Editing Telecommunications in Namibia (section)

==Radio and television==
{{see also|Media of Namibia#Radio|Media of Namibia#Television}}

Per 1,000 inhabitants, there were 50 TV sets and 137 radio sets in Namibia in 2008.<ref>{{Cite journal | title=The South African media's (re) colonisation of Namibia | last=Tyson | first=Robin | journal=Global Media Journal-African Edition | date=January 2008 | volume=2 | issue=1 | pages=66–79 | url=https://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/glomed_africa/2/1/25.pdf }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Radio broadcasting|Radio stations]]:<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/namibia/ "Communications: Namibia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110010829/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/namibia |date=2021-01-10 }}, ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 7 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.</ref> 
** State-run radio service broadcasts in multiple languages; about a dozen private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007);
** AM 2, FM 39, shortwave 4 (2001); 
** AM 2, FM 34, shortwave 5 (1998).

Since Independence in 1990, Namibia has seen a dramatic growth in radio stations, with both commercial (for instance Radio 99, Radio Wave, Radio Energy, Omulunga Radio, West Coast FM, etc.) and community ([[UNAM Radio]], [[Katutura Community Radio]], etc.) receiving licences. Most of these stations broadcast various types of music format, and political discussions, news and phone-in programs remain mostly the domain of the national broadcaster (NBC) which broadcasts nine radio services nationally (in various Namibian languages, including German - the only full-time German service outside of Europe), plus the new !Ha service, broadcasting to the [[San people|San]] community in [[Tsumkwe]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dieckmann, U. Thiem, M. Dirkx, Hays, J.|title=Scraping the Pot: San in Namibia Two Decades After Independence|publisher=Legal Assistance Centre and Desert Research Foundation of Namibia|year=2014|isbn=978-99945-61-52-0|location=Windhoek, NAMIBIA|pages=519}}</ref>

* [[Television broadcasting|Television stations]]: 1 private and 1 state-run TV station; satellite and cable TV service is available; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007).<ref name=CIAWFB-Namibia-2014/>

The television network with the widest transmission range is the [[Namibian Broadcasting Corporation]] (NBC, not to be confused with the American [[NBC]] network).  The NBC is the successor to the South Africa–run South West African Broadcasting Corporation (SWABC), which was modeled on the original [[South African Broadcasting Corporation|SABC]]. Like the radio services of the NBC, the television service tries to cater to all the linguistic audiences in Namibia, although the dominant language is English (Namibia's official language).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Namibia Telecom Laws and Regulations Handbook|publisher=International Business Publication Publication|year=2018|isbn=978-1-4330-8225-2|location=USA|pages=33}}</ref>

The commercial "free to air" station is [[One Africa Television]], the successor to the now defunct TV Africa. It has expanded its transmitter network and is now available in most major towns and cities in Namibia. In 2007 it commenced broadcasting a local television news bulletin each evening.<ref name=":0" />

The [[Trinity Broadcasting Network]] (TBN) is a religion television station, with some material originating locally, although also carrying relays from the United States. It is based in [[Windhoek]] and holds a community television licence granted in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tbnnamibia.tv/about.html|title=TBN Namibia|access-date=1 February 2018}}</ref>