ftm Radio Page - January 8, 2016

Special skills sought for newcomer radio station
“provide orientation”

With about 100,000 new residents, mainly Arabic-speaking immigrants, arriving in Berlin/Brandenburg this past year media regulator MABB has spoken up for a new radio station addressing their needs. An unused FM frequency has been found, via transfer from Frankfurt/Oder, and SES Astra is providing satellite capacity gratis for a year. The MABB will fund the project for a year, which it wants to see operating by mid-year.

“An FM radio station with reliable information and services to offer the refugees who have arrived in Berlin and Brandenburg will provide orientation and thereby convey language skills,” said MABB director Hans Hege in a statement, quoted by radiowoche.de (January 5). Herr Dr. Hege is looking for help, in an official tender, among those with Arabic and German language and, of course, broadcasting skills. "This expertise could be combined with the skills of public and private channels in the region,” said the MABB statement. (See more about media in Germany here)

Also mentioned by the MABB as a reliable “fall-back” partner is Berlin-based media development agency MiCT - Media in Cooperation and Transition. MiCT has been providing media training in Middle Eastern and North African conflict zones for more than a decade. Using micro-transmitters its Pocket FM network is making reliable information available in Syria.

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