List of Malayalam-language radio stations

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All India Radio stations

AM/MW radio stations

SW radio stations

FM radio stations

Private radio (FM and AM) stations

Kannur

Kozhikode

Thrissur

Kochi

Alappuzha

Thiruvananthapuram

Outside Kerala

  1. Asianet Radio 657AM
  2. Radio Asia 1269 AM
  3. Radio Me 95.3 FM
  4. Hit FM 96.7
  5. Oxygen FM 102.4
  6. Radio Mango 96.2

Community FM Radio stations

Kerala has 12 Community FM Radio stations . [5]

  1. Radio DC 90.4- (Community Radio by DC School of Management and Technology) [6]
  1. Community Radio Benziger 107.8 ( Bishop Benziger Nursing College) [7] - Kollam City
  2. Ente Radio 91.2 (Kerala Rural Development Agency) - Kulasekharapuram [8]
  1. Radio MACFAST 90.4 - (Community Radio by Mar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies) - Thiruvalla [9]
  1. Global Radio 91.2 FM - (Global Education Net) - Ambalappuzha
  2. Radio Neythal 107.8 (Diocese of Alleppey) - Alappuzha
  1. Radio Media Village 90.8 (St. Joseph College of Communication) - Changanassery [10]
  2. Radio Mangalam 91.2 (Mangalam College of Engineering) - Ettumanoor
  1. Ahalia FM 90.4 (Ahalia Healthcare Group) - IIT Palakkad
  1. Radio Maattoli 90.4 (Wayanad Social Service Society) - Nalloornad - Kerala's first community radio service, it primarily caters farmers and tribals. [11] [12]
  1. Janvani 90.8 (Academic and Technical Education Development Society) - Panoor [13]

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