BENIN
1566 Trans World Radio to Inaugurate 100kW Transmitter in BeninTrans World Radio, the US-based Christian religious radio station, has announced that it will inaugurate a 100kW medium-wave transmitter in Beninby mid-2007.
The station, which broadcasts in over 200 languages and dialects from 14 transmitter sites worldwide will open the new transmitter site after receiving a broadcast licence from the Benin government in July 2006, TWRsaid in its April 2007 newsletter.
The South African-built transmitter will serve the west Africa region,where the station aims to reach listeners in rural areas with bothreligious broadcasting and programming aimed at those affected byHIV/AIDS, said TWR.(C) 2007 BBC_M Media. via ProQuest Information and Learning Company; AllRights Reserved<http://www.apria.com/resources/1,2725,494-622127,00.html>
(BBC_M 26 Apr via Bernd Trutenau-LTU, mwdx May 2)