Introducing Sobi 101.9 FM Ilorin.
Sobi 101.9 FM Ilorin is an indigenous radio station, based in Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, in the North Central region of Nigeria.
Its ownership/management structure is a purely Nigerian affair. Our contents are Pan-Nigerian, with a Corporate Content Direction (CCD) being “Engendering Social Rebirth among the Youths”.
It was established in July 2010; and between that time and now, it has won many awards, such as the Nigeria Media Nite-Out – 2019 and 2021; YOMAFA Best Radio Station of the year, 2018.
We are the most listened-to radio station in our areas of coverage, with Kwara State and its environs being our primary area. We parade some of the most captivating contents to our teeming audience, in both English and indigenous languages (Yoruba, Hausa, Fulfude, Nupe and Batonu). We are the only radio station doing that in our geopolitical region.
We have the most popular Sports programs – Sports Base and Sports Vibes (English); Lori Papa, L’agbo Soccer and Ṣe ó lè S’ọtẹ (Yoruba) among other flagship sociopolitical programs, like Ọrọ̀-Ìlú (Multilingual); Perspectives, Home Front (English) among others. We also have youths-captivating programs like “Campus Gist”; Children Half hours and a host of other box office programs.
With all these, we believe, we are advertisers’ delight, and ideal partner that gives value for money.
Meanwhile Sobi FM had won series of national awards in its short but eventful years of existence; including two-time-in-a-row, Nigeria Media Nite-Out “best Radio Station of the year in the North Central Region of Nigeria” (2019 and 2021), as well as producing the, Nigerian Media Niteout’s “Next-rated OAP of the Year”, in person of Oluwafemi Oparinde.
We also won the 2020 and 2021 “Kwara Live Project” “Media House of the Year” award.
Our News is a “Box office”, to our teeming listeners across our areas of coverage, due to its timeliness, reliability and accuracy, as a result of our widespread network of correspondents across the state and beyond.
It would interest you to know that, Sobi 101.9 FM Ilorin is the only traditional media outfit in Kwara State that does “Breaking News”. This is also down to the vibrancy of our staff, scattered across the nation.
We give extensive, live coverage to landmark events like annual National festivals(Durbar, Ileya, Christmas, Independence Day,, Democracy Day, among others), local and international event days, National elections, among other events.
These and many others are, what endears us to our teeming listeners, so much so that, most of our Station Indents are now common songs on the lips of most members of the public, while some even use them as ring back tones.
Sobi FM, within its short, but eventful years of existence, has won many awards on accounts of its trailblazing performance, while redefining radio broadcasting in Kwara State and beyond.
Our Team
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