JEDDAH: The government has plans to increase the broadcasting hours of Islam Call Radio, according to Dr. Abdul Aziz Khoja, Minister of Culture and Information. Khoja was speaking here Thursday night at a reception to honor members of the media who covered the Haj this year. Also present at the event was Prince Turki Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Minister of Culture and Information. Khoja said King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has ordered that Islam Call Radio should increase its broadcasts from four to 12 hours daily from the month of Muharram, 1432H. It will possibly be broadcast 24-hours a day in future, he added. “What enhances the positive impact of the media is to take advantage of the technological revolution in the field of mass media,” the minister said. He said the Kingdom has already been blessed with two satellite channels – one for the Holy Qur'an from the Holy Mosque of Makkah and another one for the Prophetic Sunnah from the Prophet's Mosque in Madina. The two channels were established a year ago and were linking Muslims around the globe, he added.
