We begin today's edition with news for diexists. In particular, we will report on the frequencies and broadcasting schedules of a series of clandestine radio stations which broadcast their programmes thanks to the Issoudun rebroadcasting plant in France.

The first of these is BRB Denge Welat which broadcasts from 0230-0530 Coordinated Universal Time on 9525 khz with 250 kW in Kurdish. From 1600-2100 on 11530 khz with 250 kW also in Kurdish language.

We continue with a station that broadcasts to Ethiopia: Radio Dimtse Woyane, transmitting from 0400-0500 UTC on 11620 khz with 250 kW in Tigrinya language. The station has another transmission at 1600-1700 UTC at 17870 khz with 250 kW of power always in Tigrinya language.

The station with transmissions in Hausa to Nigeria called Radio International broadcasts from 0700-0800 UTC at 13710 khz with 100 kW and repeats this broadcast from 1600-1700 UTC at 15285 khz with 250 kW also in Hausa language.

Radio Tigray Media House Dimtse Tigray, has been reported from 1530-1600 UTC at 17545 with 150 kW in Tigrigny language on Wednesdays and Saturdays exclusively identifying itself as "Dimtse Wegahta Tigray".

Below we share some news originating from Latin America.

BOLIVIA continues to be the talk of the new radio stations.

After a year without broadcasting, the radio station "La voz del campesino borjano", located in the region of the same name, in the department of Beni, was reactivated by the Vice-Ministry of Communication and the director of the Radios de los Pueblos Originarios (RPO's), José Aramayo.

Humberto Claros, Communication Secretary of the Bolivian Confederation of Peasant Workers (CSUTCB), recently reported that this community media outlet was paralysed during the de facto government of Jeanine Añez.

The leader pointed out that, given the paralysis of equipment, there are difficulties that will be rectified in the coming days; however, this is not an impediment to "reactivating the voice and presence of the peasants of the nine departments of Bolivia.

The San Borja radio station was already a demand of the inhabitants of this region, "now that remote education is a decisive factor for the education of our children, and also for the prevention of Covid-19," he added.

Turning now to PERU

79.5% of people in the country listen to the radio daily and 93.7% of people listen to the radio weekly, according to a study by the National Urban Radio Audience Center.

According to that source, more than 16.9 million people tune in to the radio every day, listening to the medium for 3 hours and 57 minutes.

Likewise, in a week, radio reaches more than 19.9 million people who accumulate 23 hours and 27 minutes of listening time.

This consolidated 2020 study shows that radio is very close to the people and dismisses the idea that traditional media are disappearing because of the advance of digital platforms.

According to the study, radio's reach is homogeneous in the different areas of the country. In Metropolitan Lima the weekly reach is 92.8%, while in the interior of Peru it is 94.3%.

The study states that the majority of listeners indicate that they use radio devices (radio recorder, portable, car and others), followed by mobile phones/smartphones and PCs/laptops.

However, in Metropolitan Lima, the percentages of listeners who listen to radio via a mobile device or computer are higher than in the interior of the country.

We turn now to news from the REST OF THE WORLD, starting in SOUTH AFRICA.

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) announced it laid off a total of 621 employees on 1 April as part of its restructuring programme.

The SABC said the downsizing is part of its turnaround plan and for its long-term sustainability.

This was confirmed by SABC acting spokesperson Mmoni Seapolelo, who added that more than half of this number are employees who opted for voluntary severance packages.

Seapolielo said a total of 275 employees are those who held positions that have become redundant, some of whom were interviewed for alternative opportunities, but were unsuccessful.

SABC group CEO Madoda Mxakwe said they had to take this route as part of the turnaround plan to ensure that the public broadcaster's long-term financial sustainability and ability to fulfil its broad public mandate becomes a reality.

"The process was necessary to preserve and reposition the SABC as a resilient and viable public broadcaster and public media organisation. We want to be part of the preservation of this national treasure that has the public interest at the heart of its existence," he said.

Mxakwe said they want to transform the SABC and bring its content to all platforms, on all devices and in all South African languages.

And we end our tour in EUROPE, where we first visit FRANCE, with a news item from its international shortwave public broadcaster: Radio France International.

RFI is committed to radio reporting in order to learn more about what is happening in the world. For this reason, the international broadcaster is launching a new edition of the "RFI Reporting Prize in Spanish", aimed at journalism students under the age of 30 living in Latin America and the Caribbean. The name of the winner will be announced on Thursday 11 June in our programme "Paris-America".

Journalism schools are invited to submit a candidate who must send by e-mail to RFI (premio.reportaje@rfi.fr), between 11 March and 23 May 2021, a radio report of a maximum duration of 13 minutes, as well as a proposal for a report to be carried out in Paris.

A jury of RFI journalists will meet to select the best entry. The winner's name will be announced on the "Paris America" programme on 10 June 2021, during the "Latin America and Caribbean Week", which will take place in France from 27 May to 12 June.

The prize consists of a four-week, all-expenses-paid internship at RFI's Spanish-language newsroom in Paris during 2021. During this period, the winner will be able to produce the proposed report.