Radio Simba
{{Infobox radio station
| name = Radio Simba
| city = Kampala
| frequency = {{ubl| {{Frequency|97.3|MHz}} (Kampala)| {{Frequency|92.1|MHz}} (Mubende) }}
| language = Luganda
| airdate = {{Start date|1998|6|15|df=yes}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.radiosimba.ug/}}
}}
Radio Simba is a private commercial radio station broadcasting to central Uganda in the Luganda language, with transmitters in Kampala and Mubende.
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; Simba's match commentaries drew considerable listener attention to the new outlet, as did its style of commentary.{{Cite news |last=Zziwa |first=Hassan Badru |date=2016-07-11 |title=Radio Simba: How 1998 World Cup laid groundwork for station |language=en-gb |work=The Observer |url=https://www.observer.ug/lifestyle/45292-radio-simba-how-1998-world-cup-laid-groundwork-for-station |access-date=2022-03-28}} The station was founded by Aga Sekalala Jr and Isaac Mulindwa Jr, as well as Gordon Wavamunno.{{r|groundwork}} It provided competition primarily to CBS FM Buganda, which had begun broadcasting two years prior.{{Cite news |last=Kalyegira |first=Timothy |date=2013-12-31 |title=20 years of FM radio stations in Uganda |work=African Centre for Media Excellence |url=https://acme-ug.org/2013/12/31/20-years-of-fm-radio-stations-in-uganda/ |access-date=2022-03-28}}
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".{{Cite news |date=2004-10-03 |title=Fine for Ugandan radio gay show |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3712266.stm |access-date=2022-03-28}}
References
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Category:Radio stations in Uganda