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[music]
DJ Lomisak: [laughs] Ok, this is starting with a drum.
Ta da ta da dum.
Rosemary Wilfred: [singing] You are my brother…
Tethluach Yong: [singing] …no need to cherish luxuries,
'cause everything come and go…
DJ Lomisak: I am not a musician but I like music,
so I have to stand up and dance, so that is live music.
My listeners during my program they listen and they are really enjoying the music
the program. Like, they are ready to stay with me until morning.
The Congolese music is coming like a tsunami to sweep everybody with the music.
Tethluach Yong: When DJ Lomisak does it, whoo! I am just there.
I’m like, I feel like it is the real thing.
Rosemary Wilfred: I became a journalist because I was inspired
by a lot of women out there who do journalism and
I also feel it’s some obligation on my side to take information
to my community out there who otherwise don’t
have a chance to know what’s going on in the country.
[Announcing] Thirty minutes before four, and you’re
listening to the Sound of Shore with me Rosemary.
Just in a short while we’ll be speaking to [fades out].
Mabior Philip: I feel Eye Radio is the most trusted source of news
and carries the best programs.
Some people think if it is something that has been talked about
but has not gone on air on Eye Radio, chances are it may not be true.
Nicola Mandil: Suppose the government comes and says they
are not signing this agreement, they are not for this agreement,
what is going to happen to this agreement and what is going to happen in South Sudan?
Seyoum Mesfin: Well, obviously the current situation and
the war will continue in South Sudan.
It will continue to claim many thousands of lives and it will be heart bleeding
and definitely painful that no one wants to see that happening.
But definitely, the international community is saying,
“No, this time we must stop this war.”
Rosemary Wilfred: I can say Eye Media is trying to help the people,
especially at the grassroots, to give them a voice,
to give them information and they really like Eye Radio
because they feel us, they feel us connected.
And especially in this post-conflict situation where
everybody needs information, everybody needs to know the truth
and needs to know what is going on in the country.
When something is happening, we really need to get and read
it on the show because they need it and we need to read it accurately
and we need to balance it so they can judge for themselves
where the problem is or what future they hold.
Koang Pal Chang: Our objective is to inform the people, to get
information to people and correct information, accurate.
Rosemary Wilfred: We always try to get a grip of all the breaking
news in the country. I feel…actually right now
I feel very proud we are breaking that news.
I feel so proud that they are getting it from me and not someone else,
not any other place, it’s me saying it all. I mean, it feels great.
Tethluach Yong: This is what I’m made for.
I’m just naturally like this. [laughs]
Radio cuts across…
[local language]
Koang Pal Chang: It’s not like TV where you sit in one place
but most people in South Sudan, let’s say in Juba and most towns,
have their mobile phones and just pop in their headphones
and just listen and go about their work.
[music]
DJ Lomisak: The role of radio in South Sudan now
– it is the only tool for information.
News
Education
Culture
Poverty eradication
Current affairs information
Everybody’s on board – the illiterate, the literate,
the poor, the rich, those who have electricity,
those who don’t have electricity…they are just all there.
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