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Iraqi Radio Station for Women Marks First Anniversary Amid Challenges

By Eileen Buckley

Buffalo, NY – The first ever women's radio station in Iraq, and all of the Arab region, is celebrating its one-year anniversary. WBFO News first reported on the radio station last June. The station has endured physical damage, but remains on the air.

However, station leaders are now working to raise money to buy a new transmitter. WBFO'S Eileen Buckley talked with a radio station spokeswoman, who is in Salt Lake City this week to raise funding.

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