Radio and TV in Egypt Foreign Journalism Berdak Bayimbetov
Radio and TV Egypt has long been the cultural and informational center of the Arab world Cairo is the region's largest publishing and broadcasting center. • Radio Stations: about 70 • TV stations: about 100
Radio and TV • Radio broadcasting in Egypt began in 1924 as privately owned and operated community stations. • Later, in 1934 private ownership and operation were abolished and radio broadcasting was nationalized ever since. • Starting 2003, Nile Radio Production a private company was given license to operate two radio stations, Nile FM and Nogoom FM.
Radio and TV • In 2000, AM stations (on the medium wave band) started a phase of simulcasting to FM band • Local stations are typically broadcast on FM. • Radio enjoys more freedom than TV in its news programs, talk shows and analysis. • All the local radio stations have always been statecontrolled, with the exception of apolitical private radio station at El Gouna resort, named El Gouna Radio ("Lagoon Radio"), and the 3 American emergency stations at Sinai.
Radio content • All stations which broadcast popular songs are mainly Egyptian songs with very few Levantine hits (mostly Lebanese) or other north African. Well known radio stations: • Radio Masr • Cultural Program • Koran Station
Television in Egypt • Since Egypt launched its first broadcasts in 1960 s, state-run channels have held a monopoly on terrestrial broadcast. • Three new private satellite-based TV stations (Dream TV 1, 2 and 3) were launched in November 2001, marking a great change in Egyptian government policy.
Television • Egyptian ground-broadcast television is government controlled and depends heavily on commercial revenue. • ETV sells its specially produced programs and soap operas to the entire Arab world. • ETV has two main channels, six regional channels, and three satellite channels. • Of the two main channels, Channel-1 uses mainly Arabic, while Channel-2 is dedicated to foreigners and more cultured viewers, broadcasting news in English and French as well as Arabic.
Satellite TV • Egypt is a big force in satellite TV. Most leading Arab pay TV networks have a presence at Media Production City in Cairo. • Egypt was the first Arab nation to have its own satellite, Nilesat.
Government owned channels • The Egyptian Radio and Television Union, a government entity, owns all 17 terrestrial channels. • Channel 1 and Channel 2 are the network’s main channels and broadcast across Egypt. • The state-owned Nile TV is the main foreign language channel, aims at promoting Egypt's state point of view and promote tourism.
Reaction of Media on people • Since the 2011 revolution, more channels have launched • Women are interested in seeing how other women are dressed on TV. Muslim women, who were traditionally "covered up" with their clothing, are now moving toward a modern, "western“ - namely American - style of dress.
Influence of Internet • There are five million Facebook users in Egypt, more than any other Middle Eastern country. • As of 2009, Egypt has 20 million Internet users, ranking 21 st in the world. • Some 29. 8 million Egyptians were online by June 2012 (Internet. World. Stats. com). • Bloggers have uploaded videos showing human rights violations and activists have embraced Facebook, You. Tube and Twitter.
Internet Today Government departments and ministries operate accounts on Facebook, and, President and other prominent political figures run Facebook and Twitter pages.
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