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Radio and television remain under the control of the Ethiopian government. Nine radio broadcast stations, eight AM and one shortwave, are licensed to operate.[1] The major radio broadcasting stations (all AM) are Radio Ethiopia, Radio Torch (private), Radio Voice of One Free Ethiopia, and the Voice of the Revolution of Tigray.[1] The single television broadcast network is Ethiopian Television. In keeping with government policy, radio broadcasts occur in a variety of languages.[1] Print media, because of high poverty levels, low literacy rates, and poor distribution outside of the capital, serve only a small portion of the population.[1] The paucity of distribution is mirrored by a scarcity of diversity in the official press.[1] Since 1991 private newspapers and magazines have started to appear, and this sector of the media market, despite heavy-handed regulation, continues to grow.[1] The Ethiopian government has a history of restricting the freedom of the press, and during the last few years has imprisoned a number of independent journalists.[1] In 2003 the government suspended the only independent media organization in the nation, the Ethiopian Free Journalists Association, charging it with failure to comply with the state’s onerous bureaucratic regulations.[1] Major daily newspapers include Addis Zemen, the Daily Monitor, and the Ethiopian Herald.[1]
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