Radio broadcasting started in Bahrain in 1940 by the British as a war-measure. Regular radio broadcasting, in Arabic, first started in 1955. By 1980, the...
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Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made...
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Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC; Arabic: تلفزيون البحرين, romanized: Tilifizyūn al-Baḥrayn) is a public broadcaster in Bahrain with headquarters...
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The Amateur Radio Association of Bahrain (ARAB) is or was a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Bahrain. The organization...
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Bahrain Youth Radio (Arabic: إذاعة البحرين الشبابية), or 98.4 Shabab, is a Bahraini radio channel affiliated with the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation...
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Telecommunications in Bahrain are provided by the Bahrain Telecommunications Company, trading as Batelco, as well as other companies such as Zain and STC...
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The economy of Bahrain is heavily dependent upon oil and gas. The Bahraini Dinar is the second-highest-valued currency unit in the world. Since the late...
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In Bahrain, there are seven free-to-air television channels, four of which are privately owned. The country's public service broadcaster, Bahrain Radio...
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9 FM Yerevan) Public Radio (107.7 FM / 69.7 FM Yerevan) Bahrein News Agency Foreign Stations: AFN Bahrain BBC Arabic BSKSA Radio Emarat FM MBC FM Panorama...
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though it is blocked in the country. Like the country's television services, it is primarily state-run, under the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation;...
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the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: ملك مملكة البحرين Malik Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn) is the monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The House of Khalifa...
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Transport in Bahrain encompasses road transportation by car, air transportation and shipping. The country traditionally had one of the cheapest prices...
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Bahrain International Airport (IATA: BAH, ICAO: OBBI) (Arabic: مطار البحرين الدولي, romanized: Maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī) is the international airport...
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and other aspects of the population. Most of the population of Bahrain is concentrated in the two principal cities, Manama and Al Muharraq. Regarding the...
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Bahrain's record on human rights has been described by Human Rights Watch as "dismal", and having "deteriorated sharply in the latter half of 2010". Their...
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Bahrain Fauna of Bahrain Birds of Bahrain Mammals of Bahrain Beaches in Bahrain Gulf of Bahrain Hills in Bahrain Mountain of Smoke Islands of Bahrain...
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The Constitution of Bahrain states that Islam is the official religion and that Shari'a (Islamic law) is a principal source for legislation. Article 22...
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2011 Bahraini uprising (redirect from 2011 protests in Bahrain)
The 2011 Bahraini uprising was a series of anti-government protests in Bahrain led by the Shia-dominant and some Sunni minority Bahraini opposition from...
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elected in single-seat constituencies for a four-year term. The upper house, the Shura Council, has 40 members appointed by the King of Bahrain, with the...
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living in Bahrain face legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBT residents. While same-sex sexual activity was decriminalised in 1976...
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Hassan Salman Kamal (category Radio in Bahrain)
poet and broadcaster. He was born in Manama. He started working for the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) in 1959, rising from an editor and...
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Bahrain. Bahrain was the site of the first Persian Gulf-based recording studio, established after World War II. Modern music institutions in Bahrain include...
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The flag of Bahrain (Arabic: عَلَم الْبَحرَيْن) consists of a white band on the left, separated from a red area on the right by five triangles that serve...
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in GCC countries: UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain. As per the latest IRS data released in 2017, Radio Mirchi has emerged as the number one FM broadcaster in Delhi...
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system is used in Bahrain, one which can be easily bypassed, however more recent events have shown more sophisticated and pervasive filtering. In January 2009...
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parties are illegal in Bahrain but operate as de facto political parties under the term political societies. Political societies in Bahrain range from the...
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The prime minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: رئيس مجلس الوزراء في مملكة البحرين, romanized: Raʼīs Majlis al-Wuzarāʼ fī Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn),...
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The Ajam of Bahrain (Arabic: عجم البحرین), also known as Persians of Bahrain or Iranians of Bahrain (Persian: ایرانیان بحرین), are a collection of ethnic...
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The Kingdom of Bahrain consists of Bahrain Island and 33 of the 37 Bahrain Islands, lying in the Persian Gulf's Gulf of Bahrain off the north shore of...
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1981 Bahraini coup attempt (redirect from 1981 failed coup in Bahrain)
all involvement. According to the government of Bahrain, an Iranian had brought two radios into Bahrain to be used by the plotters. The individuals planned...
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