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Lira, Uganda
In 1998, the Ugandan Episcopal Conference decided to have a network of FM radio stations within the country and it chose Lira as its main link in the Northern region. The idea stalled for several years till Fr. John Fraser, a Comboni Missionary working in Lira diocese, took the initiative of establishing a radio station. By June 2000, he had secured the frequency 89.8 FM, granted by the Ugandan Communication Commission (UCC). It was first designed to cover Lira and Gulu Dioceses, catering for all kinds of listeners, not only the Catholic population.
Luo was chosen as the main broadcasting language. Roughly two thirds of the programmes are broadcast in Luo and the rest are broadcast in English.
Despite many challenges of various nature, Radio – Wa (“Our Radio” in Luo, the language of the Lango sub-region) eventually started its broadcasts in January 2001 as a community radio belonging to the Catholic Diocese of Lira. It was first located in Ngetta Mission, near the church, which is ab