Editing Telecommunications in Mali (section)

==Radio and television==
{{see also|Media_of_Mali#Radio}}
'''Radio broadcast stations:'''
Government funded: AM 1, shortwave 1.
 
Mali has since 1994  allowed for private (as in non-state) radios to begin operating. Foreign funding, and some commercial funding (mostly in the capital) have helped to establish 160 FM stations in Mali, though many of those are small community "suitcase radio stations". Private radio are required to be members of URTEL, the radio union.<ref>{{Cite web |title=URTEL |url=http://urtel.radio.org.ml/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312082256/http://urtel.radio.org.ml/ |archive-date=Mar 12, 2007 |website=urtel.radio.org.ml}}</ref>

The state-operated radio is [[ORTM]] (office de Radiodiffusion au Television de Mali), which operates 2 FM stations and 1 television station, with repeaters throughout the country.

<br>''note:''
The shortwave station in Bamako has seven frequencies and five transmitters and relays broadcasts for China Radio International (2001)

'''Radios:'''
570,000 (1997)

'''Television broadcast stations:'''
1 (plus repeaters) (2001)

'''Televisions:'''
45,000 (1997)