In 2002, Freedom Radio Kano was licensed from Film Laboratory and Production Services Limited to establish the first private radio station of its kind in northern Nigeria at the time with the name Savannah Radio Kano. On 1 December 2003, the station began broadcasting under its current name. Branching out from the Kano station, Freedom Radio added a second outlet in 2007 with the launch of Freedom Radio Dutse in
Jigawa State. In 2011, the station was licensed to open more stations in Kano, Sokoto, Kaduna, and Maiduguri. In 2011, Dala FM 88.5 was launched in Kano, and in 2012, Freedom Radio Kaduna 92.9 was launched. ==References==