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Radio Gambia was the first media broadcaster in the Gambia, opened in 1962. [1] Its historical base is Bakau (a town in the Gambia). In December 1995, GRTS was commissioned by the Gambian government which began test transmissions under the Gambia Telecommunications Company (Gamtel). Then, it adopted its own television channel.
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Today Newspaper is an independent newspaper in the Gambia, West Africa. It was established July 2007 by Abdul Hamid Adiamoh , a Nigerian journalist . The newspaper was the first to publish colour on its front cover and in selected pages.
Lawmakers in Gambia on Monday rejected, for now, an attempt to repeal a ban on female genital cutting, which would make the West African nation the first country anywhere to make that reversal.
Television: The Gambia Radio and Television Service operates a single-channel TV service with the main transmitter at Banjul and numerous relay stations. [1] Transmissions of multiple international broadcasters are available; cable and satellite TV subscription services are obtainable in some parts of the country (2007). [2]
The paper, Gambia's first daily newspaper, [2] [self-published source] was founded by Mae Gene and Kenneth Best in 1990. [3] Kenneth Best had previously managed another paper called the Daily Observer in Liberia , until the First Liberian Civil War caused him to relocate with his family to the Gambia. [ 2 ]
According to the Media Foundation of West Africa, the arrests had been prompted by a Point story titled "Arrested Gambian Diplomat Sent to Mile 2", in which the paper reported that Lamini Sabi Sanyang, an arrested official from Gambia's US Embassy, had been transferred to Mile 2 Prison; Saine had been detained for refusing to reveal his source. [8]
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