BBC set to launch Arabic channel - Chris Tryhorn
The BBC is in talks about launching a 24-hour news channel broadcasting in Arabic across the UK, Europe and the Arab world.
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BBC warned Arabic TV channel will be derided as propaganda - By Ian Burrell, Media Editor, The Independent
The BBC was warned last night that its plans to launch an Arabic television station would be met with suspicion by many in the Arab world.
Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on June 25, 2004 at 11:11 AM in Middle East media, New television, Public broadcasting, Public diplomacy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (116)
Voice of Iraq soothes tense nation - By Christiane Amanpour CNN Chief International Correspondent
She is the voice of Iraq -- and about as close as you can get to the pulse of the Iraqi people.
Two generations of Iraqis have grown to love broadcaster Amel al-Mudarress. Now, as they approach the handover of political power to an interim Iraqi government, they need her soothing tone more than ever.
A day after the latest car bomb that killed 13 and wounded scores more, security is again topic No. 1 for callers to her Studio 10 radio show.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on June 16, 2004 at 04:38 PM in Public broadcasting, Public diplomacy, Public diplomacy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (103)
Baghdad's favourite radio station gives residents a voice - Michael Howard
From a modest family house somewhere in a western Baghdad suburb, Radio Dijla is fighting crime, saving lives, and treating the emotional traumas of lovesick teenagers.
Unthinkable during the Saddam era, this is Iraq's first talk radio station. It is only a small commercial channel that has sprung up in the maelstrom of the capital, but has already struck a chord with residents.
Up to 18,000 callers a day try to contact the station - it only answers a fraction of that number - and it has become Baghdad's favourite.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on June 10, 2004 at 05:01 PM in Native media, New television, Radio | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (94)
CNN LIVE AT DAYBREAK
Out of a modest building on a Baghdad side street, an American staple has come to Iraq, talk radio. The first independent all-talk radio station in the country, Radio Dijla (ph), is the brainchild of Ahmad Rikaby.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on June 4, 2004 at 05:18 PM in Native media, Radio | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (185)
