Voice of Africa FM (Uganda)
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Founded | 2001 |
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Licensing authority | UCC |
ERP | 2 kW |
Transmitter coordinates | 0°20′02″N 32°35′34″W / 0.3338°N 32.5927°W |
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Website | voiceofafricafmuganda |
Voice of Africa FM (Swahili: Sauti ya Afrika; Luganda: Eddoboozi lya Afrika), is a community radio station broadcasting on 92.3 MHz FM from Kololo hill in Kampala, Uganda.[1]
Founded in 2001 by the Union of Muslim Councils for East, Central and Southern Africa (UMC), Voice of Africa was the first Muslim radio station in Uganda, it is supported by the World Islamic Call Society through Union of Muslim Councils For East Central and Southern Africa (UMC),[2] when the station launched.[3]
The station is officially registered by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). The station reaches 75% of the country's population,[4] broadcasting news and programs in the Luganda, English, Arabic, Swahili, Nubbi languages on 92.3 MHz. The station has approximately 30 employees with six departments .[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Us". Voice of Africa. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ^ Abbey, Yunusu (2003-01-11). "Uganda: Muslims Get Sh72m for Radio". The New Vision. Retrieved 2022-11-30 – via AllAfrica.
- ^ Kiyimba, Abasi (2012). "Music and Islam in Uganda: Diverse Opinions and Practices". In Nannyonga-Tamusuza, Sylvia A.; Solomon, Thomas (eds.). Ethnomusicology in East Africa: Perspectives from Uganda and Beyond. Kampala, Uganda: Fountain Publishers. p. 105. ISBN 978-9970-25-135-3. OCLC 785871883 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Voice of Africa". Yellow Uganda. Retrieved 2022-11-28.