Radio broadcasting in Syria began shortly after independence in 1946, with the launch of Radio Damascus in 1947 as the country's first national radio service. For decades, the sector operated under a state monopoly administered by the General Authority for Radio and Television (GART, then ORTAS), which oversees public radio and television services under the Ministry of Information.

Since the mid-2000s, a limited number of privately owned FM stations have been licensed, primarily focusing on music and entertainment programming, while news broadcasting remains largely dominated by state-run outlets. As of the 2020s, radio in Syria is transmitted mainly on the FM band, with services concentrated in major urban centers such as Damascus and Aleppo, alongside a smaller number of regional and community initiatives.

Local stations

State-owned (GART) Name Website Area served Radio Damascus

Others Name Website Area servedNotes Al-Madina FM Melody FM Syria Radio Arabesque FM Al Aan FM Sham FM Farah FM Fuse FM Syria Mix FM Syria Rotana Style FM Version FM Damascus Governorate Ninar FM Aleppo Governorate Sada FM Syria Aleppo Governorate Radio 7la FM Latakia Governorate Radio Swaida Sweida Governorate Radio Rayan Sweida Governorate Shufi Mafi FM Deir ez-Zor Governorate Raqqa Governorate Radio Fann FM Jordanian station, Syrian branch Radio Orient Based in Beirut, Lebanon; shut down in 2021 Radio Free Syria English-language web broadcast in Scotland, UK

Kurdish language Name Website Notes Arta FM https://www.arta.fm/ Radio One FM Syria Group https://radio-onefm.com/ Radio Fresh http://fresh-syria.net/ Established October 2014 in Kafr Nabl, broadcasting from Idlib Defunct Watan FM https://watan.fm/ Broadcast from Istanbul, Turkey Radio Alwan FM Broadcast from Istanbul, Turkey; shut down in December 2022 Al-Asemeh Radio FM https://www.asima-online.net/ Shut down in December 2022 Rozana Radio https://www.rozana.fm/en Broadcast from Gaziantep, Turkey; shut down in December 2022 Hawa Smart FM Broadcast from Gaziantep, Turkey; shut down in 2022 Radio Hara FM

Assyrian language + Name Website Notes Assyrian Radio Al-Hob FM Broadcast from Beirut and Istanbul 1983fm Broadcasting from Babylona Radio

See also Telecommunications in Syria Mass media in Syria

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