG">Armenian</a>, Italian, French, <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> and English in the 1940s. </p> <h4>Marina area</h4> <p>Since 2009, the government sometimes occasionally broadcasts some radio stations which are only broadcast to Greater Cairo, on the same frequencies used in Greater Cairo. On occasions such as the official vacations in Egypt. The broadcasts can be received by nearby local touristic villages to <a href="/facts/Marina%2c_Egypt/RoNoRaKt">Marina</a> and very weakly in Alexandria, likewise the radio stations broadcast to Alexandria are received very weakly in and around Marina. </p> <ul><li>88.7 MHz <i>Radio Masr</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>) <i>(since 2010)</i></li> <li>90.9 MHz <i>El Radio FM 90 90</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>) <i>(since February 2012)</i></li> <li>100.6 MHz <i>Nogoum FM</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>)</li> <li>104.2 MHz <i>Nile FM</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>; <a href="/facts/Radio_Data_System/wvNmRJr9">RDS</a>)</li> <li>105.3 MHz <i>Nagham FM</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>) <i>(since 2012)</i></li></ul> <h3>Red Sea</h3> <h4>El Gouna</h4> <ul><li>88.6 MHz <i>Radio Masr</i></li> <li>91.7 MHz <i>El Quran El Karim</i></li> <li>98.2 MHz <i>El Aghany</i></li> <li>100 MHz <i>El Gouna Radio</i> ("Lagoon Radio") (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>) (Italian and English) (privately owned by <a href="/facts/Orascom_Group/7btFRyos">Orascom</a>)</li> <li>101.7 MHz <i>Al Shabab Wel Riada</i></li> <li>105.3 MHz <i>El Barnamag El Aam</i></li></ul> <h4>Soma Bay</h4> <ul><li><i>Robinson FM</i> - at Robinson hotel<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li></ul> <h4>Sharm El Sheikh</h4> <p>Most if not all of them are already broadcast in Greater Cairo, except <i>South Sinai</i>. </p> <ol><li>88 MHz <i>?</i> (mono) – spoken content.</li> <li>89.4 MHz <i>General</i> (mono)</li> <li>91.1 MHz <i>Musical</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>)</li> <li>92.5 MHz <i>?</i> (mono) – spoken content.</li> <li>94.3 MHz <i>?</i></li> <li>95.7 MHz <i>?</i> (mono) – spoken content.</li> <li>97.6 MHz <i>?</i></li> <li>99 MHz <i>South Sinai</i> (mono) – spoken content.</li></ol> <h4>Dahab</h4> <ol><li>92 MHz <i>Koran</i> (mono)</li> <li>98.5 MHz <i>?</i> (mono) – spoken content.</li> <li>103.7 MHz <i>?</i> (mono) – spoken content.</li> <li>107.3 MHz <i>European Program</i> (<a href="/facts/FM_stereo/TpKl3FJv">stereo</a>)</li></ol> <h3>Central Egypt</h3> <ol><li>89.8 MHz koran station covered Fayoum and Bani Sweif</li> <li>101.4 MHz northern upper station covered Bani Sweif and Fayoum</li> <li>94.2 MHz northern upper station covered Minya</li></ol> <h2 id="internet-stations">Internet stations</h2> <p>After the slow adoption of <a href="/facts/Broadband_internet/nEn3A95N">broadband internet</a>, in the mid-2000s, a number of internet stations streamed on the internet. Most have been streaming on a regular basis as of the widespread adoption of smartphones in the mid-2010s. </p> <h3>Examples</h3> <ul><li><i>TIBA Radio</i>, Private, Adult Contemporary and Classic Hits; based in <a href="/facts/Hurghada/wCGSfTYC">Hurghada</a>; since 2014<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></li> <li><i>Radio 5:14</i> (راديو 5:14) internet Christian podcast, based in <a href="/facts/Suez/0GflHFFL">Suez</a>; since 2016<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></li> <li><i>EG on Air</i> (إيچى اون اير), an Egyptian song radio, based in <a href="/facts/Giza/00UFktws">Giza</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> since 2009 many stations intermittently,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> regularly one station since 2019</li></ul> <h2 id="international-stations">International stations</h2> <p>As of the <a href="/facts/Egyptian_coup_of_1952/fEUwQM9l">1952 coup d'état</a>, no foreign station is allowed to broadcast on Egyptian-controlled land with a 2018 exception in Alexandria (Radio Orient), therefore international broadcasters broadcast from lands close to Egypt, mostly close to the north of Egypt, from <a href="/facts/Cyprus/t9wL6lVK">Cyprus</a>. Many state controlled radio stations used to broadcast primarily on the <a href="/facts/Medium_wave/ojp67drU">medium wave</a> using <a href="/facts/Amplitude_modulation/3sTxsXk6">amplitude modulation</a> broadcasting, but after the adoption of FM broadcasting in Egypt, most of them now are simulcasted on the medium wave and the FM band since the early 2000s. The state controlled radios aren't listed below. </p><p>AM radio broadcasting in Egypt had always been mono and <a href="/facts/AM_stereo/7exL93Tz">other developments</a> were never introduced. Likewise, the <a href="/facts/Longwave/w4flmdvu">long wave band</a> had never been used. </p> <h3>Temporary broadcast</h3> <ul><li>As of 2024, <i><a href="/facts/Monte_Carlo_Doualiya/3PdC9UPH">Monte Carlo Doualiya</a></i> has been sharing the frequency 639 kHz with <i><a href="/facts/BBC_Arabic/u6MzwIIN">BBC Arabic</a> radio</i>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> and <i><a href="/facts/Al_Arabiya/8zRBuNja">Al Arabiya</a> FM</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> which started broadcasting together on the <a href="/facts/Mediumwave/ojp67drU">mediumwave</a> in <a href="/facts/Modern_Standard_Arabic/rXAjtFSs">Literary Arabic</a> since November 1, 2023 from <i>Lady's Mile <a href="/facts/Cyprus/t9wL6lVK">Cyprus</a>, Akrotiri & Dhekelia</i> due to the <a href="/facts/Gaza_war/dmUoIpBw">Gaza war</a>. A similar move has been taken in 2022 by <i>the BBC</i> to restart broadcasting to Ukraine on the <a href="/facts/Shortwave/7cIaClcB">shortwave</a> after <a href="/facts/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine/kE7cHvoQ">its invasion</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> As of October 2024, only BBC still broadcasts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Historical</h3> <p>International medium wave broadcasting was gradually replaced from 2019 by internet services, e.g online streaming or podcasts, or ceased entirely. </p> <h4>Medium wave</h4> <p>Former broadcasts from <a href="/facts/Cape_Greco/Y1HSqtD4">Cape Greco, Cyprus</a> in <a href="/facts/Modern_Standard_Arabic/rXAjtFSs">Literary Arabic</a>: </p> <ul><li>639 kHz <i><a href="/facts/BBC_Arabic/u6MzwIIN">BBC Arabic</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/BBC_World_Service/XdhGb57h">BBC World Service</a></i> (British radio service)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li>1233 kHz <i><a href="/facts/Monte_Carlo_Doualiya/3PdC9UPH">Monte Carlo International</a></i> (French radio service)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> <i>(weak signal)</i></li> <li>990 kHz<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> (till 2019) <i><a href="/facts/Radio_Sawa/MCBaKFnK">Radio Sawa</a></i> (American radio service) – news, informational content and popular songs. <i>(since March 23, 2002;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> Relatively weak signal; at first it simulcasted on 981 (<a href="/facts/Cape_Greco/Y1HSqtD4">Cape Greco</a>) and 1260 (<a href="/facts/Rhodes/07LazWIX">Rhodes</a>) kHz, in 2005 it changed the first frequency to 990 kHz, then it abolished the second one<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> in 2006)</i></li></ul> <h3>Short wave</h3> <p>In the 1960s, at time of <a href="/facts/Gamal_Abdel_Nasser/Dm5lMejj">Nasser</a> rule, <a href="/facts/Shortwave_radio/7cIaClcB">short wave broadcasting</a> was important for the state. It used to broadcast stations to the Middle East which were of propagandist importance to the Egyptian regime and for propagating for <a href="/facts/Arab_nationalism/AJAwbyX8">Arab nationalism</a>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Media_of_Egypt/uGUkGamg">Media of Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_newspapers_in_Egypt/8cyT2mQG">List of newspapers in Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_magazines_in_Egypt/s2bslBlb">List of magazines in Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Television_in_Egypt/HqdFTjMj">Television in Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Telecommunications_in_Egypt/xYwzwQjl">Telecommunications in Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_radio_stations_in_Africa/CfGaf9ct">List of radio stations in Africa</a></li> <li>Radio in other continents <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lists_of_radio_stations_in_Asia/2fHh6At7">Lists of radio stations in Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lists_of_radio_stations_in_Europe/msgDPL8P">Lists of radio stations in Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lists_of_radio_stations_in_North_America/DU9laRfg">Lists of radio stations in North America</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lists_of_radio_stations_in_South_America/DU9laRfg">Lists of radio stations in South America</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lists_of_radio_stations_in_the_South_Pacific_and_Oceania/3aJ7Jg9A">Lists of radio stations in the South Pacific and Oceania</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Rock_music_and_the_fall_of_communism/hwm0dSad">Rock music and the fall of communism</a> (music as a political tool)</li></ul> <h2 id="notes-and-references">Notes and references</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://ertu.org">The Egyptian Radio and Television Union</a> (a government-controlled union of national radio and TV)</li> <li><a href="https://fmscan.org/">FMSCAN</a> reception prediction of FM, TV, MW, SW stations (also use the expert options for better results)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>""هنا القاهرة".. تفاصيل وأسرار من حكايات الراديو في مصر في احتفالات اليوم العالمي للإذاعة | فيديو وصور". 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