Editing Mogadishu (section)

==Media==
{{main|Media in Somalia}}
Mogadishu has historically served as a media hub. In 1975, the [[Somali Film Agency]] (SFA), the nation's film [[Regulatory agency|regulatory body]], was established in Mogadishu.{{sfn|Bakr|Labib|Kandil|1985|p=25}} The SFA also organized the annual Mogadishu Pan-African and Arab Film Symposium (Mogpaafis), which brought together an array of filmmakers and movie experts from across the globe, including other parts of Northeast Africa and the [[Arab world]], as well as Asia and Europe.
[[File:2013 11 07 Radio Mogadishu C.jpg (10795923906).jpg|thumb|[[Radio Mogadishu]] analog-to-digital machine]]
In addition, there are a number of radio news agencies based in Mogadishu. [[Radio Mogadishu]] is the federal government-run public broadcaster. Established in 1951 in [[Italian Somaliland]], it initially aired news items in both [[Somali language|Somali]] and [[Italian language|Italian]].<ref name="Billboard">''World radio TV handbook'', (Billboard Publications., 1955), p.77.</ref> The station was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, [[Amharic language|Amharic]] and [[Oromo language|Oromo]].{{sfn|Blair|1965|p=126}} After closing down operations in the early 1990s due to the civil war, the broadcaster was officially re-opened in the early 2000s by the Transitional National Government.<ref name="Stnglrm">{{cite web |url=http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=25342 |title=SOMALIA: TNG launches "Radio Mogadishu" |publisher=IRIN |date=24 August 2001 |access-date=23 January 2014 |archive-date=27 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927145408/https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/25342/somalia-tng-launches-%E2%80%9Cradio-mogadishu%E2%80%9D |url-status=live }}</ref> Other radio stations headquartered in the city include [[Mustaqbal Radio]], [[Shabelle Media Network|Radio Shabelle]], Radio Bar-Kulan, Radio Kulmiye, Radio Dannan, Radio Dalsan, Radio Banadir, Radio Maanta, Gool FM, Radio Xurmo, and Radio Xamar, also known as Voice of Democracy.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20131219051254/http://www.mustaqbalradio.com/ Mustaqbal Radio]}}{{pb}}[http://www.bar-kulan.com/listen-live/ Bar-Kulan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406093817/http://www.bar-kulan.com/listen-live/ |date=6 April 2013 }}{{pb}}[http://www.kulmiyenews.com/ Radio Kulmiye] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620134417/http://www.kulmiyenews.com/ |date=20 June 2013 }}{{pb}}[http://radiodanan.net/ Radio Dannan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113010939/http://radiodanan.net/ |date=13 November 2013 }}{{pb}} [http://www.dalsanradio.com/ Radio Dalsan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403075003/http://www.dalsanradio.com/ |date=3 April 2013 }}{{pb}} [http://www.radiobanadir.com/ Radio Banadir] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207014726/http://www.radiobanadir.com/ |date=7 December 2013 }}{{pb}}[http://www.radiomaanta.com/ Radio Maanta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219034933/http://radiomaanta.com/ |date=19 December 2013 }}{{pb}} [http://www.goolfm.net/ Gool FM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131125210323/http://www.goolfm.net/ |date=25 November 2013 }}{{pb}} [http://www.xurmo.net/ Radio Xurmo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216041113/http://www.xurmo.net/ |date=16 December 2013 }}{{pb}} [http://www.xamarradio.com/ Radio Xamar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219035548/http://www.xamarradio.com/ |date=19 December 2013 }}</ref>

The Mogadishu-based [[Somali National Television]] (SNTV) is the central government-owned broadcaster. On 4 April 2011, the Ministry of Information of the [[Transitional Federal Government]] officially re-launched the station as part of an initiative to develop the national telecommunications sector.<ref name="Atyspinats">{{cite news |title=After 20 years, Somali president inaugurates national TV station |url=http://gantdaily.com/2011/04/04/after-20-years-somali-president-inaugurates-national-tv-station/ |access-date=6 April 2013 |newspaper=AHN |date=4 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816213931/http://gantdaily.com/2011/04/04/after-20-years-somali-president-inaugurates-national-tv-station/ |archive-date=16 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> SNTV broadcasts 24 hours a day, and can be viewed both within Somalia and abroad via terrestrial and satellite platforms.<ref name="Slntv">{{cite web |url=http://vlex.cn/vid/somalia-launches-national-tv-268406422 |title=Somalia launches national TV |publisher=Vlex.cn |access-date=10 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201152445/http://vlex.cn/vid/somalia-launches-national-tv-268406422 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Somali popular music enjoys a large audience in Mogadishu, and was widely sold prior to the civil war.<ref name="Smuwmb">{{cite web |url=http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/28604 |title=Somalia: Musicians undaunted with music ban |publisher=Africanews.com |date=21 June 2010 |access-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329061406/http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/28604 |archive-date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> With the government managing to secure the city in mid-2011, radios once again play music. On 19 March 2012, an open concert was held in the city, which was broadcast live on local television.<ref name="Apsassnlrmdm"/> In April 2013, the [[Waayaha Cusub]] ensemble also organized the Reconciliation Music Festival, the first international music festival to be held in Mogadishu in two decades.<ref name="Mmfhcmpsow">{{cite web |title=Mogadishu music festival helps city move past sounds of war |url=http://www.ficdc.org/cdc3221?lang=fr |publisher=Fédération internationale des coalitions pour la diversité culturelle |access-date=11 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202175420/http://www.ficdc.org/cdc3221?lang=fr |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Isws">{{cite web |title=Somali Webchat Series |url=https://conx.state.gov/event/somali-webchat-series-falis-abdi/ |publisher=IIP CO.NX |access-date=11 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421100225/https://conx.state.gov/event/somali-webchat-series-falis-abdi/ |archive-date=21 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mogadiscio also includes the headquarters of ''[[Bilan Media]]'', a Somali newspaper composed exclusively of women, founded in 2020 with the support of the [[United Nations Development Programme]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-24 |title=Somalie : « Bilan », le premier média 100 % féminin qui brise les tabous |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2023/10/24/somalie-bilan-le-premier-media-100-feminin-qui-brise-les-tabous_6196202_3212.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}</ref>