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“The death of these
colleagues is a great loss to the staff,” said the station’s newsroom director,
Gesner Toussaint. Radio Lumière is
one of media outlets in the Haitian capital,
Since the earthquake,
Radio Lumière has been operating from a makeshift tent, like most media outlets
in the Haitian capital. With great difficulty, it is resuming its daily news editions.
With the death of journalist Marlene Joseph, the midday news editions have stopped,
Toussaint told CPJ. However, Radio Lumière continues to relay news reports three
times a day in Creole from the U.S.-backed Voice of America. "The loss of
our three journalists deeply hinders the operation of the newsroom," said
Toussaint.
Radio
Lumière is facing a deep financial crisis, said Reverend Varnel Jeune. According to Jeune, the station’s reserve funds are exhausted and its
journalists are receiving only half their salaries.
The earthquake
has completely changed the activities that were expected to mark the 50th
anniversary of the Haitian gospel radio station, which was founded in 1959 by David Hart, an American evangelist from the
West Indies Mission. Radio Lumière reaches 90 percent of the Haitian territory. Broadcasting on both AM and FM, the central studio is connected by
a network of local radio stations to the 10 geographical departments in the
country. Radio Lumière launched the Télé Lumière
channel in 1999. Its
programs are usually broadcast in Creole.
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se pou CPJ voye je gade koman pou ede jounalis sa yo ak media ki kraze yo. konsa yo pap dekouraje.
God bless and rest the souls of these three journalists... Our thoughts and prayers are with their families, colleagues, and all the Haitians that are affected one way or another by this devastating earthquake. It's remarkable how radio Lumiere's main studio in Carrefour, epicenter of the quake, suffered no serious damages. Like all the struggling media outlets in Haiti right now, I am sure their ever lasting tenacity, diligence, and good will stay neither unnoticed nor unappreciated...
Cher Mr. Gesner Toussaint
Pourrirz-vous m'appeler dans ce numero suivant:5615024023 Merci
Aujourd'hui journée 6 juillet 2010 c'est un grand jour pour moi, un grand a le seigeur Jesus qui c'est mon protege,je demande une priere a radio lumiere pour mon Anniversaire.
Merçi a radio lumiere.
J'adore Radio Lumiere. Je m'en raffiole a fortiori. Je me souviens jadis des emissions telles: Tas Kafe Cho qui se passait chaque matin, du lundi au vendredi a partir de 6:00 a.m. Aussi 5-6 presente par le tres regrette memoire l'immourable Gethro Julien.