Building community by building the new Sagal Radio studio

Posted by Catherine Stifter  July 6, 2010

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In June, 2009 Prometheus Radio project engineers joined local community volunteers to build a new production studio for Sagal Radio to better serve the East African refugee community of Atlanta, GA. The studio on the campus of Emory University will be used to train media volunteers, pre-record programs, conduct interviews and be a community resource.

Sagal Radio broadcasts on WATB 1420 AM in five languages:

  • Somali (Saturday 1-3pm, Sunday 8-10pm),
  • Amharic (Saturday 5-6pm),
  • Afaan Oromo (Saturday 6-7pm),
  • Swahili (Saturday 8-9pm) and
  • English (Saturday 7-8pm).

Programs also stream on www.sagalradio.org

Sagal Radio is one of three partners in the New Routes to Community Health project, HEARMe "Health Education via Airwaves for Refugees". They work with Emory University and WRFG Radio to improve the lives of East African refugees in the Atlanta, Georgia.

Learn more about HEARMe.  Listen to an interview with Sagal Radio's Hussien Mohamed.

Congratulations to everyone who helped build the Sagal Radio production studio!

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Tags: Emory University, Prometheus Radio Project, Sagal Radio
Topics: Building Community, Capacity Building, Ethnic Media, Immigrants, Media distribution, Refugees, Technology, Training, Youth