Radio Dinosaur FM 91.0 – Karonga Community Radio Station
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About us
Radio Dinosaur FM is a community radio established in 2013 under the Karonga Community Trust Ltd Board of Directors. The radio operates on 91.0MHz frequency.
Karonga Community Trust
The Karonga Community Trust Ltd Board of Directors oversee the operations of Radio Dinosaur FM. The Trust was registered as a Not-for-Profit making organization on 28th January 2013.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for policy issues concerning the radio. The day-to-day operations of the radio station are in the hands of the Station Manager with her/his members of staff.
Its main objective is to make sure that the radio is running following its Vision and Mission Statement and help the radio sustain its operations.
Coverage
The radio has a 100km License that is covering the whole Karonga district. But due to lack of technical equipment and funding, the radio is currently covering mostly the northern part of the district and Eastern Chitipa from Misuku to Nthalire. In Karonga It covers from Songwe in the north, to as far as Ngara just after Mlare. Work it planed to expand the radio coverage so that it covers all Karonga communities up to Chitimba in the south.
The radio intends to set up a broadcast FM relay transmitter of about 250w, at Mphiri in Chilumba in order to increase and improve the radio coverage in Karonga South. That way the radio will effectively cover all the communities in the district of Karonga.
Karonga has a population of over 389,000. About 75% of the population is covered by Radio Dinosaur FM.
Operating hours
The radio produces a variety of programs aimed at informing, educating, and entertaining listeners from 05:00hrs to 22:00hrs, seven days a week. It also carries special programs that are tailored to suit the needs of clients such as public and private institutions, faith, political bodies, and non-governmental organizations which aim at developing, sensitizing, and encouraging good governance in the catchment area and beyond where our signal beams reach.
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