Uganda: Catholic Radio Named Among the Best in Africa http://allafrica.com/stories/200705291000.html Nairobi
A Catholic radio station in rural Uganda has won the admiration of an international panel of judges for contributing "significantly to knowledge and development in the area." Radio Pacis, based in Arua in West Nile District, was named Africa's New Radio Station of the Year in a competition celebrating radio excellence in the continent, organised by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Africa 2007 The awards were presented at a ceremony in Nairobi on Saturday. The judges described Radio Pacis as "a fine example of what a community radio station based outside the capital can do." With a small staff and modest resources, the station "still addresses challenging local issues, including providing advice on medical and health problems and debating matters of local interest alongside local and national news. "It has some problems with sound quality but the judges are convinced Pacis contributes significantly to knowledge and development in the area." Besides a trophy, the station will also receive USD5, 000 worth of equipment from the BBC. An ecstatic Sherry Meyer, the station manager, told CISA the win was a moment of joy for not just the station but also for all Catholic media initiatives in Africa. Radio Pacis was started with the assistance of Comboni Missionaries in 2004, following "a cry from the people that they wanted a radio station," the programme manager, Anecho Sam, said. He said the focus of the station is development of the human person, and does not target Catholics only. "It is the station that the people asked for." Radio Pacis can be heard not only in West Nile but also in parts of South Sudan and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The grand prize, the Radio Station of the Year award, went to South Africa's 702 Talk Radio. Two Kenyans, Esther Mbondo of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, and James Wokabi of Capital FM, were named Africa's best radio news and sports journalists. Ghana's Joy FM and Citi FM won awards for the best on-air campaign and talk show of the year respectively. Ms Qaanitaah Dramat was crowned Young Broadcaster of the Year. http://zlgr.multiply.com (raidio monitoring site plus audio clips ) http://www.worldisround.com/articles/302315/ (Litohoro) 321199/Tinos http://www.flickr.com/photos/zachgr pictures upload . on my main : www.geocities.com/zliangas -tty-px.html : test of various TTY programs -ethics.htm : greek ethics , days and institutions -frape.htm: the greek way of cofee !!! Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece greekdx @ otenet dot gr --- Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108, Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000 Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Preorder your WRTH 2007: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2007 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
