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Wazobia FM

Nigeria's first Pidgin-language radio station, founded in Lagos in 2007.

Based in
Lagos, Nigeria
Founded
2007

Wazobia FM is a Nigerian radio station broadcasting entirely in Nigerian Pidgin, founded in Lagos in November 2007. It was the first pidgin-language radio station in Nigeria and streams online alongside its FM broadcast.

It is owned by AIM Group, the company founded by Amin Moussalli, which also operates Cool FM, Nigeria Info and Arewa Radio.

It matters for having proved a mass audience for pidgin-language broadcasting, and as a major airplay outlet for Nigerian street-pop and Afrobeats.

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