Radio RaiDzair

Radio RaiDzair wears its country in its name - a mash-up of rai, Algeria's signature popular music, and Dzair, the local word for Algiers and for Algeria itself. It is an Algerian web radio that first appeared on the Radionomy platform, where many of the country's independent online stations got their start.

Unlike the single-genre streams, this one programmes a bit of everything: musical blocks sit next to local news and - its trademark - comedy shows, a mix that matches the humour-heavy radio culture of Algeria. The common thread is Arabic-language, Algerian-made content aimed at a young audience.

The station is an online project, so listening goes through the web: the stream is carried by international radio directories, and social pages keep the link with its audience. For listeners outside the country it works as a small, informal window on everyday Algeria.