Radio Mogadishu

Radio Mogadishu (Somali: Radio Muqdisho, Arabic: راديو مقديشو‎) is the federal government-run radio station of Somalia.[1]

Radio Mogadishu
TypeBroadcast
Country
Somalia
First air date
1951
AvailabilityNational
HeadquartersMogadishu, Somalia
OwnerFederal Government of Somalia
Launch date
1943
Official website
Radio Muqdisho
LanguageSomali, Arabic, English

History
Analog reels at Radio Mogadishu headquarters.

Established during the colonial period in Italian Somaliland, Radio Mogadishu initially broadcast news items in both Somali and Italian.[2] Transmissions in Somali at the station first began in 1957, concurrent with the start of Somali language programming in Radio Djibouti.[3] Radio Mogadishu was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo.[4]

After closing down operations due to the civil war that broke out in 1991, the station was officially re-opened in the early 2000s by the Transitional National Government of former President of Somalia Abdiqasim Salad Hassan.[5]

Radio Mogadishu analog-to-digital machine.

Prior to the Somali Army's ultimate pacification of the capital in August 2011, Radio Mogadishu operated from a walled compound guarded by armed soldiers. The station's staff routinely broadcast news, talk shows and music despite threats of violence.[6]

Radio Mogadishu presently broadcasts from downtown Mogadishu. In the late 2000s, the station also launched a complementary website of the same name, with news items in Somali, Arabic and English.[7]

Staff
Current
  • Ahmed Ali Kahiye, director[6]
  • Ali Abdulqakir Ali Meykal, reporter[6]
  • Mohamed Kaafi Sheikh Abukar Editor [6]
Former

See also

References
  1. Somali PM: Anyone in gov't who commits corruption will be brought to justice Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine https://mareeg.com/radio-mogadishu-expanded-to-reach-more-cities/ Mareeg Media
  2. World radio TV handbook, (Billboard Publications., 1955), p.77.
  3. Dubnov, Helena (2003). A Grammatical Sketch of Somali. Koln: Rudiger Koppe Verlag. p. 10.
  4. Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair, Africa: a market profile, (Praeger: 1965), p.126.
  5. SOMALIA: TNG launches “Radio Mogadishu”
  6. Reporters In Somali City Risk Life To Cover Story
  7. Radio Muqdisho.net Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine

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