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| Broadcast area | Nairobi |
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| Frequency | 98.4 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Chris Kirubi |
| History | |
First air date | 1996 |
| Technical information | |
| Repeater(s) | 93.0 Western Kenya 98.5 Nakuru 98.4 Mombasa 98.5 Nyeri 103.9 Meru |
| Links | |
| Website | www.capitalfm.co.ke |
98.4 Capital FM (other variations of the name include Capital FM and Capital FM Kenya) is a Kenyan urban music radio station. [1]
Its offices are situated on the largest mall in East Africa, 2 rivers along Standard Street in the central business district of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of the radio station are:1°17'06.0"S, 36°49'22.0"E (Latitude:-1.285013; Longitude:36.822767). [2]
Established in 1996 shortly after the liberalisation of Kenyan airwaves, it was the second FM station to be opened after 101.9 Metro FM, however several other FM stations have continued to crop up, catering to all tastes, 98.4 Capital FM continues to be a popular station especially among the middle-class and upper-class markets. The presenters play a variety of genres i.ehip hop, RnB, rock, neo soul, new jack swing, world music, jazz, techno and dance music. Capital FM now caters to Mombasa, Western Kenya, as well as the international community, via the internet.
When President Barack Obama visited Kenya in July 2015, he gave an exclusive one-on-one interview on 98.4 Capital FM, one of the only two one-on-one radio interviews that he gave during that visit. [3]
It is owned by the late Chris Kirubi, a Kenyan businessman.
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