By Mohammed Gabisi

Abdoulrahman Jallow, a Grade 7 student of the Gunjur Junior Secondary School, has invented the first radio station and telephone in Gunjur, Kombo South.  With the aid of six of his colleagues, four boys and two girls as DJs, the station relays a variety of programmes ranging from music to requests and the linking up with the Radio Gambia during news broadcasts.

The station named "Gunjur FM" is said to be transmitting on 88.95 Megahertz on the FM band.   With the help of an external antenna, the radio is said to be received on a radius of over 300 metres away from the station.  Abdoulrahman Jallow said that it took him five months to build the radio station.  He has plans to extend its reception, but efforts are being hampered by financial constraints.  He revealed that the cost of batteries for their weekend transmissions by the six DJs comes from regular contributions they make.

Mr Jallow is appealing to individuals and companies such as Gamtel to come to his assistance so that his radio station could be heard in every corner of The Gambia.
As to why they operate only on weekends, he said that since they are all students, they would not want the radio station business to affect their studies.

He revealed that if he is provided with a transmitter, booster and a new corrugated iron sheets, he would be able to make satellite receiver to bolster his transmissions.
His telephone, operating on a single line, uses a sound box as an earpiece where messages could be received during conversations.
Abdoulrahman has said that he would choose Science as discipline, at Senior Secondary School level to continue his work as a scientist and future technician of high repute.  He has proposed to continue with the radio and telephone work to see how best they could be improved in the near future.