Communications in Somalia - Radio and Television

Radio and Television

  • Radios: 470,000 (1997)
  • Televisions: 135,000 (1997)
Radio broadcast stations (2005)
  • AM 0
  • FM 11
  • shortwave:
    • 1 in Mogadishu, the Radio Mogadishu the Government Owned radio station, also there is private Radio who transmit Mainly on Shortwaves like Shabelle and Mustaqbal Radio owned by Mustaqbal Media corporation (MMC)
    • 2 FM in Galguduud
    • 1 FM in Gedo
    • 2 FM in Puntland
    • 2 FM in Somaliland

Somali National Television is the public channel, that started broadcasting in 2011 after 20 years halt.

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