HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

52About 95% of Caraïbes FM’s broadcast output is in Creole. The remainder is inFrench.The station has a 3,000 watt FM transmitter on a hill top in Port-au-Prince.This enables its broadcasts to be heard as far away as the coastal town of Jérémie,200 km to the west at the end of Haiti’s southern peninsula, and in towns along thetourist beaches of Cote des Arcadins to the north of the capital.Caraïbes FM is politically independent and strives hard to be balanced in itsreporting.Head of News Gérin Alexandre said: “We work on the basis of presentinginformation the way it is. In Haiti, apart from state and religious media, we cannothave any involvement. Politically it’s difficult. Left/right politics means nothing here.”The station plays Christian evangelical music from 03.00 to 05.00 during the night,not out of religious conviction, but because there is a public demand for such music.During the daytime it carries a lot of humourous programmes, game shows and liveEuropean football matches.On Fridays at 15.00 it broadcasts a sponsored programme for the Red Cross.The station employs 14 journalists, 12 correspondents in other parts of Haiti and fouroverseas correspondents.Nearly all its programming is studio-based.The station carries phone-in programmes and game shows, but does not produceany radio dramas.Owner - Patrick MoussignacMob: +509 3454-0043Email: radioCaraïbesfm@yahoo.frHead of Programmes – Begard AndersonMob: + 509 3454-0251Email: vanbreg@yahoo.comHead of News - Gérin AlexandreMob: +509 3420-7441Address: Caraïbes FM, 45, Rue Chavannes, Port-au-Prince52