"For a small country, Fiji has a relatively extensive media infrastructure. There are three major dailies (The Fiji Times, The Daily Post and The Sun), one commercial television station (Fiji One), eighteen commercial radio stations, three monthly business magazines and a number of other commercial publications. A research media survey carried out in 2000 showed that newspaper readership is generally falling (Pacific Media Watch, April 2000). Yet they have still a major role to play in Fiji society as a source of information. Fiji One TV station claims to access 80% of Fiji’s population. Radio is Fiji’s most effective medium in terms of coverage; it penetrates into the most isolated island homes. Access to Internet is limited to the better off in urban areas.
[...] Community media is a relatively new concept to Fiji, even though there is small community television station operating out of Nadi Town, and there are two community stations operating – one under the auspices of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Community Education Centre (as a training of trainers programme) and the Emperor Gold Mines community radio station. However, whether these community-media operations are actually in-tune with the principles and participatory development approach that community media advocates, is still unclear." (Pages 6-7)