Radio Kiribati in danger as it faces funds shortage
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Radio Kiribati is facing an acute shortage of funds and has reportedly had to cut back staff in order to continue broadcasting.
Pacific Magazine reports, the problem began two weeks ago, when Radio Kiribati's AM transmission was off-air, because of a break down in the transmitter.
The station's acting manager, Tibwere Bobo, says engineers have fixed it but ongoing monitoring will take several days.
The station is maintaining its FM transmission which only covers South Tarawa and the remote Line and Phoenix Groups.
But funds generated from this service is not enough to cover the daily expense of Radio Kiribati transmissions.
