Guide Note
Al-Hurra is an U.S. Government sponsored news station that airs in 22 countries in the Middle East. The station is overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. U.S. tax payers have spent $350 million on the project since it's implementation.
Fast Facts
- Launched: February 14, 2004
- Airs in 22 countries om the Category:Middle East
- Based in Springfield, Virginia
- Commercial free, Arabic language station
- Broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- Not seen in the U.S. do to the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act
- Live programming taken off the air in Egypt
- Means "The Free One" in Arabic
- Is an alternative to Al Jazeera
- Funded by U.S tax payers
- Cost for project: $350 million1
- Low viewer ratings and smaller audience than regional news stations1
- Largest audience in Iraq with 9 million weekly viewers1
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