Editing Telecommunications in Cameroon (section)

==Radio and television==

* [[Radio broadcasting|Radio stations]]:
** state-owned [[Cameroon Radio Television]] (CRTV); one private radio broadcaster; about 70 privately owned, unlicensed radio stations operating, but subject to closure at any time; foreign news services are required to partner with a state-owned national station (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/>
** 2 AM, 9 FM, and 3 shortwave stations (2001).
* [[Television broadcasting|Television stations]]:
** state-owned Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV), 2 private TV broadcasters (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/>
** one station (2001).

[[BBC World Service]] radio is available via local relays (98.4 FM in [[Yaounde]], the capital).<ref name=BBCNews-CameroonProfile-2012>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13146033 "Cameroon profile: Media"], ''BBC News'', 14 August 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2014.</ref>

The government maintains tight control over broadcast media. State-owned [[Cameroon Radio Television]] (CRTV), operates both a TV and a radio network. It was the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster until August 2007 when the government issued licenses to two private TV and one private radio broadcasters.<ref name=CIAWFB-Cameroon-2014/>

Approximately 375 privately owned radio stations were operating in 2012, three-fourths of them in [[Yaounde]] and [[Douala]]. The government requires nonprofit rural radio stations to submit applications to broadcast, but they were exempt from licensing fees. Commercial radio and television broadcasters must submit a licensing application and pay an application fee and thereafter pay a high annual licensing fee. Several rural community radio stations function with foreign funding. The government prohibits these stations from discussing politics.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Cameroon-2012/>

In spite of the government's tight control, [[Reporters Without Borders]] reported in its 2011 field survey that "[i]t is clear from the diversity of the media and the outspoken reporting style that press freedom is a reality".<ref name=BBCNews-CameroonProfile-2012/>