 All the local radio stations have always been publicly owned, however, state-controlled which make them in practice, stated owned, with the exception of the apolitical private radio station at El Gouna resort, named "El Gouna Radio" ("Lagoon Radio").All broadcast media are somehow state controlled, even if partly or fully private.As of 2002, there were only 8 radio stations broadcast on FM to Greater Cairo (6 in Alexandria), none of them was specialized in popular songs.