Wazobia FM Abuja

Wazobia FM
Abuja; Kano; Lagos; Port Harcourt; Onitsha; ;
Broadcast area	Nigeria
Frequency	99.9 MHz Abuja; 95.1 MHz Kano; 95.1 MHz Lagos; 94.1 MHz Port Harcourt; 93.7 MHz Onitsha;
Ownership
Owner	Aim Group
Sister stations	Arewa radio; Cool FM; Kidz FM; Nigeria Info
History
Founded	November 2007
First air date	2007
Links
Website	www.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.^[1]^[2] It has stations in Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Onitsha.^[3]^[4]^[1]

The radio station is owned by Aim Group, who are also the owners of Cool FM, Nigeria Info, Arewa radio and Kidz FM.^[5]

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.^[6]^[7]^[8] 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.^[9] In July 2018, another branch was opened in Onitsha, Anambra State.^[10]

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

^ ^a ^b Akinmade T. Akande, Oladipo Salami, ed. (2021). Current Trends in Nigerian Pidgin English: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. De Gruyter. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9781501513541.
^ Enajite Eseoghene Ojaruega, Peter E. Omoko, Sunny I. Awhefeada, ed. (2018). Scholarship and Commitment: Essays in Honour of G.G. Darah. Malthouse Press. p. 406. ISBN 9789785557886.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
^ 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.
^ Floribert Patrick C. Endong, ed. (2019). Popular Representations of America in Non-American Media. IGI Global. pp. 262–263. ISBN 9781522593140.
^ Ndukwe, Ijeoma. "'Everyone is hustling here': The Lebanese of Nigeria". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "AIM Group boss, Amin Mousalli reveals how he started Wazobia FM with his cleaners". Encomium. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "Wazobia FM celebrates 7th anniversary". Nigerian Entertainment Today. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ "Celebratory Milestone for Wazobia FM – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
^ Akinmade T. Akande, Oladipo Salami, ed. (2021). Current Trends in Nigerian Pidgin English: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. De Gruyter. p. 86. ISBN 9781501513541.
^ Okonkwo, Nwabueze (6 March 2019). "Widow attacked and dispossessed of her capital receives N50,000 from Wazobia FM". Retrieved 1 June 2024.

External links

Official website

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[:0-1] Akinmade T. Akande, Oladipo Salami, ed. (2021). Current Trends in Nigerian Pidgin English: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. De Gruyter. pp. 84–85. ISBN 9781501513541.

[2] Enajite Eseoghene Ojaruega, Peter E. Omoko, Sunny I. Awhefeada, ed. (2018). Scholarship and Commitment: Essays in Honour of G.G. Darah. Malthouse Press. p. 406. ISBN 9789785557886.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)

[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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