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Background

Radio Fiza was the sixth of the original pilot Access Radio stations in the United Kingdom which paved to way for the full launch of community radio stations in 2005. The Karimia Institue provided programming on Thursday, Friday and Saturdays between 0800-1200 and 1900-2300 hours and on Sunday between 0800-1200. The remaining programming was provided by the Asian Women's Project who now broadcast as Faza FM. On 28 March 2006 The Karimia Institue moved their programming to 107.6FM and commenced broadcasts as 107.6 Dawn FM. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ...

Programming

Speech-led programming with news and current affairs focussing on issues of local concern and interest. Included are interviews, discussions, phone-ins and features. Music styles featured include Qawalis, Naats, and Ghazals. Dawn FM broadcasts in English (60%), Urdu, Punjabi, Mirpuri, and various Arabic languages and English In poetry (and as the lyrics in songs), the ghazal is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. ... Look up English in Wiktionary, the free dictionary As an adjective, English refers to anything from or pertaining to England. ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... Punjabi (also Panjabi; in Gurmukhī, Panjābī in Shāhmukhī) is the language of the Punjab regions of India and Pakistan. ... The Pothohari language otherwise known as Mirpuri or Potwari is an Indo-European language spoken from the Potwar district around Rawalpindi, Pakistan to the Indian-Kashmiri border in the Mirpur district in Azad Jammu Kashmir. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ...

See also

• List of radio stations in the United Kingdom
• Faza FM

This is a list of radio stations in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man: // National analogue and digital stations BBC Radio 1 - 97-99 MHz FM BBC Radio 2 - 88-91 MHz FM BBC Radio 3 - 90-93 MHz FM BBC Radio 4 - 92-95...

External Links

Radio launch press release from OFCOM Radio Licence