For most of the population,

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmi ...

and

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

are the most important sources of information.Tajikistan country profile

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(January 2007). ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the

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.'' During the

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(1992–97), the Rakhmonov government severely repressed both broadcast and print media; since that time, neither has recovered independent operations. In 2006 six government

television stations A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the ear ...

and 18 private stations were in operation, but most of the latter depended on government transmission equipment. Although the law requires registration of independent broadcast outlets, some unlicensed stations have operated.

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

channels are received by

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, and most regions receive one of the two national television channels. Radio stations broadcast in

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, Tajik, and Uzbek. In 2000 there were 141 radios and 326 television sets per 1,000 population.

Televizioni Tojikiston Televizioni Tojikiston ( tg, Телевизиони Тоҷикистон), formerly known as Shabakai Yakum ( tg, Шабакаи Якум, meaning “Channel One”), is the national broadcaster of the Central Asian state of Tajikistan Taji ...

is the state-run public broadcaster. In the post-Soviet era,

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...

circulation has decreased sharply because of the high expense of materials and the poverty of the population. As a result of government pressure and refusal of license renewals, no opposition newspapers were operating in the run-up to the 2006 presidential election. Among the most-read newspapers are ''

Jumhuriyat ''Jumhuriyat'' ( tg, Ҷумҳурият, , Republic) is a thrice weekly newspaper published in Tajikistan. It is one of the most widely circulated papers in the country. History and profile The paper was established in 1925. The headquarters is in ...

'' (''Republic'', in Tajik, thrice weekly), '' Khalk ovozi'' (''Voice of the People'', in Uzbek, thrice weekly), '' Kurer Tadzhikistana'' (''Tajikistan Courier'', in Russian, weekly), '' Sadoi mardum'' (''Voice of the People'', in Tajik, thrice weekly), and '' Tojikiston'' (''Tajikistan'', in Tajik, thrice weekly). In 2006 four domestic

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and one Russian agency ( RIA Novosti) were operating.

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Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

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