Best Radio Stations in Nairobi

Nairobi runs on radio, and these are the stations worth pressing play on first — the flagship FM names that score the city's mornings, the online upstarts pushing new Kenyan sound, plus the Swahili, Gikuyu and Kalenjin voices that make the dial feel like home. A curated best-of, not the full directory; dig further into the Nairobi catalogue once you've found your favourite.

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Stations

Capital FM Kenya

Nairobi's landmark hit music station on 98.4 FM since 1996 — the default soundtrack for the city's urban pop, R&B and lifestyle radio.

Kiss FM 100.0 Nairobi

Kiss 100 is the city's hit-music heavyweight, leaning hard into pop, hip-hop, dancehall and big personality drive-time.

Radio Jambo

The Swahili powerhouse — Radio Jambo's mix of mazungumzo, sport and African hits is the matatu and mama-mboga soundtrack of Nairobi.

Easy FM 96.3 Nairobi

Nation Media's English-language flagship blends contemporary African hits with serious news and sports — Nairobi radio with newsroom backing.

Kameme FM

Mediamax's Gikuyu station is essential listening for Nairobi's Central Kenya audience, with mugithi, ndirimbo and trusted vernacular news.

Hope FM Nairobi

The gospel and faith pick — Hope FM is one of Nairobi's most recognisable Christian voices, mixing worship music with Bible teaching and community news.

Radio44

Kenya's first audio-visual Bollywood station on 100.8 FM — a uniquely Nairobi mash-up of Hindi pop, afrobeats and 90s nostalgia for the city's multicultural audience.