Radio BIR | |
City: | Sarajevo |
Area: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Branding: | Commercial |
Format: | Islamic radio Community radio |
Language: | Bosnian language |
Coordinates: | 43.8667°N 43°W |
Callsign Meaning: | RADIO BIR |
Owner: | Islamic Community of BiH Radio-televizija Islamske zajednice "BIR" d.o.o. Sarajevo |
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Radio BIR is a Bosnian commercial Islamic radio station, broadcasting from Sarajevo. The station focuses on Islamic religious program (e.g. Reading of the Quran), traditional Bosnian Sevdalinka songs and short national news. The program is also available via the Internet at official website www.bir.ba.
Radio BIR started with broadcasting on 11 February 2008. It has been created first and foremost in order to transmit the Islamic Prayer Programme for Bosnian Islamic Community.
Since 2015, the headquarters of Radio and Television of the Islamic Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina - BIR is located in the building of the Gazi Husrev-bey's Library in Sarajevo (Gazi Husrev-begova 56A).[1]
Radio BIR through quality educational and educational, cultural and informative political content strives to be the leading media in the public interest that respects and promotes the values of Islam.[2]
The program is currently broadcast on 21 frequencies: