HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid
HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid
HAITI Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid
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55Radio Lumière has a sister TV station, TV Lumière, which has been on air since2001.Radio Lumière broadcasts on FM from seven different locations across Haiti. It alsobroadcasts on Medium Wave. The station claims to cover 94% of the country’s l<strong>and</strong>area.The DAGMAR media audience survey of November 2010, rated Radio Lumière asthe fourth most popular station in Port-au-Prince, with an audience share of 7.6%.The Lumière radio <strong>and</strong> TV stations are owned <strong>and</strong> operated by the EvangelicalBaptist Mission of South Haiti (MEBSH) www.mebsh.org , an organisation basedin Florida. It also runs health clinics, schools, a hospital <strong>and</strong> a university in Haiti.Radio Lumière was originally established in the southern town of Les Cayes by aCanadian Baptist missionary in 1958. It is now based in Port-au-Prince.Radio Lumière broadcasts from the following transmitters:Port-au-Prince (92.1 FM <strong>and</strong> 660 AM)Les Cayes (95.9 FM <strong>and</strong>760 AM)Gonaïves (88.1 FM)Dame Marie (97.9 FM)Jérémie (95.9 FM <strong>and</strong> 780 AM)Petite-Rivière (720 AM)Pignon (740 AM).It employs a team of seven journalists in Port-au-Prince <strong>and</strong> has correspondents in13 other towns across Haiti.In addition to its own programmes, the station relays the Creole language output ofVoice of America (VOA) www.voanouvel.com .55
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