>From: Asbjørn Nordam <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: radio one, Gambia on danish radio >Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 08:12:29 +0200 > >Friends, -for your information- >it has come to my knowledge that danish national radio today (3.45 pm danish >time) broadcast a program called "Panorama: Radio One, Gambia". >When at work and without a radio or a tape recorder it´s not possible for me >to listen and later tell you about the program, but maybe some one from the >list in Denmark can do so? > >The short introduction in my newspaper is: (my translation from danish) >"African radio is something very different from the european ones. It is an >extremely powerful media on a continent with many illiterate. We saw it in >Rwanda, where the radio as some sort of a commando post contributed to the >mass killings became so effective. In The Gambia George Christensen has >established a different kind and more constructive use of the media. Since >it´s foundation in 1990 he has become the owner of Africa first independent >radio station in Africa, Radio One. But it is not always easy to run it. >Assaults , destruction of property and calling in to serious talks by the >authorities/government is not unusual." >regards Asbjørn Nordam > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~