 On March 23, 2002, VOA had changed its shortwave Arabic service to an appealing station for the youth, named "Radio Sawa" ("Radio Together"), started broadcasting on a more easily receivable MW signal from Cyprus.For the first time, the state allowed "Good News" to start a joint venture with the state-controlled ERTU, which started a test broadcasting for two popular song stations to Greater Cairo, as of June 2002.The two were "Nogoum FM" ("Stars FM"; for popular mainly Egyptian songs) and "Nile FM" (for popular mainly American songs).