Ethiopia Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

17These provide regional radio and TV services from the following cities:Addis AbabaAdama (formerly called Nazret) (Oromia)Bahir Dar (Amhara)Dire Dawa (Dire Dawa)Harar (Harrari)Hawassa (also commonly spelt Awassa) (SNNPR)Jijiga (Somali)Mekele (Tigray)Oromia Mass Media Agency is the largest regional broadcaster in Ethiopia.According to the 2011 ERIS Media Mapping survey,www.eris.org.uk/images/userfiles/File/Ethiopia%20Media%20Mapping%202011%20-%20Final%20Report.pdf its radio and TV broadcasts reach a potential audience of15 million people.Radio Fana, a private Addis Ababa radio station with close links to the EPDRF, alsoreaches a wide audience across Ethiopia.Radio Fana says that its Medium and Short Wave broadcasts reach 30 millionpeople.Its Fana FM subsidiary broadcasts on FM in eight cities across Ethiopia. It claims apotential audience of eight million.According to the Ethiopian Broadcasting Authority (EBA), the government bodywhich licenses and regulates TV and radio stations, there are eight community FMradio stations with a more restricted reach based in the following towns:Bonga (SNNPR)Durame (SNNPR)Kelle (SNNPR)Kombolcha (Amhara)Sudie (also commonly spelt Sude) (Oromia)Sekota (Amhara)Gachenie/Argoba (Afar)Jimma (Oromia)The government began to licence community radio stations in 2008, but most ofthem only began broadcasting in 2010 and 2011.