Sheger FM: Ethiopia’s First Independent Radio Station

Sheger FM is Ethiopia’s first inde­pen­dent radio sta­tion. In oper­a­tion for about two years now, the sta­tion reaches between 5 and 7 mil­lions lis­ten­ers in the Addis Ababa area.

09-12-03ShegarFM080Antenhe Safio, Pro­gram Producer.
09-11-17ShegarFM25Much of the broad­cast equip­ment was donated by Voice of America.
09-11-17ShegarFM07Some of the station’s music collection.
09-11-17ShegarFM53Satel­lite dishes on the station’s roof recieve pro­gram­ming from Voice of Amer­ica and Deutsche Welle, among other sources.
                               Solomon Guan­gul, News Editor.
09-12-03ShegarFM019Johannes Yeha­la­work, Pol­i­tics Editor.
09-12-03ShegarFM027Exter­nal Pro­grams Head Tefari Alemu, left, Gen­eral Man­ager Maeza Birru, cen­ter, and Tech­ni­cian Won­gelawit Berhanu, right, pre­pare to record a commercial.
09-12-03ShegarFM062Meseret Bezu, Technician.
09-12-03ShegarFM042Tech­ni­cian Desalegn Mekuria repairs equipment.
09-12-03ShegarFM086Music Pro­gram Edi­tor pre­pares a show.
09-12-03ShegarFM091Gen­eral Man­ager Meaza Birru at her desk.
09-12-03ShegarFM095Gifts from lis­ten­ers dis­played in the sta­tion hallway.
09-11-17ShegarFM31                                The She­gar FM radio tower on the roof of the station’s offices broad­casts on FM 102.1.