From Public Diplomacy
[edit] Overview
(from the Broadcasting Board of Governors) website:
Radio Sawa, a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week Arabic-language network, is unique in the Middle East. It broadcasts an upbeat mix of Western and Arabic pop music along with up-to-the-minute news, news analysis, interviews, opinion pieces, sports, and features on a wide variety of political and social issues. Radio Sawa originates its programming from Washington and is broadcast across the region, using a combination of medium wave (AM) and FM transmitters, digital audio satellite, short wave and Internet. Radio Sawa will ultimately have six streams tailored to specific parts of the region.
[edit] Further Reading
- El-Nawawy, Mohammed (2006). US Public Diplomacy in the Arab World: The News Credibility of Radio Sawa and Television Alhurra in Five Countries. Global Media and Communication, 2(2), pp. 183-203.
- Rhodes, Mark, Chapelier, Carole (2004). 'Balance Seekers' and New Information Sources: Media Usage Patterns in the Middle East. In: Oliver Zöllner (ed.): Beyond Borders: Research for International Broadcasting. Bonn: CIBAR, pp. 78-87.
Radio Sawa Web site
