Although broken by rapids, the Congo River and its tributaries offer a major and highly developed transportation network. The Congo-Ocean Railroad 137mi links Brazzaville to Pointe-Noire; a 286-km spur links the line to Moanda, Gabon. Only a small %age of the 12,800 km of roads are paved. The road network is densest in the south. International airports serve Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.There are 6 daily newspapers published in the Congo. The government radio station broadcasts from Brazzaville, and a national television network began transmission in 1963. In 1997 there were an around 126 radio receivers and 12 television sets for every 1,000 people. There were 8 telephone mainlines per 1,000 people in 1998.