Before 1996, Kenyans had one choice for radio music: KBC, the government broadcaster. Then Capital FM launched, playing Western pop and Kenyan hits the state station ignored. Kiss FM followed in 2000. Within five years, the two stations had rewritten what music Kenyans heard. Benga lost airtime to hip-hop and R&B. Gospel got prime slots. New artists who fit the format became stars. Old ones faded. Radio didn't just reflect taste. It built it. Two stations changed Kenyan music more than any government policy ever did.