DJA FM
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| Radio station ( private ) | |
| Program type | News & Music |
| reception | terrestrial analogue , livestream |
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Ndjamena Chad
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| Start of transmission | 1998 |
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DJA FM is a radio station in Chad . Established in 1998, the station was the first privately owned radio station in Ndjamena .
history
The president and founder of DJA FM is the journalist and filmmaker Zara Mahamat Yacoub . DJA does not broadcast a special program format , but is aimed primarily at young people and women. Broadcast via VHF stations, programming consists of magazine programs, interactive and audience participation programs and news in French, local languages and Arabic. This is a radio program that is more critical of the government. The non-profit radio station has limited funds. The company is financed through donations and advertising. About five employees take care of the broadcasting of the program. Since no full program can be broadcast, music from Radio Nederland is played and the Al Jazeera program is occasionally used .
DJA FM and other private radio stations that were founded subsequently have problems with the authorities in Chad, as they are often suspected of being close to the opposition. During the 2001 elections, the High Council of Communication (HCC) imposed a ban on participating in political debates on both broadcasters. In the 2006 elections, the radios had more freedom, but the HCC reserved censorship.
Not only the HCC tries again and again to hinder the operation of the transmitter, the employees of the transmitter are also frequently exposed to violence. In 2008, Zara Yacoub and two technicians from the station were attacked and injured by men in uniform. The government did not investigate the case. A similar incident occurred in 2012. While reporters Moussa Nguedmbaye and Boulga David wanted to report on incidents inside the L'Hopital de l'Amitié Tchad-Chine, where insufficiently qualified doctors were working, the two reporters were attacked and detained by security forces. A team attempting to report on the illegal arrest was also threatened. In 2014, a reporter from the station was arrested and ill-treated by the police during a street interview.
On January 18, 2015, the High Council of Communication (HCC) of Chad revoked DJA FM's license and switched off the station because it allegedly had not paid its license fees. Reporters Without Borders protested the practice. Operations resumed on January 28th after the broadcaster paid the annual costs. In 2017, Boulga David was kidnapped during one of the ANS officials and was only released six hours later.
Web links
- "Country's oldest privately owned radio station suspended, faces possible closure" . Reporters without borders .
Individual evidence
- ^ Resources about Chad. US Embassy Chad, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Privately-owned radio station DJA FM allowed to resume broadcasting | Reporters without borders. Retrieved August 3, 2017 (fr-fr).
- ^ A b Marie-Soleil Frere: Elections and the Media in Post-Conflict Africa: Votes and Voices for Peace? Zed Books Ltd., 2013, ISBN 978-1-78032-106-6 .
- ↑ Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2008 Vol.1 . Government Printing Office, ISBN 978-0-16-087515-1 , pp. 112 .
- ^ Security agents assault journalists in Chad. Committee to Protect Journalists, November 27, 2012, accessed August 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Chad. Freedom House , August 12, 2016, accessed August 25, 2017 .
- ^ Tchad: un journalist victime de bavures par les agents de l'ANS. Tchadinfos.com, May 29, 2017, accessed August 28, 2017 .