On 17 September the Tajik private radio company Imruz opened its affiliate in Sughd province of Tajikistan.

The founder of Radio Imruz is the company Oriyono Media Ltd. From 2002 to 2005 Oriyono Media rebroadcast programs of “Russkoe Radio” (Russian Radio). On 15 August 2007 the company launched its own radio station – Radio Imruz.

Up to quite a recent time, Radio Imruz was available only in Dushanbe and its suburbs; however, the company has its correspondents in Sughd province, in Khatlon, in Rasht valley and in Gorno Badakhshan.

Since 17 September Radio Imruz has been broadcasting in Khujand and Chkalovsk and in Bobojon Gafurov district of Sughd province.

Director of the radio company Rustam Joni says that Imruz is a commercial information medium. The company invested $15 thousand to expand the broadcasting coverage, and it will keep allocating additional funds in Sughd province to further improve the quality of its broadcasting.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service