Editing Kigali (section)

==Media==

There are a total of eleven different terrestrial television stations broadcast in Rwanda, ten of which are domestic. All of the ten domestic channels are headquartered in Kigali.{{refn|group=nb|List of ten TV stations taken from {{harvnb|RURA|2018|p=19}}. Those based in Kigali are: Rwanda TV;<ref name="rba._Abou">{{Cite web |title=About us – Rwanda Broadcasting Agency |publisher=Rwanda Broadcasting Agency |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= https://www.rba.co.rw/about |quote=KG 7 Blvd Kacyiru }}</ref> Isango Star;<ref name="isan_Live">{{Cite web |quote=KN 1 Road Street, House No 22, Kigali Rwanda |title=Live TV – Isango Star |publisher=Isango Star |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= http://www.isangostar.rw/?page=tv}}</ref> Authentic TV;<ref name="auth_Cont">{{Cite web |title=Contact Us – Authentic tv |quote=Zion Temple Celebration Center Kicukiro Gatenga Ngoma |publisher=Authentic TV |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= http://www.authentic-tv.com/contact/}}</ref> TV One and Radio One;<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928163852/https://radiotv1.rw/about-us/article/company-profile |url=https://radiotv1.rw/about-us/article/company-profile |archive-date=28 September 2020 |title=About Us: Company Profile |author=Fred |date=17 August 2019 |quote=In addition to its editorial staff based in Kigali... |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> TV7;<ref>{{cite web |quote=MICLTD,F4/Rwanda/Kigali |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709045621/http://tv7rwa.com/contact.php |url=http://tv7rwa.com:80/contact.php |archive-date=9 July 2019 |title=About TV7 |publisher=TV7 |access-date=18 February 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref> Flash TV;<ref name="flas_Flas">{{Cite web |quote=BP: 195, Kigali Rwanda |title=Flash FM & Flash TV |publisher=Flash Radio & TV |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= https://flash.rw/}}</ref> Big Television Network;<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129103432/http://btn.rw/about-us |url=http://btn.rw/about-us |publisher=BTN TV |title=About Us |archive-date=29 November 2020 |access-date=18 February 2021 |quote=KN 1 Road Street, House No 22, Kigali Rwanda}}</ref> Contact TV;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/Contact-TV-Rwanda-373367832802204/ |via=Facebook |publisher=Contact TV |quote=KK 512 ST 250 Kigali, Rwanda |title=Contact TV Rwanda |access-date=18 February 2021}}</ref> Goodrich TV;<ref name="en.i_Kaga">{{Cite web |title=Kagame intervenes in female employee assault case |work=IGIHE |date=11 September 2019 |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= https://en.igihe.com/news/kagame-intervenes-in-female-employee-assault-case.html?url_reload=25 |quote=M. Peace Plaza building where Goodrich TV is headquartered }}</ref> TV10.<ref name="radi_Radi">{{Cite web |title=Radio TV 10 |work=radiotv10.rw |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= http://www.radiotv10.rw/ |quote=Head Office: Tele10 Group Gishushu, Remera }}</ref> The sole overseas station is [[Kwesé Sports]].<ref name="tv7r_">{{Cite web |title=Kwesé Free Sports launches in Rwanda |publisher=[[Kwesé Sports]] |via=[[ESPN]] |date=2 May 2017 |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= https://africa.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/19292675/kwese-free-sports-launches-rwanda}}</ref>}} These stations are provided by two organisations—the public [[Rwanda Broadcasting Agency]] (RBA), and Chinese firm [[StarTimes]]. They are broadcast from two [[Television transmitter|transmitters]] in the Kigali area, one on Mount Jali, and one in Gasabo.{{sfn|RURA|2018|p=15–18}} In addition to the terrestrial channels, StarTimes also run a pay TV service along with two other networks, [[Azam (TV network)|Azam]] and [[Tele10]].<ref name="newt_Azam">{{Cite web |title=Azam TV entry to intensify rivalry in pay TV market |author=Ben Gasore |work=[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]] |date=22 April 2015 |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/188058}}</ref> A 2017 survey by research firm GeoPoll found that [[Rwanda TV]] is the most popular station in the country, with an audience share of 45.2 per cent, followed by TV1 with 9.3 per cent, and TV10 with 6.4 per cent.<ref name="GeoPoll">{{Cite web |title=Rwanda Media Measurement Q2 2017 |publisher=GeoPoll |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= https://knowledge.geopoll.com/rwanda-media-measurement-q2-2017-kgmm-report-0-0-0}}</ref> Rwanda TV was historically run by the government, but in 2013 it was transferred to the RBA.<ref name="olds_Rwan">{{Cite web |title=Rwanda's state broadcaster to go independent |author=Clare Hill |publisher=Commonwealth Broadcasting Association |date=28 March 2013 |access-date=18 February 2021 |url=http://oldsite.cba.org.uk/latest/rwandas-state-broadcaster-to-go-independent/ |archive-date=27 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127041226/http://oldsite.cba.org.uk/latest/rwandas-state-broadcaster-to-go-independent/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A number of radio stations also operate in Kigali, with transmitters located at Mount Jali and at Mount Rebero, the south of the city. The 2017 GeoPoll survey found that RBA-owned [[Radio Rwanda]] was the most popular, with 38.6 per cent of the national audience, followed by [[Kiss FM (Rwanda)|Kiss FM]] with 9.3 per cent and [[KT Radio]] with 7.3 per cent.<ref name="GeoPoll"/> All three of these are based in Kigali.<ref name="rba._Abou"/><ref name="kiss_102.">{{Cite web |title=102.3 KISS FM – Kigali's Number 1 Hit Music Station |publisher=Kiss FM |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= https://kissfm.rw/ |quote=Kigali's Number 1 Hit Music Station}}</ref><ref name="ktra_Twan">{{Cite web |title=Twandikire {{!}} KT Radio 96.7fm  |date=30 July 2018 |language=rw |publisher=KT Radio |access-date=18 February 2021 |url= http://www.ktradio.rw/twandikire/ |quote=CHIC Building, KN 2 Ave, Kigali }}</ref> Various overseas radio stations are broadcast on [[FM broadcasting|FM]] in Kigali including [[BBC News]], [[Voice of America]], and [[Deutsche Welle]].<ref name="BBCMedia">{{Cite web |title=Rwanda profile – Media |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=29 July 2019 |access-date=19 February 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14093244}}</ref> A number of newspapers are published in Kigali, including ''[[The New Times (Rwanda)|The New Times]]'', the country's largest English-language publication, ''[[La Nouvelle Relève]]'', in French, and Kinyarwanda papers such as ''[[KT Press]]'' and ''[[Imvaho Nshya]]''.<ref name="libr_Rwan">{{Cite web |title=Rwanda news |publisher=[[Stanford University Libraries]] |access-date=19 February 2021 |url= https://library.stanford.edu/africa-south-sahara/browse-topic/news-country/rwanda-news }}</ref> According to international observers such as [[Reporters Without Borders]] and [[Freedom House]], the Rwandan media does not have [[press freedom]] and is routinely censored or forced to self-censor by the government.<ref name="BBCMedia"/>