Radio Mogadishu

Radio Mogadishu
TypeBroadcast
Country
Somalia
First air date
1951
AvailabilityNational
HeadquartersMogadishu, Somalia
OwnerFederal Government of Somalia Director: Abdiaziz Afrika
Launch date
1951
Official website
Radio Muqdisho
LanguageSomali, Arabic, English, Italian[1]

Radio Mogadishu (Somali: Radio Muqdisho, Arabic: راديو مقديشو) is the federal government-run radio station of Somalia.[2]

History

Analog reels at Radio Mogadishu headquarters.

Established in 1951 during the period of the Italian run UN Trust Territory of Somaliland, Radio Mogadishu initially broadcast news items in both Somali and Italian.[3][4][5] Radio Mogadishu was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo.[6]

After closing down operations due to the civil war that broke out in 1991, the station was officially re-opened in 23 August 2001 by the Transitional National Government of former President of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.[7]

Radio Mogadishu analog-to-digital machine.

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 Somali Ministry of Information that programs in Italian would be broadcast again thanks to an agreement with 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Radio Mogadiscio torna a parlare italiano: "Ma non è colonialismo"". www.repubblica.it (in Italian). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ World radio TV handbook, (Billboard Publications., 1955), p.77.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Radio Muqdisho". Radio Muqdisho. April 9, 2022. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  6. ^ Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair, Africa: a market profile, (Praeger: 1965), p.126.
  7. ^ SOMALIA: TNG launches “Radio Mogadishu”
  8. ^ a b c d e "Reporters In Somali City Risk Life To Cover Story". NPR. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31.
  9. ^ Radio Muqdisho.net Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "Radio Mogadishu archives get digitized". UN Audiovisual Library. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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