STAR radio

The radio station began broadcasting on FM in July 1997 supported by the Foundation Hirondelle.

[2] In January 1998, the Charles Taylor led government removed the station from the airwaves for a week.

[3] In 1998, reporter Vinicius Hodges won first prize for radio in CNN's African Journalist of the Year Competition.

[5] The ban was lifted on November 3, 2003, after the Taylor regime was deposed, and STAR resumed broadcasting on May 25, 2005.

[8] In September 2008, the station received praise for their coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission from the Liberia Media Center.

STAR reporter Wellington Geevon Smith with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice