[icernet] Afghan's first private radio station takes to the air waves

[Arul Selvan]

Radio Arman FM 98.1 went on air April 16 as Afghanistan's first ever 
private radio station, serving up a mix of entertainment, information 
and education for the capital's millions. The station broadcasts Afghan, 
Indian, Tajik, Uzbek and Western music 24 hours a day, with bilingual 
DJs using Dari and Pashtu, Afghanistan's two main languages. Arman FM's 
format of music, gossip and chat has long been the staple of radio 
stations elsewhere, but the presenters' informal approach and use of 
colloquial Dari has drawn criticism from some listeners unused to 
hearing young men and women chat together on air even 19 months after 
the toppling of the puritanical Taliban.


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