Kurdish music on newly established US radio

Date: 9 May 2003 12:37:03 -0700
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Kurdish music on newly established US radio
08/05/2003 KurdishMedia.com - By Bryar Mariwani
London (KurdishMedia.com) 08 May 2003: Radio Sawa, the service of U.S.
International Broadcasting, operated and funded by the Broadcasting
Board of Governors (BBG), an agency of the U.S. Government, has
started broadcasting Kurdish music.
The Radio broadcasts Arabic and Kurdish music around the clock with
news bulletins every half an hour. The aim of the broadcasts is stated
to be serving the "long-range interests of the United States by
communicating directly in Arabic with the peoples of the Middle East
by radio."
Kurdish songs can be requested by emailing Radio Sawa on:
email-address-deleted
Frequencies of the Radio can be found on its website:
www.radiosawa.com
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