Editing Telecommunications in Rwanda (section)

==Radio and television==
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* [[Radio broadcasting|Radio stations]]:
** Government-owned and operated [[Radio Rwanda]] has a national reach; 9 private radio stations; transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-Rwanda-2014>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/rwanda/ "Communications: Rwanda"], ''World Factbook'', U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 28 January 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.</ref>
** 0 AM, 8 FM, and 1 shortwave stations; two main FM programs are broadcast through a system of repeaters (2005).
* [[Receiver (radio)|Radios]]: 601,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|2|6}}
* [[Television broadcasting|Television stations]]: (RBA)
** [[Rwanda Television]]: The government owns and operates the only TV station, Television Rwandaise (2007);<ref name=CIAWFB-Rwanda-2014/>
** Two stations (2004).
* [[Television set]]s: NA; probably less than 1,000 (1997).{{update after|2014|2|6}}

State TV and radio reach the largest audiences, radio is the main source of news, and the international radio stations [[BBC World Service]], [[Voice of America]] (VOA), and [[Deutsche Welle]] (DW) are available.<ref name=BBCNews-RwandaProfile-2012>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14093244 "Rwanda profile: Media"], ''BBC News'',30 October 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2014.</ref> Most radio stations are accessible online, either through their own websites and blogs, or through social media.<ref name=USDOS-CRHRP-Rwanda-2012/>

Radio, and in particular the "hate" station [[Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines]] (RTLM), played a role in the [[Rwandan genocide|1994 genocide]].<ref name=BBCNews-RwandaProfile-2012/>