Arabic News Channel for Children to Be Aired

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Staff Writer
Publication Date: 
Thu, 2003-07-03 03:00

ABHA, 3 July 2003 — MBC plans to air the first children’s news channel. Sources at MBC said to Al-Watan, that a child would read political, economic, social and sports news in a way to make them easy for children to understand. Initially the channel will broadcast every day at 4 p.m. for 15 minutes.

The source said that this project was educational and had a budget for correspondents in such cities as Riyadh, Damascus, Cairo and Beirut. Announcers will be between the ages of 10 and 13.

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