[4] In addition to these two local stations, "BBC World Service is available around the clock", and Radio Australia broadcasts are also received in the country.
[3] Altogether, these papers "offer diverse viewpoints",[3] and I-Kiribati people tend to be "avid consumers of news stories" about national politics.
[4] However, not all newspapers reach the outer islands, and those that do are generally "a week to ten days late", due to infrequent transport between the vastly scattered atolls.
[4] In addition, Jon Fraenkel noted in 2006 for the United Nations Development Programme that journalists "are often young, poorly paid and inexperienced, and the same stories often circulate in the various different publications".
[9] It was suspended by the government in March 2013, due to "serious financial problems", and its personnel's "lack [of] expertise and knowledge in programming and production".