About Us

Not Just a Media House

Since 1928

We Are Kenya’s Memory

Since 1928, we have carried the voices of Kenyan communities across mountains, plains, and coasts — through independence, growth, and into a digital future. Kenya Broadcasting Corporation is the nation’s oldest broadcaster, its most trusted public institution, and a living archive of Kenya’s story.

Languages on Air

Radio Stations

Years of Broadcasting

Our Mission

To provide leadership in the transmission of objective, informative, educative, innovative and entertaining content to the public through high quality broadcasts.

Our Vision

Kenya’s most reliable, innovative, dynamic and trusted Broadcaster.

A Rich Legacy

Broadcasting Kenya’s Truth Since Before Independence.

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) is the state-owned public broadcaster of Kenya, established under the KBC Act of Parliament (CAP 221) and wholly owned by the Government of Kenya. We are the oldest and most geographically extensive broadcaster in the country — the only institution with the mandate, the infrastructure, and the will to reach every Kenyan in their own language.

We operate three television channels, 15+ radio stations, a digital terrestrial television platform (Signet), a national talent development programme (Studio Mashinani), and growing digital services — all in pursuit of one enduring mandate: to inform, educate, and entertain the people of Kenya.

OUR HERITAGE

A History That Mirrors Kenya Itself.

Nearly a century of broadcasting. Every chapter of our history is a chapter in Kenya’s own story of growth, independence, and transformation.

1924

Kenya’s First Radio Signal

English radio broadcasting begins in Kenya as the East African Broadcasting Corporation (EABC), relaying BBC broadcasts. Kenya’s airwaves are switched on for the very first time — a milestone that will define the next century.

1953

Broadcasting for Africans

The African Broadcasting Service launches — a watershed moment. For the first time, programmes air in Kiswahili, Dholuo, Kikuyu, Luhya, Nandi, and Arabic, recognising that Kenya’s people deserve to be spoken to in their own languages.

1954

Regional Presence Expands

Kenya Broadcasting Services is formally established, with regional stations set up in Mombasa (Sauti ya Mvita), Nyeri (Mount Kenya Station), and Kisumu (Lake Station) — planting KBC’s roots in every corner of the country.

1962

Television Comes to Kenya

Kenya’s first television signal is transmitted from a farmhouse in Limuru. A new era in Kenyan entertainment, journalism, and culture begins. KBC is there at the very start.

1964

Independence & the Voice of Kenya

Following Kenya’s independence, the corporation is nationalised and renamed the Voice of Kenya (VoK). Broadcasting becomes an act of national identity — Kenya’s stories will be told by Kenyans, for Kenyans.

1989

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation is Born

Through an Act of Parliament (CAP 221), the corporation is formally renamed Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. The Act enshrines a mandate for independent and impartial broadcasting — a commitment that defines KBC to this day.

2000s

Expansion & Vernacular Growth

KBC launches a wave of community vernacular stations — Coro FM, Pwani FM, Mayienga FM, Kitwek FM, and more — bringing over a dozen new voices to Kenyan communities who had long been underserved.

Today

Digital, Renewed & Expanding

Under renewed leadership and a 2023-2027 strategic restructuring plan, KBC is modernising for the digital age — streaming, Signet, Studio Mashinani — ensuring KBC remains the public broadcasting backbone of Kenya for the next century.

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CORE VALUES

The Principles That Guide Every Broadcast.

Quality

We hold every broadcast, every story, and every programme to the highest standard. Kenya deserves nothing less.

Integrity

Our journalism and programming is grounded in truth. We are the firewall against misinformation — especially when it matters most.

Innovation

From 50-year-old transmitters kept alive by ingenuity, to digital streaming platforms — KBC has always found a way forward.

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