Radio Polynesia is a major radio station

Radio station

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 and source of news

News

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 and information

Information

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 in Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

. Founded in 1989, the radio station's head office is situated in Savalalo, in the capital Apia. Radio Polynesia operates four separate radio stations, broadcasting in both English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and Samoan

Samoan language

Samoan Samoan Samoan (Gagana Sāmoa, is the language of the Samoan Islands, comprising the independent country of Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa. It is an official language—alongside English—in both jurisdictions. Samoan, a Polynesian language, is the first language for most...

. In 1998, the station launched Talofa FM, broadcast only in the Samoan language with 100% national coverage including the outer island of Savai'i

Savai'i

Savaii is the largest and highest island in Samoa and the Samoa Islands chain. It is also the biggest landmass in Polynesia outside Hawaii and New Zealand. The island of Savai'i is also referred to by Samoans as Salafai, a classical Samoan term used in oratory and prose...

.

Radio Polynesia is owned by promoter and businessman Maposua Rudolf Keil

Maposua Rudolf Keil

Maposua Rudolf Keil is a Samoan business man and owner of the Radio Polynesia 98FM radio station. In 1997 it was one of the only radio station in Western Samoa that were independently owned...

, who also owns the local Majik Cinema in Apia. The radio station is managed by his son Corey Keil. Olga Keil is a journalist based with the station.

A celebration marking of the 20th anniversary

Anniversary

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 of Radio Polynesia was originally scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. However, the celebration was cancelled due to the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami

2009 Samoa earthquake

The 2009 Samoa earthquake was an 8.1 Mw submarine earthquake that took place in the Samoan Islands region at 06:48:11 local time on September 29, 2009 . At a magnitude of 8.1, it was the largest earthquake of 2009....

, which devatstated the country the same day.