Addis Ababa, July 5, 2022 (Walta) – A new TV channel dubbed Afro News has been launched by Walta Media and Communication Corporate, the parent company of Walta TV and Walta FM 105.3.
The new TV station which started its trial broadcast today will air most of its content in English. The Station will have limited airtime in Arabic and Kiswahili languages as well.
“Africa needs to tell its own story to international audience without any distortion. That is why we launch this new TV Channel,” said Nigusie Meshesha (PhD), CEO of Walta Media and Communication Corporate.
Walta Media and Communication Corporate (WMCC) is a broadcast media company based in Addis Ababa, the political capital of Africa. The company which owns TV and Radio Stations aspires to become a pan African media company disseminating information in local and international languages.
The corporation has built its reputation through covering all aspect of Ethiopia and beyond in its professional news, documentary and programs reporting.
Since its inception in 1994, the corporation has been striving to be equipped with state-of-the-art media technology that tailored to the needs of 21 century media landscape.
Apart from producing and disseminating professionally crafted news, documentary and programs through its broadcast stations and digital media platforms, the corporation is engaged in top notched research, public relations and media training.
Afro news is available on NSS12. Its frequency is 11605, symbol rate 45000 and polarization horizontal.