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Man on a satellite towerAt the Azad Afghan radio station Atta Mohammad, a mast builder, installs the mast for Kandahar's first independent radio station. He was shaking with fear as he climbed the mast, not because of the height, but of because of Taliban snipers. Photo: David Trilling/Internews

Internews provides a broad range of infrastructure support to enable independent media to provide vital news and information. Such support includes providing journalists and stations with production equipment, equipping radio production studios, and in some situations, building radio stations from the ground up. Internews has also provided satellite technology for the distribution of television and radio programs. As with Internews' other program activities, our infrastructure support is only possible through generous grants from our donors.

 

"The largest USAID/OTI effort was a $4 million Internews-run project to build, fully equip and professionally staff a nationwide network of independent radio stations outside of Kabul. Despite major logistical and security concerns, Internews was able to establish 29 stations around the country and Mr. Langlois [Senior Media Advisor to USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives] praised the group's work as 'fabulous'."  

— "All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech," by David Rohde, Shorenstein Fellow, Spring 2005; Foreign Correspondent, New York Times

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