Tuning radio for South Sudan

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Most stories about new broadcast facilities are all about beautiful buildings designed by ‘starchitects’ featuring soaring atriums and state-of-the-art studios and production systems. This is not one of them. This is the story of tin-roofed, mudbrick buildings with no air-conditioning, and brand new, old-fashioned analogue production kit.

The Radio Community (TRC) is an expanding network of local radio stations in the Republic of South Sudan, supported by Internews.

This is a not for profit media organisation that works with citizens and local media in more than 100 countries to support the development of thousands of media outlets worldwide, including radio and television stations, newspapers, mobile news networks, and online news sites.

According to the company, the four radio stations that make up The Radio Community reach an estimated 2.1 million potential listeners.

In 2015, after seven years of operation, it was decided that the TRC stations were due for a refresh. Two of the stations had…

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