Radio SOMA

Radio SOMA
Радио СОМА
City of license Sukhum
Broadcast area Abkhazia
Frequency 107.9 MHz
First air date 31 December 1997
Format Music
Language Russian
Owner Independent
Website http://www.radiosoma.com

Radio SOMA (Russian: Радио СОМА) is a Russian-language musical FM radio station based in Abkhazia. It is Abkhazia's only independent radio station.

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History

The first broadcast started on December 31, 1997. Radio SOMA was founded by Zurab Ajinjal, who first had the idea to launch the station in 1997.

Broadcasts

The station broadcasts usually 24 hours a day on 107.9 MHz in Abkhazia. The studio of Radio SOMA is located in a building of the Abkhazian State University.

Radio SOMA is a partner of Voice of Russia. [1]

Radio SOMA is a partner of Conciliation Resources in their South Caucasus Radio Diaries project.[2]

In 2004 Radio SOMA prepared the cd Абхазия - взгляд изнутри (Abkhazia - inside) meant to describe today's life in Abkhazia.[3]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Partners in Abkhazia". Voice of Russia. http://english.ruvr.ru/. Retrieved 03 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "Partners in Abkhazia". Conciliation Resources. http://www.c-r.org/russian/radiodiaries_overview.php. Retrieved 7 April 2009. 
  3. ^ "Ресурсы примирения". Conciliation Resources. http://www.c-r.org/russian/index.php. Retrieved 6 April 2009.