Uwazi

STATE OF THE MEDIA IN ZAMBIA

Table of Contents
Abbreviations and Acronyms .......................................................................................................4
1.0 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................5
2.0 Methodology .............................................................................................................................5
3.0 Executive Summary .................................................................................................................5
4.0 Findings.....................................................................................................................................7
4.1 Policy and Statutory Framework ...........................................................................................7
4.2 Economic and Technological Environment ........................................................................11
4.3 Legal and Political Environment .........................................................................................13
4.4 Towards enactment of Access to Information Bill ..............................................................21
4.5 Media Ethics ........................................................................................................................22
4.6 Review of Burning Issues ...................................................................................................23
5.0 Conclusion ..............................................................................................................................25
6.0 Recommendations ..................................................................................................................26
Appendices ........................................................................................................................................
Appendix 1 - Summary list of radio and television stations - Combined list of television and
radio stations in Zambia .............................................................................................................28
Appendix 2 - Breakdown of radio stations by province.............................................................33
Appendix 3 - Distribution of television stations by province ....................................................36

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