Rhythm 93.7 FM is a commercial

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

located in the

Old GRA The Old Government Reserved Area (Old GRA) is a neighborhood of the city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State in Nigeria. It was primarily inhabited by European settlers during colonial times and was then referred to as the ''European quarters''. Old ...

neighborhood of Port Harcourt,

Rivers State Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa Ib ...

. The station broadcasts an

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radio format, playing a variety of music genres including R&B, hip hop, with occasional electronic dance music and

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. It is owned and operated by Silverbird Communications under the Silverbird Group company and is one of the most popular

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radio stations in the south of Nigeria.

Line Up

Staff

Disc Jockeys

*DJ Best *DJ Spin *DJ DoubleD *DJ Golden

Presenters

*Azubuike Wokocha *Stephanie Obuzo *Chikodi Nwosu *Charlse Baridam *Ben Wakama

Notable former on-air staff

* Andre Blaze, currently works at The Virtuoso Company * Ifeoma Iphie Aggrey-Fynn (died 2015) *

Cleopatra Tawo Cleopatra Tawo, known more commonly as Cleo Tao (died 1 December 2017) was a radio host at Planet FM 101.1 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. She was the host of the radio shows ''DayBreak on Planet'' and ''AutoMania''. Before joining Planet FM, T ...

, now with Planet FM 101.1 in Uyo

Incidents

Legal issues

On 19 December 2005, two of the station's radio hosts Klem Ofuokwu and

were arrested and charged with giving false news report of a Bridge Failure. They were detained for two weeks and then released on bail.

References

External links

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Rhythm 93.7 web
{{Port Harcourt Radio stations established in 2002 Radio stations in Port Harcourt Privately held companies of Nigeria Companies based in Port Harcourt Urban contemporary radio stations Hip hop radio stations Old GRA, Port Harcourt 2002 establishments in Nigeria 2000s establishments in Rivers State Silverbird Communications radio stations