The station, Radio Gatashya, was instituted as a direct response to the violent propaganda emitted by Radio des Milles Collines which provoked the killing spree that has evolved into genocide. Radio Gatashya went on air on 5 August 1994 in Goma, after overcoming a number of political and technical problems, such as a lack of electricity or access to the airwaves. It acts as an emergency service, for example, by telling refugees not to drink the water. On a continent like Africa where radio is usually laden with propaganda, that is not an easy task. The HCR has received requests from other humanitarian organizations to encourage the instalment of similar radio stations elsewhere because radio is the most efficacious medium by which to transmit information in the area.
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By the sound of it this must be on FM, but perhaps interesting nonetheless.