Malawi Broadcasting Corporation

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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[edit]

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]

Notable broadcasters[edit]

Hassan Goba[edit]

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

Geoffrey Kapusa[edit]

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.

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