በቀላሉ የመሥሪያ ማገናኛዎች

Teenagers Transform Handheld Radios Into Radio Station


Four young men who recently graduated from high school have become radio broadcasters in Haromaya district of eastern Hararghe.

Jamal Asee, Usmael Alisho, Zahir Usman and Zakir Abdul-Karim started experimenting in 2002 in an effort to create a mobile phone. They dismantled their radio sets, reassembled and reconnected the parts of the radios on a large hardboard to make a transmitter with enough power to relay broadcasts to a 36-kilometer range.

Their station, “FM-JUUZ” broadcasts social and development issues, HIV/AIDS program and sport news to the local audience. They are recognized and awarded by the Oromia regional government.

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