Radio Hargeisa

Type	Broadcast
Country	Somaliland
Availability	National
Headquarters	Hargeisa, Somaliland
Owner	Government of Somaliland
Launch date	1943
Official website	Official Website
Language	Somali, Arabic, English & Amharic

Radio Hargeisa (Somali: Radio Hargeysa, Arabic: راديو هرجيسا) is a Somaliland public service broadcaster, Its headquarters are at Ministry of Information, Hargeisa.^[1]

History

Established in 1943 in the former British Somaliland protectorate as the first Somali language station, it broadcasts mostly in Somali but also features news bulletins in Amharic, Arabic and English. The channel was responsible for the widespread propagation of the new Balwo genre developed by Abdi Sinimo and the Heellooy oud music that Abdullahi Qarshe fused Balwo with.^{[2] [3]}