{"id":55101,"date":"2024-03-20T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage"},"modified":"2024-03-20T17:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:22:48","slug":"media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage","title":{"rendered":"Media regulator commends Eye Radio coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>A South Sudan Media Authority official said community radio stations, especially Eye Radio have filled the information and communication gaps in the remoter parts of the country, where many people don\u2019t have access to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Sapana Abuyi, the institution\u2019s General Manager of Media Compliance, made the remarks on Friday, March 15, 2024, during the fourth edition of Connect South Sudan \u2013 an initiative of the National Communication Authority.<\/p>\n<p>He said many South Sudanese particularly in the rural areas are not yet connected to the information through the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany South Sudanese don\u2019t have access to the media. If you look at the coverage and if you look at the ratio of population that has access to the media services,\u201d said Abuyi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a minimum number because most of our people live in those rural areas which are not yet connected. Free-to-air services are the commonly accessible radio sets and mobile phones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of people rely on as the source of their information free-to-air-radio services that they can access on their radio sets, the old mobile handsets are outstanding in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do people do when the time comes for the news, you remove the sim card so that the news is not disrupted by any call that comes to you, then you follow the news especially the national news here in Juba and Eye Radio thank you for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. A South Sudan Media Authority official said community radio stations, especially Eye Radio have filled the information and communication gaps in the remoter parts of the country, where many people don\u2019t have access to the media. Sapana Abuyi, the institution\u2019s General Manager of Media Compliance, made the remarks on Friday, March 15, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,265,233],"class_list":["post-55101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-south-sudan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Media regulator commends Eye Radio coverage - South Sudan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A South Sudan Media Authority official said community radio stations, especially Eye Radio have filled the information a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Media regulator commends Eye Radio coverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A South Sudan Media Authority official said community radio stations, especially Eye Radio have filled the information a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Sudan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-20T16:18:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-20T17:22:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/03\/sm_1710941807.752527.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Media regulator commends Eye Radio coverage\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-20T16:18:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-20T17:22:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage\"},\"wordCount\":253,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/sites\/32\/2024\/03\/sm_1710941807.752527.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Sudan\",\"South-Sudan\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/media-regulator-commends-eye-radio-coverage\",\"name\":\"Media regulator commends Eye Radio coverage - 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