Radio Polynesia is a major
radio station and source of
news
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the tes ...
and
information in
Samoa. Founded in 1989, the radio station's head office is situated in Savalalo, in the capital
Apia.
Radio Polynesia operates four separate radio stations, broadcasting in both
English and
Samoan. In 1998, the station launched Talofa FM, broadcast only in the Samoan language with 100% national coverage including the outer island of
Savai'i.
Radio Polynesia is owned by promoter and businessman
Maposua Rudolf Keil
Maposua Rudolf Keil (died May 2018) was a Samoan businessman and owner of the Radio Polynesia 98FM radio station. In 1997 it was one of the only radio stations in Western Samoa that were independently owned.IFESamoan government discusses closi ...
, who also owns the local Majik Cinema in Apia. The radio station is managed by his son Corey Keil.
Olga Keil is a journalist based with the station.
[BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8282115.stm Eyewitness: Pacific tsunami, Olga Keil, a journalist based with Radio Polynesia in Western Samoa]
A celebration marking of the 20th
anniversary
An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints ...
of Radio Polynesia was originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.
[ However, the celebration was cancelled due to the ]2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Kermadec-Tonga subduction zone. The submarine earthquake occurred in an extensional environment and had a moment magnitude of 8.1 ...
, which devastated the country the same day.[
]
References
External links
Radio Polynesia
Mass media in Samoa
Radio in Samoa
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