Nogoum FM is the first private
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...
in
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...
, started in 2003, based in the
Egyptian Media Production City
Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) is an information and media complex located near Cairo in Egypt.it covers an area of about 35 million square meters (more than 600 feddans).
History
Construction of the project began in 1992. Phase I was co ...
. It is owned by Taher Helmy and the Good News Company, which in turn is owned by Emad El Din Adeeband and his family members.
Nugoom FM broadcasts on
frequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit of time. It is also occasionally referred to as ''temporal frequency'' for clarity, and is distinct from '' angular frequency''. Frequency is measured in hertz (Hz) which is ...
FM 100.6 in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...
and airs a variety of daily social, artistic, cultural, political, sports, women, and children's programs. It won best radio station in the sixth
Arab Satellite Festival
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
in 2015; it also started Nogoum FM TV channel in May 2015.
See also
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Media in Egypt
Mass media in Egypt are highly influential in Egypt and in the Arab World, attributed to its large audience and its historically TV and film industry supplies to the Arab-speaking world.
A period of ease on media marked the last years of Hosni Mu ...
References
Radio stations in Egypt
2003 establishments in Egypt
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