HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

19Few Haitians can afford to buy a newspaper regularly and only half the adultpopulation can read and write.However, newspapers remain an influential source of news and information for thepopulation as a whole.Newspapers with websites command a large online readership, especially amongthe diaspora.Radio stations meanwhile frequently quote from newspaper articles in their newsbulletins.The daily Le Nouvelliste www.lenouvelliste.com and the weekly Le Matinwww.lematinhaiti.com are particularly popular and influential. Both are published inFrench.Crowded radio sectorAccording to Internews, there were about 375 radio stations on air air across Haiti inlate 2012.56 of these were based in Port-au-PrinceMost Haitian radio stations are small privately owned FM stations with limited meansto produce programmes and gather news.Their broadcasts concentrate on local issues of immediate relevance to their targetaudience. They carry a lot of music, phone-ins and discussion programmes.Most are very small outfits, with a single studio and FM transmitter.19