![]() He said: “It is not only named after the country, Libya, but is also a window that Libya looks through to see the outside world, and, through this window, the world will view Libya.” The channel then carried a two-minute video report by its correspondent in the channel’s studio, Sa’id Abu-Khaffash. ![]() We want to make the voices of the oppressed Libyan people heard around the world and also heard by the Libyans who are within the county through a channel that is a mirror for them and that can reflect all the injustices they suffered.” The video then showed an interview with Saraj-al-Din Bin-Musa, an executive manager of the channel, who said: “Our idea is very simple. After that, it is hoping to have round-the-clock broadcasting.” The correspondent then added: “Libya al-Ahrar broadcasts three hours a day and is waiting to broadcast six hours a day, following which it will broadcast for 12 hours a day. The video then carried an interview with the channel’s manager, Muhammad al-Akkari, who said: “We will focus on news, as you saw. Nabil al-Hajj, an anchorman of the channel, was then shown saying: “I am from Tobruk in Libya and I left my life and family behind to come to this channel for the sole purpose of seeing Libya become free.” The video then carried an interview with one of the channel’s staff members, who said: “I consider this channel to be the media front that defends the Libyan revolution.” There will also be political, social, and talk show programmes.” The correspondent then carried an interview with one of the channel’s staff, who said: “My name is May Muhammad Bushnaf. The channel is also accessible on YouTube and on VOA’s Pashto and Dari language websites.Radio Tirana updates English summer schedule.VOA and Radio Liberty frequency updates.BBC, Under Criticism, Struggles to Tighten It's Belt.Radio Fly would like to hear from shortwave listeners.BBC World Service has no immediate plans for more.Radio Netherlands Weekly Program Preview.Īfrica No 1 silenced by Eutelsat over unpaid debts.MV Baltic Radio slated for Sunday broadcast.(Source: Al-Jazeera TV, Doha, in Arabic 0520 gmt 3 Apr 11via BBC Monitoring/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog) I answered the call to work on the channel and to make the voice of the Libyan people within Libya heard, and also to reveal the lies and misinformation of the Libyan media.”Īl-Khaffash concluded his video report by saying: “Because it was born from the womb of the revolution, what is expected from the channel might not be limited to its role in carrying the news but could move to something more, such as participation in building a country that seems to have stopped at a particular time.” I originally come from Benghazi but I came to the channel after leaving behind a diplomatic studies scholarship in the United States. The VOA satellite channel has been in development since August, before the fall of Afghanistan’s elected government. Additional programming is planned, including entertainment shows to fill a void in Afghanistan, where local channels cannot air music programs. The new VOA Afghanistan satellite stream includes its popular “TV Ashna” newscasts, its women’s show “Etesal,” viewer call-in programming, and programming from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Azadi radio. “Despite the Taliban’s attempt to end press freedom, VOA News stands by its Afghan audience with credible and authoritative news and information.” “Afghanistan is now one of the most repressive media markets in the world,” said Acting VOA Director Yolanda López. The Yahsat satellite is Afghanistan’s most popular platform, ensuring the Afghan audience will have access to VOA’s programming despite the Taliban censorship. ![]() VOA’s new TV stream, identified as “VOA Afghanistan,” is on the Yahsat Y-1A satellite (52.2 degrees East), Transponder 12 (downlink frequency 11.938 GHz), Channel 469. VOA’s programs were ordered off affiliated television stations in Afghanistan effective Sunday, March 27, as part of a broad ban on content regarded as undermining Taliban policies, including prohibiting women from anchoring newscasts with men. The channel carries uncensored news and information in both the Pashto and Dari languages of the country. government-funded independent news agency has officially launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan. One day after the ruling Taliban banned Voice of America broadcasts from terrestrial television, the U.S.
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