When I was living in the university dorm, I used to listen to the radio most of the time. This was mainly because students were not allowed to bring TV’s to the dorm. Whenever I was awake, I turn on the radio and let MBC-FM DJ’s play every kind of music they have. I was listening to the MBC-FM exclusively when I’m in Riyadh, because when I’m home I either watch TV or use my computer, and in my car I have all my favorite music CD’s. I hate to admit this, but even though MBC-FM were broadcasting some ugly music some times, I used to miss them in my holidays. When my holiday was over this time, I moved to a new apartment with a flat 29 TV screen, so I did not bring my radio with me.
Last week, I was in the car with a friend of mine. I turned the radio on, and found that MBC-FM were playing only Khaleeji music. It turned out that MBC Group decided to dedicate MBC-FM to Khaleeji music only, and moved all their talk shows and programs, in addition to all other kinds of music to Panorama FM, which was formerly a news radio channel. It is early to tell if this is a smart move or not, but I’ll miss, for sure, listening to different types of Arabic music on the same channel.
The problem with the radio channels here in Saudi Arabia, is that we have a very limited choice. There are the two MBC radios, and those government ones, and that’s all. No other FM’s are allowed to broadcast in this country. Moreover, there is not a single radio broadcasts Western music, not even Radio Sawa.
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