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Subject: Nigeria radio
Date: Thu Feb  8 18:06:45 1996
From: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), kkerina@cpj.org

Item on pirate radio in Nigeria, for your information:

     NIGERIA:  Pirate Radio

     A pirate radio station identifying itself as Freedom Frequency (Radio
     F & F) began broadcasting in Lagos on 7 June 1995.  The station
     broadcast on 93.2 FM, shortly after Radio Nigeria 3 (RN3) shuts down
     at 12 midnight.  Radio F & F's announcer identifies himself as
     "Greater Tomorrow" and airs anti-government programming.

     During Radio F & F's first week of operation its broadcasts lasted 3
     hours.  RN3 reacted by extending its broadcast hours to 24 hours
     daily, even though its transmitters were not designed for such a heavy
     broadcast load.  RN3's tactic worked and prevented Radio F & F from
     broadcasting for one month.  On 17 July, 1995 Radio F & F returned to
     the airwaves on the 99.9 FM frequency and has broadcast irregularly
     since then.

     Government efforts to track down the operators of Radio F & F have
     failed.  The government suspected a Lagos-based Nigerian journalist of
     being the organizer of the pirate radio transmissions and he
     immeditely fled the country; the transmissions have continued since
     his departure.

     Currently, RN3 has changed its frequency and now broadcasts on 92.7
     FM.  Radio F & F has not been on the air since December 1995.

     For further information, contact Kakuna Kerina (x103) @ CPJ...e-mail:
     kkerina@cpj.org.



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