Radio Mogadishu
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Radio Mogadishu
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| Industry | Broadcasting |
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| Founded | 1951 |
| Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia |
| Services | Radio Mogadishu, Radio Muqdisho.net |
| Website | Radio Muqdisho.net |
Radio Mogadishu is the federal government-run radio station of Somalia.[1]
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History
Established during the colonial period in Italian Somaliland, Radio Mogadishu initially broadcasted news items in both Somali and Italian.[2] The station was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo.[3]
After closing down operations due to the civil war that broke out in 1991, the station was officially re-opened in the early 2000s by the Transitional National Government of former President of Somalia, Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.[4] It presently broadcasts from Mogadishu, the nation's capital.
In the late 2000s, Radio Mogadishu also launched a complementary website of the same name, with news items in Somali, Arabic and English.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Somali PM: Anyone in gov't who commits corruption will be brought to justice
- ^ World radio TV handbook, (Billboard Publications., 1955), p.77.
- ^ Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair, Africa: a market profile, (Praeger: 1965), p.126.
- ^ SOMALIA: TNG launches “Radio Mogadishu”
- ^ Radio Muqdisho.net
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