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Middle East Radio
Middle East Radio ( ar, إذاعة الشرق الأوسط, Iza'at al Sharq al Awsat) is an Egyptian pan-Arab commercial radio station established in 1964 by the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) owned by the Egyptian government. It started broadcasting on 30 May 1964 distinguishing itself from its main pan-Arab rival Voice of the Arabs (إذاعة صوت العرب transliterated as Sawt al-Arab) with more popular programming as opposed to its rival's more dogmatic and propagandist content. The station ran at times ads targeting the Middle East and North Africa through its powerful medium wave broadcasting facilities. The broadcasts were extended to reach 24 hours per day in 1996 (Ramadan 1416 Hijri). The station has progressed into a major local Egyptian network broadcasting within Egypt on 89.5 FM in Greater Cairo with rebroadcasts on 96.3 FM in El Mahalla El Kubra El Mahalla El Kubra ( ar, المحلة الكبرى, , , ) – commonly shortened to ' – is the lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Radio And Television Union
The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU; ar, إتحاد الإذاعة والتلفزيون المصري ''Itteh'ad Al-Edhaa'a wa at-Televezyon al-Mis'ri'') is the public broadcaster of Egypt, operated by the Egyptian government. It is a member of the European Broadcasting Union. History Egyptian Radio began broadcasting on 31 May 1934 in agreement with the Marconi Company. The General Manager of the station for the period was Said Basha Lotfi who presided over the station from May 1934 to December 1947. In December 1947, the contract with Marconi was suspended in favour of an Egyptian national broadcasting station. The station is known also for its call "This is Cairo" (in Arabic هنا القاهرة pronounced Houna al Qaahira). It is considered the First Program (in Arabic البرنامج الأول) of the ERTU. Later on three main new radio channels were added, namely the pan-Arab The Voice of the Arabs (صوت العرب) in 1953, Egyptian Radio's Second Program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |