Tanzania
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Population: | 41,048,532 |
| Capital: |
Dodoma (official), Dar es Salaam (commercial) |
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| Language: | KiSwahili (official), English | |
| Literacy Rate: | 69.4% | |
| GDP/PP: | $1,300 | |
| Joined Commonwealth: |
29 April 1964 |
Media
Tanzania's media, once small and largely state-controlled, developed rapidly following the advent of the multi-party era in the mid 1990s.
Television was a latecomer: President Nyerere opposed it as a luxury which would widen the gap between rich and poor. State-run TV launched in 2001, several years after the first private station went on the air in 1994. TV viewing is eroding radio's traditional dominance.
Although the growth of the broadcast media has been hindered by a lack of capital investment, dozens of private FM radio stations are on the air, most of them in urban areas.
News bulletins from international radio stations - including the BBC, Voice of America and Germany's Deutsche Welle - are carried by many stations.
The mainland and Zanzibar have separate media policies. Liberalisation measures enshrined in a 2001 media bill did not apply to the islands. There are no private broadcasters or newspapers in Zanzibar, though many locals can receive mainland broadcasters and read the mainland press.
The newspaper industry has expanded hugely in from the late 1990s following liberalisation of the ownership laws, with English language and Swahili papers proliferating across the country but primarily in the major population centres.
Newspapers
Daily News - government owned, Tanzania's oldest newspaper
Habari Leo - from publisher of Daily News
Uhuru - Swahili
The Guardian - private
Tanzania Daima - private, Swahili
Daily Mail - private
Nipashe - private, in Swahili
Alasiri - private, in Swahili
Business Times - private weekly
The Express - private weekly
Arusha Times - private weekly
Television
Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) - state-run
Independent Television (ITV) - widely-watched private network, owned by IPP Media
Dar es Salaam Television (DTV) - private network operated by Africa Media Group
Coastal Television Network (CTN) - private, Dar es Salaam
Star TV - private
TV Zanzibar - state-run
Radio
Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) - state-run
Parapanda Radio Tanzania (PRT) - state-run FM station set up to counter competition for younger listeners from private stations
Radio Free Africa - private FM network
Radio One - private, owned by IPP Media
Radio Uhuru - private, in Dar es Salaam and other cities
Kiss FM - private, in Dar es Salaam and other cities
Clouds FM - private, in Dar es Salaam and other cities
Orkonerei Radio Service (ORS) - community, operated by non-governmental agency
Voice of Tanzania-Zanzibar - state-run radio on Zanzibar
News agency
Press Services Tanzania
