期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2015
卷号：17
期号：6
页码：163
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：The airwaves of Ethiopia were virtually dominated by Radio Ethiopia (the national radio) for more than half a century. In the last eight years, however, the status quo has been changed. Most of the regional states of Ethiopia have been engaged in the establishments of local radio systems, believing that radio has an irreplaceable role in their struggle for sustainable developmen t. This is the good news. The bad news is that the radio stations are under either the direct or indirect control of the incumbent ruling party, i.e. EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Party) . This paper inquires to what extent the ruling party's monopolistic syndrome for broadcast media is an impediment especially in employing radio systems to support sustainability of development efforts in Ethiopia. Moreover, the author attempts to assess the basic arguments that are drawn related to broadcast media ownership and show that it is community ownership of radio that is most appropriate to use radio to support sustainable local development endeavours in the country.
