The RDS allowed the public to hear the British Broadcasting Corporation’s foreign radio service broadcasts in certain public locations over loudspeakers.
In April 1950, the RDS became the Nigerian Broadcasting Service and introduced radio stations in Lagos, Kaduna, Enugu, Ibadan, and Kano. This service was reorganized into the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) on April 1, 1957, by act of parliament.
Its mission was to “provide, as a public service, independent and impartial broadcasting services”. By 1962 the NBC had expanded its broadcast stations into Sokoto, Maiduguri, Ilorin, Zaria, Jos, and Katsina in the north; Port Harcourt, Calabar, and Onitsha in the East; and Abeokuta, Warri, and Ijebu-Ode in the West. Each of these stations was considered a subsidiary station of a regional station. The subsidiary stations broadcast local interest programs during part of the day, and then relayed programming from their regional station during the rest of the broadcast day. National programs were broadcast from two shortwave transmitters and one medium wave transmitter located in Sogunle, near Lagos.
FRCN’s medium wave service, Radio Nigeria, has radio stations located throughout the country, and considers itself to have the largest radio network in Africa. In 2007, FRCN began introducing FM transmitters in some locations, and plans to begin upgrading and modernizing its shortwave and medium wave transmitters in the coming years.
Below are the radio stations operated by Federal Radio Cooperation of Nigeria;
KAPITAL FM 92.9 – Abuja
RADIO ONE FM 103.5 – Lagos
GLOBE FM 98.5 – Bauchi
SUPREME FM 96.1 – Kaduna
POWER FM 100.5 – Bida, Niger State
METRO FM 97.7 – Lagos
PEACE FM 102.5 – Maiduguri
PYRAMID FM 103.5 – Kano
BOND FM 92.9 – Lagos
SUNSHINE FM 88.1 – Potiskum
COMPANION FM 104.5 – Katsina
JEWEL FM 103.5 – Gombe
HORIZON FM 100.50 – Dutse
GIFT FM 104.5 – Jalingo
PRIDE FM 103.5 – Gusau
FOMBINA FM 101.5 – Yola
HAUSA SERVICE 594 – Kaduna (Gashua FM)
KARAMA FM 92.1 – Kaduna
ROYAL FM 101.5 – Sokoto
EQUITY FM 103.5 – Birnin Kebbi
PRECIOUS FM 102.5 – Lafia
PREMIER FM 93.5 – Ibadan
COAL CITY FM 92.9 – Enugu
CANAAN CITY FM 99.5 – Calabar
HARVEST FM 103.5 – Makurdi
PROGRESS FM 100.5 – Ado Ekiti
HEATLAND FM 100.5 – IMO
BRONZE FM 101.5 – Benin
HIGHLAND FM 11.5 – Jos
GOLD FM 95.5 – Ilesha, Osun
PURITY FM 102.5 – Awka
CREEK FM 106.5 – Yenagoa
HARMONY FM 103 – Ilorin
PARAMOUNT FM 94.5 – Abeokuta
PACESETTER FM 103.5 – Umuahia
ATLANTIC FM 104.5 – Uyo
PRIME FM 101.5 – Lokoja
POSITIVE FM 102.5 – Akure
UNITY FM 101.5 – Abakaliki
TREASURE FM 98.5 – Port-Harcourt
OGO ILU FM 89.3 – Oko
VOICE FM 96.7 – Nsukka
CHARITY FM 104.4 – Asaba
AMULUDUN FM 99.1 – Ibadan
ASABARI SAKI FM 88.3 – Oyo
Notably, FRCN is the largest broadcasting organization in Africa.