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Ethiopia Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

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30It is operated by the Oromia Mass <strong>Media</strong> Agency. This also runs Finfine FM inAdama <strong>and</strong> a regional TV service for Oromia.Contact -Tiruwork TekaMob: +251 911 67 76 96Oromia Mass <strong>Media</strong> Agency, PO Box, 2919, Adama.Finfine 92.3 FMFinfine 92.3 FM is a government-run regional station for the Oromia region.It broadcasts from the regional capital Adama (also known as Nazret).It claims to reach five million potential listeners within a 150 km radius of the city.Finfine FM broadcasts for 7.5 hours per day exclusively in Oromo.It is on air from 09.00 to 12.00 in the morning <strong>and</strong> again from 14.00 to 18.30 in theafternoon.The station, which began broadcasting in 2010, carries a lot of news, sports <strong>and</strong>phone-in programmes.It forms part of the Oromia Mass <strong>Media</strong> Agency. This organization also runs RadioOromia, which broadcasts on Short <strong>and</strong> Medium Wave, <strong>and</strong> a regional TV station.Contact - Tiruwork TekaMobile: +251(0) 911 67 76 96Oromia Mass <strong>Media</strong> Agency, PO Box, 2919, Adama.Dimtsi Woyane Tigray (DWET) www.dimtsiwoyane.comDimtsi Woyane Tigray (DWET), (The Voice of Tigray) evolved from the cl<strong>and</strong>estineradio station of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).During the late 1980s, this rebel movement became the nucleus of <strong>Ethiopia</strong>’s rulingEPRDF party.DWET broadcasts news <strong>and</strong> current affairs programmes in Tigrinya <strong>and</strong> Afar onShort <strong>and</strong> Medium Wave to much of northern <strong>Ethiopia</strong>.It also operates an associated FM station in Mekele (see separate entry below fordetails).

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