Broadcasting began in

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

in the 1940s when it was still divided into South by the

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and North by Imami ruling system.The media in Yemen
, short introduction to media in Yemen including broadcasting. Last revised on 21 February 2006 After the unity of Yemen in 1990, Yemeni government reformed its corporations and founded some additional radio channels which can broadcast locally. However, it drew back after 1994 due to destroyed infrastructures by the

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. In 1995 it commenced its first TV broadcasting abroad and since then there has been some gradual increase in its

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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 ...

channels most of which belong to the government.

History

Southern Yemen

British army established a small

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

at Ra's Bradly in the Tawahi district of Aden in 1940. It was mainly to give military news about the

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, together with information about precautions against air raids. Aden Radio was then established on 7 August 1954.

Mukalla Mukalla ( ar, ٱلْمُكَلَّا, ') is a seaport and the capital city of Yemen's largest governorate, Hadhramaut. The city is in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Aden, on the shores of the Arabian Sea, about east o ...

radio was established in 1967, soon after the residence of Southern Yemen and Sayun radio in 1973. Television service was established in 1963 in

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whereas

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transmission started in the South on 8 March 1981.

Northern Yemen

Sana’a Radio was established in January 1946 but closed after two years, resuming in 1955. In 1963 another local

Ta’iz Taiz ( ar, تَعِزّ, Taʿizz) is a city in southwestern Yemen. It is located in the Yemeni Highlands, near the port city of Mocha on the Red Sea, at an elevation of about above sea level. It is the capital of Taiz Governorate. With a populat ...

was established, and Al-Hodeida in 1969.

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service began broadcasting in 1975 in

and colour transmission started in the north in 1979.

Unity

Yemen was united in 1990 leading to merging of southern and northern authorities and corporations. Mukalla radio channel was reformed, Al-Hodeida was also improved. Haja radio was established later in 2004, Sada and

Ibb Ibb ( ar, إِبّ, ʾIbb) is a city in Yemen, the capital of Ibb Governorate, located about northeast of Mocha and south of Sana'a. A market town and administrative centre developed during the Ottoman Empire, it is one of the most important ...

radio stations in 2007. On the other hand, Yemen TV channels joined space TV channels on

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and some other satellites the years after 1995.

Radio broadcasting

The following table lists some of the radio channels of Yemen Radio and TV Corporation and their operating frequencies in Yemen. Sana'a Radio and Aden Radio also broadcast via satellite radio besides shortwave, medium wave and FM. Also Yemen Radio and TV Corporation has local radio stations for most Governorates of Yemen or other Cities like: * Al Hudaydah Radio * Hajjah Radio * Ta'izz Radio * Mukalla Radio * Say'un Radio * Shabwah Radio * Sa'dah Radio * Abyan Radio * Al Mahrah Radio * Lahij Radio

References

External links

The ''Yemen Radio and Television Corporation''
Arabic Website.
Aden Radio
Arabic Website
Sana'a Radio.
Arabic Website {{DEFAULTSORT:Radio In Yemen Broadcasting in Yemen Mass media in Yemen