Radio SOMA | |
City: | Sukhum |
Area: | Abkhazia |
Frequency: | 107.9 MHz |
Airdate: | 31 December 1997 |
Format: | Music |
Language: | Russian |
Owner: | Independent |
Radio SOMA (Russian: Радио СОМА) is a Russian-language musical FM radio station based in Abkhazia. It is Abkhazia's only independent radio station.
The first broadcast started on 31 December 1997. Radio SOMA was founded by Zurab Ajinjal, who first had the idea to launch the station in 1997.
The station broadcasts usually 24 hours a day on 107.9 MHz in Abkhazia. The studio of Radio SOMA is located in a building of the Abkhazian State University.
Radio SOMA is a partner of Voice of Russia.[1]
Radio SOMA is a partner of Conciliation Resources in their South Caucasus Radio Diaries project.[2]
In 2004 Radio SOMA prepared the cd Абхазия – взгляд изнутри (Abkhazia – A Look Inside) meant to describe today's life in Abkhazia.[3]