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network_name = Payam-e-Afghan|
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network_logo = [[Image:Payame Afghan TV.jpg|Payame AfghanTV Logo|Old Payame Afghan logo]]|
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network_type = [[Satellite television|Satellite]] [[Television]]|
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available = Worldwide|
headquarters = [[Los Angeles]]|
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owner = Omar Khetab |
owner = Omar Khetab |
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launch_date = [[2007]]|
launch_date = 1992 (radio)<ref name="lat"/><br/>2007 (TV)|
website = [http://www.PayameAfghanTV.com/ www.payameafghantv.com]|
website = [http://www.PayameAfghanTV.com/ www.payameafghantv.com]|
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'''Payam-E-Afghan TV''' is a satellite [[television network]] based in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] aimed at [[Afghan Americans]] and other [[Afghan diaspora]]. The channel's name derives from the [[Persian language|Persian]] word ''payam'' (پیام) and translates into "Afghan message" or "Message from [[Afghanistan]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schurmann |first=Peter |date=2022-01-28 |title=Spotlight on Afghan Media — More Indispensable Than Ever {{!}} EMS |url=https://ethnicmediaservices.org/spotlight-ethnic-media/spotlight-on-afghan-media-more-indispensible-than-ever/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=Ethnic Media Services |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The blowout of US policies: the Orlando tragedy « RAWA |url=http://www.rawa.org/rawa/2016/06/19/the-kickback-of-us-policies-the-orlando-tragedy.html |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=RAWA.org}}</ref>


It launched in 2007 through a US government aid program and broadcasts news, music, and entertainment shows in primarily the [[Dari (Eastern Persian)|Dari]] and [[Pashto language]]s. It is a channel owned and supported financially by Omar Khatab, who came to the US in 1978 and had worked before as a newscaster for [[Radio Television Afghanistan|Afghan state radio]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-12-07 |title=Radio Payam E Afghan: Live 24 Hour, Afghan Radio on the web |url=http://www.radioafghan24.com/bio.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041207174557/http://www.radioafghan24.com/bio.html |archive-date=2004-12-07 |access-date=2022-10-05 }}</ref> He originally launched Payam-e-Afghan as a [[radio station]] in the early 1990s where he broadcast full time on the airwaves in northern California. The radio station broadcast call-in talk shows, news from VOA, as well as music and cooking shows.<ref name="lat">{{Cite web |last=Twitter |date=2001-09-23 |title=Locally Based Radio Program Serves Afghan Community |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-23-me-48910-story.html |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Payam-E-Afghan TV''' is a [[US]] [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[satellite]] [[television network]] based in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], launched in [[2007]]. It features news, music, and entertainment shows in primarily the [[Dari (Eastern Persian)|Persian]] and [[Pashto language]]. It is a channel Personally owned and supported financially by [[Omar Khetab]] and his business career Hobbies in taxes, [[Canada]] and [[USA]].


The TV station also had multiple programs and shows from Seddique Mateen, who is the father of the perpetrator of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], [[Omar Mateen]]. His show was named “Durand Jirga”, named after Afghanistan's [[Durand Line]] border line, and he held mainly [[Anti-Pakistan sentiment|anti-Pakistan]] views.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-12 |title=Father of Orlando shooter hosted political show on Afghan-Pakistan issues |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-shooting-father-idUSKCN0YY109 |access-date=2022-10-04}}</ref>
In 2008, it became available in [[Europe]].

In 2008, the TV station became available in Europe on [[Hot Bird]] 13°E satellite until it left in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Change Log - KingOfSat |url=https://en.kingofsat.net/channelhistory.php?ch=6131 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=en.kingofsat.net}}</ref> On satellite it now only broadcasts on [[Yahsat 1A]] 52.5°E which is receivable in Afghanistan itself.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Payam-e-Afghan TV - LyngSat |url=https://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/us/Payam-e-Afghan-TV.html |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.lyngsat.com}}</ref> It also live streams on its website and has a YouTube channel.

==References==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of television channels in Afghanistan]]
* [[Ariana Afghanistan]]

[[Category:Persian-language television stations]]
[[Category:Pashto-language television stations]]


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Latest revision as of 15:54, 4 January 2023

Payam-e-Afghan
TypeSatellite Television
Country
 United States
AvailabilityWorldwide
HeadquartersLos Angeles
OwnerOmar Khetab
Launch date
1992 (radio)[1]
2007 (TV)
Official website
www.payameafghantv.com

Payam-E-Afghan TV is a satellite television network based in Los Angeles, California aimed at Afghan Americans and other Afghan diaspora. The channel's name derives from the Persian word payam (پیام) and translates into "Afghan message" or "Message from Afghanistan".[2][3]

It launched in 2007 through a US government aid program and broadcasts news, music, and entertainment shows in primarily the Dari and Pashto languages. It is a channel owned and supported financially by Omar Khatab, who came to the US in 1978 and had worked before as a newscaster for Afghan state radio.[4] He originally launched Payam-e-Afghan as a radio station in the early 1990s where he broadcast full time on the airwaves in northern California. The radio station broadcast call-in talk shows, news from VOA, as well as music and cooking shows.[1]

The TV station also had multiple programs and shows from Seddique Mateen, who is the father of the perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting, Omar Mateen. His show was named “Durand Jirga”, named after Afghanistan's Durand Line border line, and he held mainly anti-Pakistan views.[5]

In 2008, the TV station became available in Europe on Hot Bird 13°E satellite until it left in 2021.[6] On satellite it now only broadcasts on Yahsat 1A 52.5°E which is receivable in Afghanistan itself.[7] It also live streams on its website and has a YouTube channel.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Twitter (2001-09-23). "Locally Based Radio Program Serves Afghan Community". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-10-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Schurmann, Peter (2022-01-28). "Spotlight on Afghan Media — More Indispensable Than Ever | EMS". Ethnic Media Services. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  3. ^ "The blowout of US policies: the Orlando tragedy « RAWA". RAWA.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  4. ^ "Radio Payam E Afghan: Live 24 Hour, Afghan Radio on the web". 2004-12-07. Archived from the original on 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  5. ^ "Father of Orlando shooter hosted political show on Afghan-Pakistan issues". Reuters. 2016-06-12. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  6. ^ "Change Log - KingOfSat". en.kingofsat.net. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  7. ^ "Payam-e-Afghan TV - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.

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