Baba TV (short for Basoga Baino Television) is a television channel in

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with viewership primarily concentrated in the country's eastern and central regions. It maintains studios in

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and

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. It airs programming in Lusoga,

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, and English.

History

Baba TV began broadcasting in August 2017 and is owned by Balyeku Moses Grace , former member of

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for Jinja West. In 2019, Baba TV launched on DStv in Uganda. The station was launched on GOtv, the only digital platform that did not include it, in 2021. On 27 July 2020, 2020, journalist Basajja Mivule, who hosted the political talk show ''Fumitiriza'' (Reflect) on Baba TV, was arrested at the Kampala studios; it was noted that he was critical of President

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. Mivule was later suspended from the station.

References

{{reflist 2017 establishments in Uganda Television channels and stations established in 2017 Television stations in Uganda