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Louisiana Sends FM Radio Stations to Haiti
By: News Report on March 17, 2010
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Louisiana’s homeland security office is sending two FM radio stations and a team to Haiti to help set them up. The stations will go up in the rural cities of Fort Liberte and Ouanaminthe. The low-power stations will enable emergency personnel to communicate with those impacted by the recent earthquake, local TV station KLFY reported.

Montaigne Marcelin, the communications regulator for Haiti, requested assistance through the FCC.

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