FM 101 Peshawar streams entertainment programming in Pashto and Urdu, a mix of music, talk and cultural features broadcast live from Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation's Peshawar centre. It is free to listen right now, anywhere in the world, no account required.
A City That Takes Radio Seriously
FM 101 belongs to a nationwide entertainment network that Radio Pakistan launched on October 1, 1998, running simultaneously from Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore before the Peshawar centre joined with its own launch concert from Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation's local studios. But Peshawar's relationship with radio runs much deeper than that single launch date. The city is home to the oldest radio station in Pakistan, founded in 1935 after local political leader Abdul Qayyum Khan met Guglielmo Marconi during the Round Table Conference and asked him to help set up a transmitter for the region, according to The Friday Times' history of Peshawar radio. That original station went on to nurture generations of Pashto poets and musicians, including sarinda player Pazeer Khan and writers like Ajmal Khattak and Amir Hamza Shinwari, cementing Peshawar's place as a center of Pashto broadcasting long before FM frequencies existed.
Documentaries Built Around Pashto Literary Giants
FM 101 Peshawar carries that literary thread forward in its own programming. The station has aired Pashto documentaries profiling famous writers and poets including Rehman Baba, Khushhal Khan Khattak and Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari, according to Dawn's coverage of the station, alongside separate Urdu and English programming that broadens its reach beyond a single language audience.
What You'll Hear
Expect a schedule built for entertainment first, music, talk segments and cultural features in Pashto and Urdu that reflect everyday life in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, paired with the kind of literary programming that has defined Peshawar radio for nearly a century.
How to Listen
FM 101 Peshawar streams free on Radio Shuffle. Press play above for entertainment radio from a city with one of the longest broadcasting histories in South Asia.