18 May 2003

Mother Bush Nothing to do with George W, this is about a radio station in South Africa. It's the title of a Web article by my colleague Hélène Michaud based on her recent documentary marking the 10th anniversary of Bush Radio, a community radio station which is also a Radio Netherlands partner. If you missed the documentary, you can also listen to it online. It's available now at http://www.rnw.nl/special/en/html/030518bush.html 8:55:20 PM     comment on this entry []

Kurdish music on Radio Sawa Somehow I overlooked this article published on 8 May by KurdishMedia.com, and I haven't seen any other references to this development: 08/05/2003   KurdishMedia.com - By Bryar Mariwani  London (KurdishMedia.com) 08 May 2003: Radio Sawa, the service of U.S. International Broadcasting, operated and funded by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an agency of the U.S. Government, has started broadcasting Kurdish music. The Radio broadcasts Arabic and Kurdish music around the clock with news bulletins every half an hour. The aim of the broadcasts is stated to be serving the "long-range interests of the United States by communicating directly in Arabic with the peoples of the Middle East by radio." Kurdish songs can be requested by emailing Radio Sawa on: comments@radiosawa.com 8:44:48 PM     comment on this entry []

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