SECTOR 3 in the management of ORTB with a few exceptions like the cases of nomination. he State also pays the salaries of about 200 full-time staf out of a total of 700 workers. he other source of funding, which is major, is from the proceeds of advertisements since ORTB attracts a lot of business as the leading station for advertisements in Benin. Basically, ORTB has structural deiciencies and is therefore bound to sufer various interferences having to do with the nomination of its board members and its sources of funding. his is the reason why people are demanding that the funding of ORTB should be passed yearly when the national budget is brought before parliament. his is not the case in practice since everything is under the auspices of the Ministry of Communication. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 1.2 (2007 = n/a ; 2009 =1.1) 3.8 The state/public broadcaster is technically accessible in the entire country. In theory, there should be 100% coverage but no actual ield research has been done. According to estimates of nation-wide coverage, radio has about 60% ratio of access and TV 40%. he transmitters that have been set up in the hinterland are not continually operational; they depend on generators, which consume a lot of expensive fuel. One can capture ORTB by satellite in the neighboring countries though Lokossa which is 105 km from Cotonou has a very poor reception. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER BENIN 2011 109