Radio Zimbabwe

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| name = Radio Zimbabwe

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| area = Zimbabwe

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| frequency = {{Frequency|96.3|MHz}} in Bulawayo

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• Music
• Talk}}

| language = Ndebele & Shona

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| owner = ZBC

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| sister_stations = {{ plainlist|

• Khulumani FM
• Power FM
• 95.8 Central Radio
• Classic 263
• National FM}}

| webcast = [http://www.radiozim.co.zw Listen Live]

| website = {{URL|www.radiozim.co.zw}}

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Radio Zimbabwe, formerly Radio 2, is a Zimbabwean radio station[https://books.google.com/books?id=HqpAAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Rhodesia+Broadcasting+Corporation+has+become+Zimbabwe+Broadcasting+Corporation%22 EBU Review: Radio and television programmes, administration, law], Volume 31, Administrative Office of the European Broadcasting Union, 1980, page 62 that broadcasts in 2 widely spoken indigenous Zimbabwean languages, Ndebele and Shona and is owned by the country's national broadcaster.{{cite news|title=Govt Pledges to Licence More Radio |url=http://www.zbc.co.zw/govt-pledges-to-licence-community-radios/ |date= February 13, 2019 | work= ZBC }}

It broadcasts talk shows, news, sports updates, cultural shows, health, music chat shows,{{cite news|title=Rev Chivaviro wins Radio Zim top 50 |url=http://www.zbc.co.zw/rev-chivaviro-wins-radio-zim-top-50/ |date= January 1, 2019 | work= ZBC }} and politics among other things. It also broadcasts live sports events as well as national events. It was once the largest in Zimbabwe by listenership,{{cite news|title=Radio Zim, POTRAZ descend on Southlea Park|url=http://www.zbc.co.zw/radio-zim-potraz-descend-on-southlea-park/

|date= December 16, 2018 | work= ZBC }} and the most accessible in the remote areas of the country.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LJbFniZhtDQC&dq=%22Southern+Rhodesia%22+%22radio%22+1933&pg=PA10 Zimbabwe: A Survey], African Minds, 2009, page 10 The station is known for playing mostly Zimbabwean traditional music and a mix of African music.{{cite journal|last1=Mano|first1=Winston|date=30 June 2016|title=Renegotiating Tradition on Radio Zimbabwe|journal=Media, Culture & Society|language=en|volume=26|issue=3|pages=315–336|doi=10.1177/0163443704041176|s2cid=145011147 }}

Until 2000, Radio Zimbabwe was a state-sanctioned monopoly.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2018/06/project-exile-zimbabwean-broadcaster-grapples-with-post-mugabe-era/|title=Project Exile: Zimbabwean broadcaster grapples with post-Mugabe era|last=Censorship|first=Index on|date=2018-06-18|website=Index on Censorship|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-27}} During the state broadcaster's policy changes in 2002 under the former information minister Jonathan Moyo, a number of broadcasters left the station and some left the country. The likes of Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda, Eric 'The General' Knight, Brenda Moyo and the late Pina Mwemba were forced to leave the station.{{cite news|title=Legendary broadcaster turned nurse Brenda Moyo on life after ZBC|url=https://nehandaradio.com/2020/01/26/legendary-broadcaster-turned-nurse-brenda-moyo-on-life-after-zbc/ |date= January 27, 2020 | work= Nehanda Radio }}

The station's slogan is Nepfenyuro Yevanhu (Shona) / Umsakazo Wabantu (Ndebele), which translate to The People's Broadcaster.{{Original research inline|date=July 2019}}