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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ launches its first marketing campaign across Afghanistan
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service has launched its first marketing campaign in Afghanistan, promoting its Pashto and Dari language broadcasts on FM across the country
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From Tuesday 31 October, the two-month campaign will promote the ever-increasing Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ FM network in the country's six major cities: Ghazni, Herat, Jalalabad, Kabul, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif.
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Working with a leading Kabul-based full service agency, Aina-Darya Communications, World Service has developed a highly visible bi-lingual Pashto and Dari campaign promoting Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ FM availability on billboards, TV, radio and print ads.
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Alan Booth, Controller, Marketing, Communications & Audiences, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, comments: "This is our first advertising campaign in Afghanistan. As the country's market continues to develop, we are keen to consolidate our position in its modern media scene.
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"A recent survey in the rural and urban areas of five provinces of Afghanistan suggested that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is one of the most popular international broadcasters there, with our programmes in Pashto, Dari and other languages reaching almost 70 per cent of the population."
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World Service has 17 FM frequencies in key towns across Afghanistan, including Kabul 89.0FM and 101.6FM (in Dari and Pashto), Mazar-e-Sharif 89.0FM (Dari), Jalalabad 89.0FM (Pashto), Herat 89.2FM (Dari), Kandahar 90.0FM (Pashto) and Ghazni 88.3FM (Pashto).
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programming is also re-broadcast via partnerships with two local media providers, Internews and Equal Access.
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World Service has been broadcasting to Afghanistan for many decades, providing programming in Pashto and Dari, now supplemented by a daily Uzbek programme.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ broadcasts three main daily programmes to Afghanistan: from 5.00 to 8.30am, 2.00 to 4.00pm, and from 6.30 to 9.30pm (Afghanistan Time).
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In addition to news and current affairs programmes keeping listeners informed of the latest developments in Afghanistan, the region and the rest of the world, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ also offers thought-provoking discussions and audience interactivity on regional and Afghan domestic topics.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programmes regularly feature newsmakers from its Kabul studios, involving them in highly popular call-in programmes.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ also offers its audiences in Afghanistan entertainment and feature shows, the many programmes of the Afghan Education Project, Afghan Woman's Hour and the renowned radio soap opera New Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, New Life.
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Millions of people listen to the daily radio programmes on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Afghan Stream and access its online output on bbcpashto.com and bbcpersian.com/afghanistan Μύ
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