Moi University radio station (M.U FM), is a project by the university to provide a platform for students practicing media in the institution to showcase ad grow their talent and skills. In addition to this they get to apply and practise what they are taught in school. This radio station is important to the institution as they remind, educate and entertain its audience. They got news and also entertainment forums.
Even though it’s a legitimate station it has a low coverage but also a large one. It cannot be heard by most of the people outside Eldoret but it can be listened to by everyone within Eldoret. This has been a real struggle to them as they want to spread their content to as many people.
Presenters of the station are not only students from school of information science and human resources but also any other school. Students from education such as those pursuing Kiswahili, political science and the rest make their way to host their shows in the radio station. They say information is power yes, why should they put a restriction on people presenting? Some time back they did restrict the information delivery only to media personnel.
A fair thing to all the students, in order to have a show you have to fill a form with your details, the type of show you want to host, the time you want to host it and the reason for hosting the show then you present it to the lecturer in charge of the station for a go ahead. The only disadvantage is that the radio station closes at 6 pm weekdays and it’s never on weekends. Is this fair to the audience? Most times you can say they don’t take the project seriously. The station has many shows with different shows each and every day. We have football analysis, music, news, political discussions, interviews and many more. To be honest this has benefitted many people in the media industry such as reporter Alex Chamwada, Mohammed Ali and many more. They were a product of this school and they were media students. Surely this is a great project to shape our future.
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