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{{Quote|You find they look hidious with their bushy hair and beards infested with fleas. They look like animals. Actually they are animals.|An RTLM broadcast}}'''Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines''' was a Rwandan radio station during the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. It was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda Rwandan] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_station radio station] which broadcast from July 8, 1993 to July 31, 1994. It played a significant role during the April–July 1994 [[Rwandan Genocide]]. | {{Quote|You find they look hidious with their bushy hair and beards infested with fleas. They look like animals. Actually they are animals.|An RTLM broadcast}} | ||
{{Quote|The voice of the radio station was almost like the voice of God because that was the only type of communication.|Romeo Dollare on a documentary about the [[Rwandan Genocide]]}} | |||
'''Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines''' was a Rwandan radio station during the [[Rwandan Genocide]]. It was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda Rwandan] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_station radio station] which broadcast from July 8, 1993 to July 31, 1994. It played a significant role during the April–July 1994 [[Rwandan Genocide]]. | |||
The station's name is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French] for "One Thousand Hills Free Radio and Television", deriving from the description of Rwanda as ''"Land of a Thousand Hills"''. It received support from the government-controlled Radio Rwanda, which initially allowed it to transmit using their equipment. | The station's name is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French] for "One Thousand Hills Free Radio and Television", deriving from the description of Rwanda as ''"Land of a Thousand Hills"''. It received support from the government-controlled Radio Rwanda, which initially allowed it to transmit using their equipment. |