# Rana FM > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rana_FM > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rana_FM.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_FM > Source revision: 1339367422 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Sub language radio station in regions}} {{Infobox radio station | name = Rana FM | logo = | city = [Kingston, Ontario](/source/Kingston%2C_Ontario) | country = CA | branding = | frequency = | translator = | repeater = | airdate = {{Start date|2007|01|06}}-{{End date|2011|07}}{{cite web|url=http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/dissertations/714/ |title="International Radio Broadcasting and Post-Conflict State-Building: the" by David T. Harmes |publisher=Digitalcommons.ryerson.ca |access-date=2014-02-10}} | format = | language = | power = | erp = | haat = | class = | facility_id = | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = {{Frequency|88.5|MHz}} [FM](/source/FM_radio) (Kandahar)
99.9 MHz FM (Kabul){{cite web|url=http://www.streamingthe.net/Rana-FM-99.9-FM-Kabul---Light-in-Your-Life/p/17964 |title=Radio Online Rana FM 99.9 FM Kabul - Light in Your Life Live Streaming from Afghanistan |publisher=Streamingthe.net |access-date=2013-12-27}} | affiliations = | owner = [Canadian Forces](/source/Canadian_Forces) | licensee = | sister_stations = | webcast = | website = ranafm.org (now [cybersquatted](/source/cybersquatting)) }} '''Rana FM''' was a [Pashto-language](/source/Pashto_language) broadcast radio station operating from studios in an undisclosed location in [Kingston, Ontario](/source/Kingston%2C_Ontario),{{cite web|url=http://www.kingstoneastnews.ca/2010/07/rana-fm-afghanistan/ |title=RANA FM Afghanistan | Kingston East News |publisher=Kingstoneastnews.ca |access-date=2013-12-27}} feeding transmitters in [Kandahar](/source/Kandahar) and [Kabul](/source/Kabul), [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan). ==History== Launched on January 6, 2007 during the ongoing [2001 Afghan war](/source/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)), the military-run station{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lit6ISgyc54C&pg=PA204 | title = Definitive Encounters: Islam, Muslims, and the West | isbn = 9789675062070 | last1 = Iqbal | first1 = Muzaffar | year = 2008}} hired Afghan-Canadians as its on-air voices, presenting Bollywood and modern Afghan music, news, sports and public affairs programming with a distinct pro-[NATO](/source/NATO), anti-[Taliban](/source/Taliban) slant.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-s-radio-kandahar-goes-to-air-1.654396 |title=Canada's Radio Kandahar goes to air |publisher=CBC News |date=2007-01-06 |access-date=2013-12-27}}{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7sQWBEQahOEC&pg=PA319 | title = Empire's Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan | isbn = 9781442613041 | last1 = Klassen | first1 = Jerome | date = 2013-01-10}} Content was targeted at a 15- to 25-year-old [demographic](/source/demographic) and included no [commercial advertising](/source/radio_advertisement). The station was available as over-the-air [FM radio](/source/FM_radio) in Afghanistan, via [satellite](/source/communications_satellite) ([Eutelsat](/source/Eutelsat) 70B, 70.5°E, 11210 MHz, horizontal, DVB-S, 6509 kilobits/second),{{cite web|url=http://www.lyngsat.com/radiochannels/af/Rana-FM.html |title=Rana FM |publisher=LyngSat |access-date=2013-12-27}} and [streamed online](/source/Internet_radio).{{cite web|url=https://www.optiradio.com/radio/RANA-FM |title=RANA FM - 88.5 FM - Kandahār - Listen Online |publisher=Opti Radio |access-date=2013-12-27}} Its signal was delivered to Afghanistan via satellite and fibre-optic links. As [Canada's role in the Afghanistan War](/source/Canada's_role_in_the_Afghanistan_War) had largely ended by 2011,{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canadian-troops-mark-final-combat-rotation-1.938891|title=Canadian troops mark final combat rotation|publisher=[CBC.ca](/source/CBC.ca)|date=2010-11-27}} the station was no longer on the air. Filmmaker Ariel Nasr's full-length documentary describing Rana FM, "Good Morning Kandahar",{{cite web|url=http://www.afghanfilmproject.com/our-team/ariel-nasr |title=Ariel Nasr - Our Team |publisher=afghan film project |access-date=2013-12-27}} aired on November 11, 2008, on [CBC Newsworld](/source/CBC_Newsworld){{cite web|url=http://www.ukings.ca/building-bridges-screen |title=Building bridges on screen | University of King's College |publisher=Ukings.ca |date=2012-12-11 |access-date=2013-12-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/thelens/2008/goodmorningkandahar/ |access-date=December 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510145956/http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/thelens/2008/goodmorningkandahar/ |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |title=Good Morning Kandahar}} and won the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) Reel Diversity Competition.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/halifax-filmmaker-finds-new-take-on-afghan-war-1.757034 |title=Halifax filmmaker finds new take on Afghan war - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News |publisher=Cbc.ca |access-date=2013-12-27}} ==See also== * [Radio stations in Afghanistan](/source/Radio_stations_in_Afghanistan) * [Radio Free Afghanistan](/source/Radio_Free_Afghanistan) * [CFB Kingston](/source/CFB_Kingston) ==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Radio stations in Afghanistan Category:Radio stations established in 2007 Category:2007 establishments in Ontario Category:2011 disestablishments in Ontario Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2011 Category:Defunct mass media in Afghanistan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rana FM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_FM) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_FM?action=history)). 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