A student-run teaching station from the School of Journalism, Media and Communication Studies. Campus Radio launches online in October 2026 - with FM broadcast to follow - as a living laboratory for South Sudan's next generation of broadcasters.
Phase 1 goes live in
Every feature doubles as a lesson. Students produce, present, engineer and publish - on the same chain that will feed the FM transmitter when it arrives.
A 24/7 Icecast/HLS stream reachable on any device, with adaptive bitrate and a low-latency listen-again buffer.
See the studio as you listen. Multi-camera video of live shows streamed alongside audio for social and web.
Booking, playout automation and a production log - the teaching-laboratory workflow, from pitch to broadcast.
Live track and show data pushed to the player, smart speakers and station apps in real time.
Terrestrial FM over a campus mast covering Juba - the same studio chain, no rework, once the mast and frequency land.
Every show archived and published as a podcast feed, searchable and shareable long after it airs.
Add Campus Radio to your home screen. Offline-ready shell, push alerts for breaking bulletins and go-live moments.
Song requests, dedications and listener call-ins routed to the studio during live shows.
News and community programming in English and local languages, serving the campus and the city.
A sample teaching schedule for the launch term. Times are East Africa Time (EAT / UTC+3).
Produced by SJMCS students and staff. Episodes will be published on demand from launch day.
From the UNESCO film on the University of Juba station - the people who will make Campus Radio come alive.
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A radio station at the University - our own place to learn and broadcast.
Ayen MajakStudent, University of Juba
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Now I am very happy because we have our own. We will do our practical here.
SJMCS studentSchool of Journalism, Media & Communication Studies
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Having a radio station helps our students to have real, practical experience.
Adeng Kornelio KoryomLecturer, University of JubaCampus Radio is being delivered under a UNESCO-supported programme, with the studios in renovation and a phased path to full FM service. This tracker reflects the technical and readiness assessment for the station.
The University of Juba is not announcing a delay - it is announcing a launch. Campus Radio begins as an internet stream and visual-radio service in October 2026, on schedule, using the studio, console and microphones already on site. FM broadcast follows in a second phase once the campus mast, the studio-to-transmitter link and the NCA frequency allocation are all in place. The same studios, playout and student teams that broadcast online will feed the FM transmitter when it arrives - nothing built in Phase 1 is wasted.
Internet stream & visual radio
FM broadcast
Campus Radio is the official teaching station of the University of Juba, operated from the School of Journalism, Media and Communication Studies (SJMCS). It exists to give students a real, on-air newsroom and studio - a laboratory where the craft of broadcasting is learned by doing - while serving the campus and the wider Juba community with news, education, culture and public-interest programming.
SJMCS trains South Sudan's journalists, broadcasters and communicators. The station places production, presentation, audio engineering and station management directly into the curriculum, so graduates leave having already run a live service.
Two studios on the SJMCS campus are being renovated to house the station.
Campus Radio is delivered as part of UNESCO's programme to rebuild radio and reconnect communities in South Sudan - strengthening a resilient, inclusive media landscape and building the capacity of the country's broadcasters. Under this programme two studios at the University of Juba are being renovated to house the university's radio station and give journalism students a practical space to build their skills. The wider programme, working alongside partners, has supported community radio across South Sudan and training for hundreds of journalists.
Supported by UNESCO, with programme partners including JICA and the NHK Foundation. Logos are shown to credit project partners; official brand assets replace these renditions on final publication.
Sign up for launch updates, request a song, or reach the newsroom. Students and staff who want to join the station are welcome.