Gambia Newspapers

Gambia Newspapers, TV & Radio Stations

Websites

Publishing Media

Broadcasters

Newspaper Publications

The 2 largest newspapers in terms of distribution in Gambia are the Observer and The Point. The other main publication was called The Independent which has stopped operations. There is a small publication distributed locally called Foroyaa Newspaper.

Television Stations

The government operates the only national television station. Gambia Radio and Television Service GRTS) has just one channel covering 60% of the country.

There are other television companies broadcasting via satellite subscription services. Two of the best known examples are GAMTV and Premium TV Network - a private external station transmitting throughout the western coastal area.

Radio Broadcasters

Radio Gambia - national broadcaster, broadcasting in English and vernacular languages on FM and MW run by GRTS.

Radio 1 FM - private station founded in the 1990s, broadcasting mainly music

West Coast Radio

City Limits Radio

Citizen FM

Radio Syd - private station; the original Radio Syd broadcast from a ship anchored off Sweden in the mid 1960s. Radio Syd's Swedish owner was given a licence to broadcast in Gambia in 1970.

The BBC and CNN is sometimes re-broadcasted by GRTS and the small radio stations.