98.4 Capital FM (other variations of the name include Capital FM and Capital FM Kenya) is a Kenyan urban music radio station.

Location

Its offices are situated on the 19th floor of ''Lonrho House'', along Standard Street in the

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of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya. The coordinates of the radio station are:1°17'06.0"S, 36°49'22.0"E (Latitude:-1.285013; Longitude:36.822767).

Background

Established in 1996 shortly after the liberalisation of Kenyan airwaves, it was the second FM station to be opened after 101.9 Metro FM, however several other FM stations have continued to crop up, catering to all tastes, 98.4 Capital FM continues to be a popular station especially among the middle-class and upper-class markets. The presenters play a variety of genres i.e hip hop,

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, neo soul,

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, world music, jazz, techno and dance music. Capital FM now caters to Mombasa, Western Kenya, as well as the international community, via the internet. When President Barack Obama visited Kenya in July 2015, he gave an exclusive one-on-one interview on 98.4 Capital FM, one of the only two one-on-one radio interviews that he gave during that visit.

Ownership

It is owned by the late

Chris Kirubi Christopher John Kirubi (20 August 1941 – 14 June 2021), born in Murang'a county, was a Kenyan businessman, entrepreneur, and industrialist. He was a director at Centum Investment Company, a business conglomerate, of which he was the largest ...

, a Kenyan businessman.

Presenters

Many of Kenya's biggest radio presenters all began at Capital FM – which has earned it the slogan – the home of nurturing radio talent. These include: * Phil Matthews – head of The Radio Academy * Sean Cardovillis – now working at Nation Media Group * Jimmi Gathu – lead breakfast TV presenter at K24 *

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– Marketing Manager at Kiss FM *

Zain Verjee Zain Verjee (born February 11, 1974) is a Kenyan journalist. She is a former CNN anchor and correspondent, and now works in public relations. Her communications firm, Zain Verjee Group, has worked with Bloomberg Media, Bloomberg Philanthropies, ...

– Anchor now with CNN * Jo Thoenes – breakfast presenter in the UK * Patricia Amira – of the Patricia show at KBC * Alex Belfield – a radio DJ from the UK * Fareed Khimani – Director at Nusu-Nusu Productions Limited, Executive Producer of MNET's Mashriki Mix Magazine show *

Seanice Kacungira Seanice Kacungira is a Ugandan journalist and radio personality. Career She worked for Kenyan (Capital FM) and Ugandan Media (Sanyu FM, WBS and NTV). Seanice and her younger sister Nancy Kacungira together co-founded Blu Flamingo, a digital me ...

– a businesswoman in Kampala, Uganda * Eve D'Souza *

Gaetano Kagwa Gaetano Jjuko Kagwa is a Ugandan actor and broadcaster. He currently co-hosts a breakfast show "Gaetano & Lucky in the Morning" at 91.3 Capital FM with Lucky Mbabazi as well a judge on East Africa's Got Talent alongside Dj Makeda, Jeff Koinange a ...

– Ugandan personality who gained fame due to his participation in the Big Brother Africa competition * Nini Wacera * Italia Masiero * Preety aka Herpreet Jaswal *

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Dr. Vey, Nairobi, Kenya * Rick Dees, host of the Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 every Saturday * Walt "Baby" Love, host of Gospel Traxx every Sunday afternoon Fareed Khimani and Seanice Kacungira hosted a morning show from 2006 until 2009, which had a wide audience with high ratings. *Suleiman Munyua AKA Soulo – Currently a Copy Writer still at Capital FM *Fareed Khiman
is back at Capital FM
presenting the morning show with Davina Leonard *

Capital Digital Media (CDM)

Capital Digital Media is a section within the Capital FM company that deals with online and digital media presence. This includes digital sales and advertising, web development, video production and social media strategy.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:98.4 Capital Fm Music organisations based in Kenya Radio stations in Kenya Mass media in Nairobi Radio stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in Kenya