Rana FM

Rana FM was a Pashto language broadcast radio station operating from studios in an undisclosed location in Kingston, Ontario[3] feeding transmitters in Kandahar and Kabul, Afghanistan.

Rana FM
Ownership
OwnerCanadian Forces
History
First air date
January 6, 2007 (2007-01-06)-July 2011 (2011-07)[1]
Former frequencies
88.5 MHz FM (Kandahar)
99.9 MHz FM (Kabul)[2]
Links
Websiteranafm.org (now cybersquatted)

History

Launched on January 6, 2007 during the 2001 Afghan war, the military-run station[4] hired Afghan-Canadians as its on-air voice, presenting Bollywood and modern Afghan music, news, sports and public affairs programming with a distinct pro-NATO, anti-Taliban slant.[5][6] Content was targeted to a 15- to 25-year-old demographic and included no commercial advertising.[3]

The station was available as over the air FM radio in Afghanistan, via satellite (Eutelsat 70B, 70.5°E, 11210 MHz, horizontal, DVB-S, 6509 kilobits/second)[7] and streamed on-line.[8] Its signal was delivered to Afghanistan via satellite and fibre optic links.

As Canada's role in the Afghanistan War had largely ended by 2011,[9] the station is no longer on the air.

Filmmaker Ariel Nasr's full-length documentary describing Rana FM, "Good Morning Kandahar",[10] aired November 11, 2008 on CBC Newsworld[11][12] and won the National Film Board of Canada Reel Diversity Competition.[13]

See also

References
  1. ""International Radio Broadcasting and Post-Conflict State-Building: the" by David T. Harmes". Digitalcommons.ryerson.ca. Retrieved 2014-02-10.
  2. "Radio Online Rana FM 99.9 FM Kabul - Light in Your Life Live Streaming from Afghanistan". Streamingthe.net. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  3. "RANA FM Afghanistan | Kingston East News". Kingstoneastnews.ca. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  4. Iqbal, Muzaffar (2008). Definitive Encounters: Islam, Muslims, and the West. ISBN 9789675062070.
  5. "Canada's Radio Kandahar goes to air". CBC News. 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  6. Klassen, Jerome (2013-01-10). Empire's Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan. ISBN 9781442613041.
  7. "Rana FM". LyngSat. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  8. "RANA FM - 88.5 FM - Kandahār - Listen Online". Opti Radio. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  9. "Canadian troops mark final combat rotation". CBC.ca. 2010-11-27.
  10. "Ariel Nasr - Our Team". afghan film project. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  11. "Building bridges on screen | University of King's College". Ukings.ca. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  12. "Good Morning Kandahar". Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  13. "Halifax filmmaker finds new take on Afghan war - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2013-12-27.

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