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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Sudan: UN radio in Juba goes live online

BBC Monitoring observes that Juba-based radio station Miraya (Mirror) FM is now available on a live stream from the broadcaster’s new website at www.mirayafm.org .

The station broadcasts round the clock from studios in Juba and Khartoum, broadcasting on 101.0 MHz FM for Juba, with coverage extended by relay transmitters in Malakal, Rumbek and Wau. Programming is in Arabic, English and local languages.

Miraya FM was launched on 30 June 2006, and is operated in partnership between the United Nations Mission in Sudan (www.unmis.org ) and Swiss journalists’ organization Hirondelle Foundation (www.hirondelle.org ).

(Source: BBC Monitoring research 20 Jun 07/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)