A heavy thunderstorm that fell over Juba yesterday evening put Bakhita Radio off air.
A technician at the radio station told SCR News that lightening was responsible for the burning of Bakhita transmitter.The management of the station had already ordered from Italy the spare parts needed to repair the transmitter.
If the courier services function well Bakhita should be on air again in three or four days.
The Catholic Radio Network (CRN) is a media project constituted by community-based radio stations broadcasting in Frequency Modulation from Juba, Yei, Torit, Yambio, Rumbek, Tonj, Wau, and Malakal. CRN has also a station in the Nuba Mountains. All the stations share the same vision and mission, and are bound by common editorial and administrative policies. All stations broadcast shared programs in English: news, civic education, and other educational programs. Due to the heterogeneous realities of South Sudan, each station is rooted in its locality and broadcasts locally produced culture-sensitive programs in the languages which are understood by the local people. For its outreach, CRN has a potential audience of about seven million people, considering the influx of returnees to South Sudan after the Sudan Population Census 2008.
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