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24 May 2005
Source: NGO latest press release FH 2005 Fondation Hirondelle - Switzerland Website: http://www.hirondelle.org Monrovia, 23 May 2005 - STAR radio will resume broadcasting as from Wednesday 25 May 2005, at 16.00 local time. The independent news & information radio station will transmit on FM & Short Wave to Liberia & the Subregion from its studios located at Mamba Point, Monrovia, Liberia. STAR radio was established by the Hirondelle Foundation - Media for Peace & Human Dignity in 1997 and had established itself as a primary source of independent & unbiased information for Liberians. It was forcibly closed by the then President Charles Taylor in 2000 and could not be reopened as long as he was in office. Taylor left Liberia for exile in Nigeria in August 2003, and in November the same year, the ban on STAR radio was lifted by Gyude Bryant, the Chairman of the National Transitional Government which replaced the Taylor regime. STAR's program schedule is designed to be relevant to post-war Liberia. The accent will be on news and current affairs. There will be bulletins on the hour every hour, and three one hour current affairs programs daily. But as Liberia moves towards elections in October there will be voter education programs and an opportunity to quiz the multitude of political aspirants. There will be programmes giving medical and other expert advice on all sectors of society, and STAR radio will endevour to reach a mass Liberian audience by broadcasting in all of Liberian languages. STAR radio will be on air daily from 5.00 AM to 10.00 PM on FM for Greater Monrovia, as well as 2 hours per day on Short Wave for Rural Liberia & the Subregion. STAR radio is a non profit organisation run by Liberians in partnership with the Hirondelle Foundation. It is jointly funded by the European Commission, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway & the United Kingdom. http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/from...1169654750.htm |
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