Malawi Broadcasting Corporation

Malawi Broadcasting Corporation
Type	Broadcast radio and television
Country	Malawi
Founded	June 8, 1964
Broadcast area	National
Owner	Government of Malawi
Launch date	1964
Digital channel(s)	yes
Official website	www.mbc.mw

The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation is a state-run radio and television company in Malawi. It was founded in 1964. It has two radio stations, Radio 1 and Radio 2, and transmits on FM, Medium Wave and Shortwave frequencies and Online.

It also runs the national television station, Television Malawi.

Its headquarters is in Blantyre, Malawi.

History

An agreement was signed with the BBC in late 2001 where MBC provided the maintenance for the relays of the BBC World Service in the country.^[1]

List of notable MBC broadcasters

Hassan Goba

In 2017, one of the station's notable veteran broadcaster, Hassan Goba, left the company.^[2]

Geoffrey Kapusa

In 2012, veteran broadcaster, Geoffrey Kapusa, who was known to have started a music programme called Music Splash retired from the company after working over 20 years.^[3]

Anne Kadammanja

Kadammanja, one of the female veteran broadcasters in Malawi joined MBC in 2010s before passing away in 2018.^[4] She was known for creating several programs on the radio such as "hot 26", "Lover's night" and "Why did you lose them?". She also hosted the morning program called "breakfast show".^[4]

References

^ "Agreement between BBC and MBC", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 32, February–April 2002
^ Ngwira, Robert (2017-09-04). "Hasan Goba says bye to MBC". Face of Malawi. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
^ Umali, Romeo (2024-04-23). "MBC, MISA Malawi mourns Kapusa". Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ ^a ^b Reporter, Malawi24 (2018-01-10). "Just in: Broadcaster Annie K dead Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

This Malawi-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a radio station in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Agreement between BBC and MBC", Africa Film & TV Magazine, nº. 32, February–April 2002

[2] Ngwira, Robert (2017-09-04). "Hasan Goba says bye to MBC". Face of Malawi. Retrieved 2024-02-15.

[3] Umali, Romeo (2024-04-23). "MBC, MISA Malawi mourns Kapusa". Malawi Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2024-05-16.

[:0-4] Reporter, Malawi24 (2018-01-10). "Just in: Broadcaster Annie K dead Malawi 24 | Latest News from Malawi". Malawi 24. Retrieved 2024-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1]