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Community radio in Ghana runs on borrowed engineers
Stations that reach tens of thousands of listeners in Twi, Hausa and Ewe are kept on air by a handful of volunteers, most of them retired, with nobody trained to follow them.
Why it matters
Community radio is the most trusted medium in much of Ghana precisely because it is local — which also means it has no head office to send a technician. When the one engineer leaves, the station does not decline; it simply stops.
What we intend to do
- Broadcast-engineering apprenticeships run inside working stations.
- A maintenance manual written with each station, in the station's own language, that stays behind.
The first story against this issue
A station in Ashanti or the north whose engineer has told them the date he leaves.
If that is you, or someone you know, write to us. It will be recorded only with their consent, in their own voice, and given back to them — that is the standard.