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Ethiopia Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

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35The Argoba district is distinctive not only because of its language <strong>and</strong> culture, butbecause its population relies mainly on agriculture. Most of the population of Afarregion are nomadic pastoralists.Contact?Tel: +251 46 655 4663Jimma Community Radio 102.0 FMJimma Community Radio was established in the town of Jimma in south-centralOromia Region in 2008 <strong>and</strong> began operating in early 2011.It claims to reach a potential audience of one million people living within 75 kmradius of Jimma town.The station broadcasts in Oromo <strong>and</strong> Amharic <strong>and</strong> is on air for up to 15 hours perday.Contact?Tel: +251 47 112 3944Keffa Community Radio 102.5 FMThis radio station, based in Bonga town in SNNPR, serves the Keffa (often speltKaffa) ethnic community in the local area.In mid-2011 it was still running test broadcasts.The station broadcasts in the local language Kaffinya <strong>and</strong> aims to reach 50,000people living within 40 km radius of its transmitter.It is due to broadcast for two hours per day; one hour in the morning from 07.00 to08.00 <strong>and</strong> one hour in the evening from 18.00 to 19.00.Kaffa was an independent kingdom until the end of the 19 th century <strong>and</strong> has a strongsense of local identity.Contact?Tel: +251 47 3310337

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