Editing Communications in Somalia (section)

==Radio==
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There are a number of radio news agencies based in Somalia. Established during the colonial period, [[Radio Mogadishu]] initially broadcast 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 [[Russia]]n assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, [[Amharic]] and [[Oromo language|Oromo]].<ref name="Tlvb">Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair, ''Africa: a market profile'', (Praeger: 1965), p.126.</ref> After closing down operations in the early 1990s due to the civil war, the station 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"| date = 6 February 2007}}</ref> In the late 2000s, Radio Mogadishu also launched a complementary website of the same name, with news items in Somali, [[Arabic]] and [[English language|English]].<ref name="Radmuqnet">[http://radiomuqdisho.net/news/home-english.html Radio Muqdisho.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127130025/http://radiomuqdisho.net/news/home-english.html |date=2010-11-27 }}</ref>

Other radio stations based in Mogadishu include radio Dalsan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiodalsan.com/|title=Radio Dalsan FM 91.5 MHz {{!}} Warar Sugan {{!}} Somalia News|website=www.radiodalsan.com|access-date=2016-10-11}}</ref> Mustaqbal Media corporation and the [[Shabelle Media Network]], the latter of which was in 2010 awarded the Media of the Year prize by the Paris-based journalism organisation, [[Reporters Without Borders]] (RSF).<ref name="Pfpgtsrsrs">{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/somalia-press-freedom-prize-goes-to-somali-10-12-2010,39003.html |title=Press Freedom Prize goes to Somali radio station Radio Shabelle |publisher=En.rsf.org |access-date=2011-06-12 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212714/http://en.rsf.org/somalia-press-freedom-prize-goes-to-somali-10-12-2010,39003.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In total, about one short-wave and ten private FM radio stations broadcast from the capital, with several radio stations broadcasting from the central and southern regions.<ref name="factbook">{{cite web|author=Central Intelligence Agency|title=Somalia|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|location=Langley, Virginia|year=2011|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/somalia/|access-date=2011-10-05}}</ref>

The northeastern [[Puntland]] region has around six private radio stations, including [[Radio Garowe]], Radio Daljir, Radio Codka-Nabbada and Radio Codka-Mudug. [[Radio Gaalkacyo]], formerly known as Radio Free Somalia, operates from [[Galkayo]] in the north-central [[Mudug]] province. Additionally, the [[Somaliland]] region in the northwest has one government-operated radio station.<ref name="factbook"/>

As of 2007, transmissions for two internationally based broadcasters were also available.<ref name="factbook"/>