Radio Simba is a private commercial radio station broadcasting to central

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south ...

in the

Luganda The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...

language, with transmitters in

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and ...

and

Mubende Mubende is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mubende District and is the location of the district headquarters. Location Mubende is approximately , by road, west of Kampa ...

History

Radio Simba began broadcasting on 15 June 1998, with its first broadcast being the Germany–United States match of the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for th ...

; Simba's match commentaries drew considerable listener attention to the new outlet, as did its style of commentary. The station was founded by Aga Sekalala Jr and Isaac Mulindwa Jr, as well as

Gordon Wavamunno Gordon Babala Kasibante Wavamunno, but often referred to simply as Gordon Wavamunno (born 16 December 1943), is a Ugandan entrepreneur, businessman, and philanthropist. He is the owner of Spear Motors Uganda and the sole distributor of Mercedes ...

. It provided competition primarily to CBS FM Buganda, which had begun broadcasting two years prior. In 2004, the Uganda Broadcasting Council, the national broadcasting regulator, fined Radio Simba for airing a talk show featuring gay men, with its chair calling the programme "contrary to public morality and ... not in compliance with the existing law".

References

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