The Radio community of East Africa

Media Council furious at morning show

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:01:00 +0200

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has initiated disciplinary action against one of the country's top radio show for airing offensive material to an inappropriate audience.
Read more... | Send to a friend

Radio presenter resigns over MPs' car benefits

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:00 +0200

Roger Mugisha, presenter of KFM's morning show, D'Mighty Breakfast, has resigned, the radio station announced today.
Read more... | Send to a friend

Radio station boss shot dead

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:22:00 +0200

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA: Hassan Osman Abdi alias Fantastic, 30, the chief editor of Shabelle Radio, a popular independent broadcaster in Mogadishu, was killed Sunday evening in the Somali capital.
Read more... | Send to a friend

African journo awards extends deadline

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:02:00 +0200

CNN International and MultiChoice announced at the end of last week that the deadline for entries for the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards have been extended to Wednesday, 22 February 2012, and the judging to take place in April this year.
Read more... | Send to a friend

Journalists petition police over torture

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:26:00 +0200

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A local journalists' organisation has petitioned the Police Professional Standards Unit to take action against Lira police officers who beat up a Daily Monitor journalist during the protests in Lira over continued load shedding.
Read more... | Send to a friend

Minister storms radio station, orders arrests

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:39:00 +0200

Drama ensued on Saturday [31 January 2011] after the state minister for disaster preparedness, Musa Ecweru, reportedly stormed a community radio station in Soroti and allegedly ordered the arrest of talk show panelists, accusing them of defaming him.
Read more... | Send to a friend

UK firm to boost climate change coverage in EA

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:07:00 +0200

WRENmedia, a United Kingdom-based a specialist communications company is set to sharpen reporting skills of journalists covering climate change issues in Eastern Africa, according to Susanna Thorp, director of the firm.
Read more... | Send to a friend

Research shows radio is king in Kenya

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:58:00 +0200

The latest media research from Kenya reveals that radio is still the preferred media. According to latest statistics from media research company, Synovate conducted under the Kenya Audience Research Foundation (KARF), radio leads in overall media consumption followed by the mobile phone, television, newspapers, and the internet respectively.
Read more... | Send to a friend

CPJ report: 52 journalists jailed in Africa

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:05:00 +0200

There are currently 52 journalists imprisoned in Africa, in nine countries. More than half the jailed journalists are held in that scourge of media freedom - Eritrea. The most disturbing news to come out of CPJ's recent report on journalists behind bars, is that the trend of imprisoning journalists - often on trumped-up charges - has seen a sharp increase over the last decade. And if the Protection of State Information Bill is passed next year, the 2012 CPJ report could very well see South African journalists join their colleagues across the continent in serving prison time for doing their job.
Read more... | Send to a friend

Time to rethink Kenyan radio

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:45:00 +0200

Let's be honest, the glory days of Kenyan radio are behind us. What we have now is pure experimenting based on research and market forces. Segmentation is the in thing today.
Read more... | Send to a friend