Ethiopia Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide - Infoasaid

38However, there have been no reports of its Oromo and Tigrinya broadcasts sufferingsimilar interference.The Ethiopian government has denied reports that it deliberately jams VOA’sbroadcasts in Amharic.However, the Ethiopian government has made clear its dislike of the radio station’sreporting of Ethiopia, in particular, its willingness to allow opposition figures toexpress their views on its programmes.In March 2010, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi compared VOA’s Amharic service toRadio Mille Collines, the radio station in Rwanda that incited hatred and violenceagainst the Tutsi community during the ethnic massacres of 1994.VOA’s local-language broadcasts to Ethiopia go out on 9320, 9860, 11675,11905 and 13870 kHz.VOA said audience research conducted in 2008 suggested that about 11%of Ethiopians listen regularly to its programmes.Contact - Peter HeinleinEmail: heinlein.pete@gmail.comRadio Deutsche Welle Amharic Service www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,611,00.htmlGermany’s Radio Deutsche Welle broadcasts to Ethiopia in Amharic on Short Wavefor one hour a day in the evening.Deutsche Welle said in April 2011 that its Amharic language broadcasts werefrequently interrupted, or jammed, by the government.Media reports have said that the government objects to Deutsche Welle’s interviewswith opposition politicians who it brands as “terrorists.”The government has denied interfering with Deutsche Welle’s broadcasts.The state funded international radio station broadcasts to Ethiopia in Amharic for onehour daily from 1700 to 18.00 local time on 11645, 15640 and 15660 kHz.News: TadesseMob: +251 911654443