Katutura Community Radio

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Katutura Community Radio (KCR) is a radio station based in Katutura, Windhoek, Khomas Region, Namibia.

[edit] History and mission

Launched in 1995, KCR aims to give a "platform for bottom-up, participatory communication, education, debate, advocacy and lobbying and to give residents of marginalized sectors of the community, particularly residents of Katutura and Khomasdal, an opportunity to express themselves on their own terms".[1] The station signed an agreement in 2000 with the British Broadcasting Corporation to rebroadcast their programs.[2]

In February of 2000, one of the reporters employed by the station, Victor Angula, was sent to prison for 13 years for the rape of a girl of age 7.[3][4]

A year later, in February of 2001, it lost its broadcasting license on the basis that it was not broadcasting and that it had failed to pay the licensing fees. It was back on the air after obtaining new sponsorship in September of 2003.[5]

The station has been involved in setting up local comedy workshops with other local theater groups.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Katutura Community Radio
  2. ^ Namibia/United Kingdom: BBC relayed on Katutura Community Radio. (5 April). BBC Monitoring Media,1.
  3. ^ Werner Menges (3 February). Bitter ex-reporter jailed for 13 years. Africa News Service,1.
  4. ^ Werner Menges (14 June). Ex-Reporter Denied Right To Appeal Rape Conviction. Africa News Service,1.
  5. ^ Namibia: Katutura Community Radio hopes to be back on air by September 2003. (5 June). BBC Monitoring Africa - Political,1
  6. ^ So You Think You're Funny? (21 May). Africa News Service,1.
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