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[HCDX] Radio Fana to Broadcast from Jimma Palace
Radio Fana to Broadcast from Jimma Palace
http://allafrica.com/stories/200802190209.html
original:
http://www.addisfortune.com/Radio%20Fana%20to%20Broadcast%20from
%20Jimma%20Palace.htm
Addis Fortune (Addis Ababa)
NEWS
19 February 2008
Posted to the web 19 February 2008
By Issayas Mekuria
Jimma Palace, which was one of the resting spots of Emperor Haile
Selassie I and the seat of his principals, is to be given to Radio Fana, the
nation's first private multilingual national broadcaster.
Constructed in the 1940's by Tsehay Enqu, close confident of the late
Emperor and administrator of the region, the palace is situated on the road
from the town's airport to Ferenj Arada around Bosa Arat.
Currently, Wakjira Terfassa, Jimma Zone deputy administrator, lives in the
Palace situated on a 1.5hct plot holding Gibe Hall, one of the largest
assembly halls in the city.
"The palace has so far not been put towards productive purposes," said
Kefyalew. "We have decided now to grant the palace to Radio Fana to open
a studio in it."
A senior officer at Radio Fana confirmed to Fortune that the town
administration is to provide the palace to a third party.
"Our technical staff will first assess the feasibility of the palace for radio
broadcasting and submit its findings to the radio station. The board of Radio
Fana then decides the fate of the request."
According to a radio engineer, the location of the palace is suitable for
beaming signals as it lies atop a hill with access to Jimma's population.
After the fall of the Emperor, Tessema Belay (Colonel), administrator of
Kefa, used to reside in the palace. Derg leader Mengistu Hailemariam was
also claimed to have rested at the palace.
Following the ousting from power of the military regime in 1991, the defence
armies controlled the compound.
The 15-room palace also has a neighbouring church, which is feared to
disturb the broadcast.
According to a resident of the town, Junedin Sado, minister of Transport and
Communications, who earlier was president of the Oromia Regional State,
has consulted with residents of the town concerning the possible fate of the
palace. The prudent choice in the minds of the town's officials was to make
the palace a museum, library or guesthouse.
"It is not a wise decision to give the palace to Radio Fana while the city is
suffering from lack of proper hotels for guests," says a resident of the town.
The radio station is expected to take programmes from its main office in
Addis Abeba and develop in-house content on local issues broadcasting 212
hours per week.
In addition to Jimma, Radio Fana this year has planned to broadcast from
four other regional towns.
"We have requested to be granted spaces for studios in Awassa, Gondar
and Harar," said a senior official of the station.
Fana has floated a tender to procure a one & two KW FM Transmitter with
complete system studio equipments, on January 24, 2008. The tender
closes on February 28, 2008.
Although the Mayor of Jimma said that Radio Fana would provide
community radio service to city residents, an executive member of the
station told Fortune that they are targeting commercial radio including in the
other three expected towns.
Please read my aricle on SINPO at
http://zliangas.blogspot.com/2008/02/sinpfemo-better-signal-tech-analysis-
by.html
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