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Media of Somalia includes various radio, television, print and internet outlets. The federal government operates two official radio and TV networks, which exist alongside a number of private and foreign stations. Print media in the country is progressively giving way to news radio stations and online portals, as internet connectivity and access increases. In February 2013, the Ministry of Information, Posts and Telecommunication also launched a broad-based consultative process for the reformation of media legislation. ==Radio== There are a number of radio news agencies based in Somalia. Radio is the most important and effective communication channel in the country and the most popular type of mass media. In total, about one short-wave and over ten private FM radio stations broadcast from the capital, with several radio stations airing from the central and southern regions and from Puntland.〔 Most radio stations in Somalia are members of Network 2013, an association of local radio stations and a forum for national media leaders.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.network2013.org/members/ )〕 Radio Mogadishu is the federal government-run public broadcaster. Established in 1951 in Italian Somaliland, it initially aired news items in both Somali and Italian.〔''World radio TV handbook'', (Billboard Publications., 1955), p.77.〕 The station was modernized with Russian assistance following independence in 1960, and began offering home service in Somali, Amharic and Oromo.〔Thomas Lucien Vincent Blair, ''Africa: a market profile'', (Praeger: 1965), p.126.〕 After closing down operations in the early 1990s due to the civil war, the broadcaster was officially re-opened in the early 2000s by the Transitional National Government.〔(SOMALIA: TNG launches “Radio Mogadishu” )〕 Other radio stations headquartered in Mogadishu include Mustaqbal Radio,〔(Mustaqbal Radio )〕 Radio Shabelle, Radio Bar-Kulan,〔(Bar-Kulan )〕 Radio Kulmiye,〔(Radio Kulmiye )〕 Radio Dannan,〔(Radio Dannan )〕 Radio Dalsan,〔(Radio Dalsan )〕 Radio Banadir,〔(Radio Banadir )〕 Radio Maanta,〔(Radio Maanta )〕 Gool FM,〔(Gool FM )〕 Radio Xurmo,〔(Radio Xurmo )〕 and Radio Xamar, also known as Voice of Democracy.〔(Radio Xamar )〕 Radio stations of south central Somalia include Radio Dhusamareb, Radio Codka Nabada/Radio Abud-Waq, Codka Mudug,〔(Codka Mudug )〕 Radio Hobyo,〔(Radio Hobyo )〕 Radio Galguduud, and Codka Gobollada Dhexe (Voice of Central Somalia).〔 The northeastern Puntland region has over a dozen private radio stations. Radio Garowe is based in Garowe, the state's administrative capital. Radio Daljir is Puntland's largest radio station.〔(Radio Daljir )〕 With a studio in Garowe and its main headquarters in Bosaso, the commercial capital of Puntland, the broadcaster's network of 7 FM transmitters reaches most of Puntland as well as part of the neighboring Galmudug region to the south. Also centered in Bosaso with its studios in Garowe is the Somali Broadcasting Corporation, Puntland's oldest and second largest private radio station. In addition, Horseed Radio, Al Xigma, and One Nation Radio have headquarters in Bosaso. Radio Gaalkacyo, formerly known as Radio Free Somalia, operates from Galkayo in the north-central Mudug province, as does Codka Nabada (Voice of Peace),〔(Codka Nabada )〕 and Radio Hage.〔 Other radio stations broadcasting from Puntland include Radio Hikma, Radio Badhan and Somali Public Radio.〔(Somali Public Radio )〕 Additionally, the Somaliland region in the northwest has one government-operated radio station, Radio Hargeisa (Radio Somaliland). Established in 1943 in the former British Somaliland protectorate as the first Somali language station, it broadcasts mostly in Somali but also features news bulletins in Amharic, Arabic and English.〔 As of 2007, transmissions for two internationally based broadcasters were available.〔 shuceyb'olanso== Somalia has one official government-run television station in addition to a number of private networks.〔 The Mogadishu-based Somali National Television (SNTV) is the central government-owned broadcaster. On April 4, 2011, the Ministry of Information of the Transitional Federal Government officially re-launched the station as part of an initiative to develop the national telecommunications sector. SNTV broadcasts 24 hours a day, and can be viewed both within Somalia and abroad via terrestrial and satellite platforms.〔(Somalia launches national TV )〕 The Somaliland region also has one local government-operated TV channel, Somaliland National TV (SLNTV), which broadcasts from the provincial capital of Hargeisa.〔(Somaliland National TV )〕 Puntland TV and Radio likewise airs from Garowe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http://somali-media.so/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014_05_01_Somali-Media-Mapping-Report.pdf )〕 The private stations Eastern Television Network (ETN TV) and Somali Broadcasting Corporation (SBC TV) broadcast from Bosaso, Puntland's commercial hub.〔 Horn Cable Television (HCTV),〔(Horn Cable TV )〕 as well as Somaliland Space Channel air from Hargeisa.〔(Somaliland Space Channel )〕 Two private channel re-broadcasts of Al-Jazeera and CNN are also available.〔 There are likewise several Somali-owned private television stations headquartered abroad, which broadcast to Somalia. Among these are Somali TV of Minnesota,〔(Somali TV of Minnesota )〕 and Dalmar TV of Columbus, Ohio.〔(Dalmar TV )〕 Universal TV airs from London, and is the first and largest Somali television satellite network of its type.〔(Universal TV )〕 Royal TV and Somali Channel TV also broadcast to Somalia from their UK studios.〔(Royal TV )〕〔(Somali Channel TV )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Media of Somalia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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