Medi1 Radio (Arabic: مدي 1, also known as Radio Méditerranée Internationale) is a private, commercial Moroccan radio network. Medi 1 has an audience of around 23 million people. It is emitted from Nador transmitter on 171 kHz longwave, and via internet and satellite.

History and profile

Medi 1 Radio is a state owned radio. The station started broadcasting in 1980 and is based in Tangier, Morocco.

The radio station broadcasts throughout the Maghreb countries and it is a bilingual station broadcasting its programming in both Arabic and French.

Medi 1 was managed by Pierre Casalta from its foundation until 2010.^[1] The station officially says it is politically independent, however, two former Medi 1 journalists, writing for L'Obs, described it as the "voice of the King", noting its subjective coverage of the monarchy.^[2] Its slogan is Medi 1, la radio du grand Maghreb.