Television
With a Afghan news and political programs, original reality TV shows, Bollywood movies and American programs like "24", ARIA TV is the first exclusive channel for children and teenagers, while Tolo TV is Afghanistan's most watched station. Saad Mohseni, chairman of Tolo's parent company, MOBY Group, said Moby's revenues are in the $20 million range and the media company operates at a profit. Lemar TV, which broadcasts in Pashto language, is sister channel of Tolo.
Radio
Radio broadcasting went into air in 1925 with Radio Kabul
being the first station. Radio is the most widespread source of
information in the country. There are many radio stations today, with AM, FM and shortwave, broadcasting mainly in Pashto and Dari as well as Urdu and English languages.
Newspapers
Afghanistan has a low readership of newspapers, coupled with 28.1% literacy rate. Many newspapers suffer some form of censorship and financial difficulty, often relying on supporters of President Hamid Karzai, or the former supporters of King Zahir Shah. The principal daily newspapers are state-owned and the privately owned Afghanistan Group of Newspapers
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