Overview of the Broadcasting Industry:
Notes:
The government operates the only national television station.
The Gambia Radio and Television Service has just one terrestrial
channel covering most of the country.
Most transmitters lie in the coastal region, in the Kombo St.
Mary area, in which the largest city Serekunda lies, as well as
in the capital Banjul. Apart from the office language English
is transmitted in the different national languages such as Mandinka,
Fulfulde, Wolof, Diola or Soninke.
There are other television companies broadcasting via subscription
services.
The BBC and CNN is sometimes re-broadcasted by satellite stations
and the small radio stations.
Radio Syd - private station; the original Radio Syd broadcast
from a ship anchored off Sweden in the mid 1960s. Radio Syd's
Swedish owner was given a licence to broadcast in Gambia in 1970.
It is now off the air.
Radio Gambia - national broadcaster, broadcasting in English and
vernacular languages on FM and MW.
There are five community radio stations. Brikama, Farafenni, Basse,
Kerewan and Yirriwa community radio and their programmes cover
issues based around community awareness.
Vinasha
Productions Ltd. is a small film maker.
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