West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) startet sine sendinger 14.11.05
på frekvensen 17555 Khz på Kortbølge, samt på FM 94,9 i Dakar, Senegal. WADR vil ha sitt hovedstudio
i Dakar, men kanalen har kontorer også i Monrovia, Conakry og Freetown. Kanalen ønsker å nå
befolkningen i Senegal, Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, med nyheter og aktualitetsprogrammer på
engelsk og fransk.
Fra en pressemelding kan vi lese følgende: "The offices will generate news and other materials that promote dialogue and democracy in the region. WADR will later expand to bring onboard other West African countries including Chad and Cameroon.
The station will air programmes on news and current affairs as well as magazine programmes on good governance, health, agriculture, gender, youth and sports with a view to promoting peace and human security, transparency and accountability in governance, regional economic integration, and social and cultural development amongst the peoples of the region.
A brainchild of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), WADR is conceived to be the hub of a West African network of public, private and community radio stations, creating an avenue for networking between the radio stations and a channel for dialogue among the peoples of the respective countries they serve."
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