Radio Mogadishu
Type | Broadcast |
---|---|
Country | Somalia |
First air date | 1951 |
Availability | National |
Headquarters | Mogadishu, Somalia |
Owner | Federal Government of Somalia Director: Abdiaziz Afrika |
Launch date | 1951 |
Official website | Radio Muqdisho |
Language |
Radio Mogadishu (
History
Established in 1951 during the period of the Italian run UN
After closing down operations due to the
Transitional National Government of former President of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.[7]
Prior to the
Somali Army's ultimate pacification of the capital in August 2011, Radio Mogadishu operated from a walled compound guarded by armed soldiers. The station's staff routinely broadcast news, talk shows and music despite threats of violence.[8]
Radio Mogadishu presently broadcasts from downtown Mogadishu. In the late 2000s, the station also launched a complementary website of the same name, with news items in Somali,
Arabic and English.[9] In 2013 Radio Mogadishu started the process of digitization of its archives, which dates back from 1951.[10]
In October 2021 it was announced by the
Italian embassy
in Mogadishu.
From January 1, 2022, broadcasts in Italian begin, every day from 2.30 pm to 3.00 pm with a short news program, a musical program and various features.
Staff
- Current
- Abdiaziz M Guled Afrika, director[8]
- Abdilahi Qorshe, Chief Editor[8]
- Mohamed Kaafi Sheikh Abukar Editor of Planning [8]
- Former
- Mohamed Abshir Waldo, director
- Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey, reporter[8]
See also
- Media of Somalia
- Radio Garowe
- Radio Gaalkacyo
- Shabelle Media Network
- Somali National Television
References
- ^ "Radio Mogadiscio torna a parlare italiano: "Ma non è colonialismo"". www.repubblica.it (in Italian). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ Somali PM: Anyone in gov't who commits corruption will be brought to justice Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine https://mareeg.com/radio-mogadishu-expanded-to-reach-more-cities/ Archived 2020-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Mareeg Media
- ^ World radio TV handbook, (Billboard Publications., 1955), p.77.
- ^ "A Guiding Voice Amid the Ruins of a Capital City". The New York Times. March 30, 2010. Archived from the original on August 20, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ "Radio Muqdisho". Radio Muqdisho. April 9, 2022. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
- ^ Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair, Africa: a market profile, (Praeger: 1965), p.126.
- ^ SOMALIA: TNG launches “Radio Mogadishu”
- ^ a b c d e "Reporters In Somali City Risk Life To Cover Story". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31.
- ^ Radio Muqdisho.net Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Radio Mogadishu archives get digitized". UN Audiovisual Library. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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