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The station collaborates with the Galkayo Medical Centre in broadcastingadvice to women on how to confront female circumcision.Radio Daljir broadcasts in Bossasso from a 1,000 watt transmitter mounted ona 75 metre mast next to its studios in the city centre. Daljir managers claimthat its signal can be heard clearly up to 150 km away.Dajir managers say 60% of callers to its daytime phone-in programmesbroadcast from Bossasso are women.Most of these are women who are confined to the house during the day whiletheir menfolk go out to work. Many give false names to disguise their identity.Daljir’s daily soap opera “Can the failure of love cause your death?” attracts astrong female audience.Managing Partner - Jama AbshirTel: (USA) +1 617 963 0173Mob: (Dubai) +97 156 134 7181Mob (Somalia) +252 90 60 72 28Email: jabshir@comcast.netAdministration Manager Bossasso – Abdirazak Hassan AbdiMob: +252 90 743971Email: cabdirisaaq@gmail.comSenior journalist Bossasso – Ahmed Mohamed FaarahMob: +252 90 761522Email: realjookar@gmail.comOther contactsMobile: +252 90 799 691Email: alldaljir@gmail.comSomali Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) www.sbclive.net, www.allsbc.comSBC is the second largest radio station in Puntland.It is based in Bossasso, but also has studios in Garowe, the administrativecapital of Puntland.It broadcasts on FM from transmitters in Bossasso (89.0 and 89.9 FM),Garowe (88.7 FM) and Qardo (88.9 FM).On Tuesdays and Thursdays, SBC offers separate local programming inGarowe from its studio in the city.44