Mandalay FM explained

Mandalay FM
City:Mandalay
Area:Mandalay, Yangon, Taungoo
Airdate:[1]
Frequency:87.9 MHz FM
Format:News and entertainment
Power:50 kW
Owner:MCDC and Forever Group
Sister Stations:Teen Radio Pyinsawadi

Mandalay FM is a radio station that serves the Mandalay metropolitan area (90 miles around Mandalay), broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 87.9 MHz and on the Internet. Now the radio station is also serving 30miles around Taungoo and 60miles around Yangon.

Mandalay FM radio will be able to tuned along the Yangon-Mandalay Highway in December. It is operated by the city government, MCDC, FM is one of two radio stations available in Mandalay. Mandalay's sole FM station employs a pop culture-oriented format with a focus on Burmese and English pop music, entertainment programs, live celebrity interviews, etc., offering an alternative to the propaganda-laden programming of the state-run Myanmar Radio National Service.

The station is a joint venture between MCDC and Forever Group, one of the country's few multimedia companies with close ties to the country's military government.[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mandalay gets FM station . 2008-03-24 . Kyaw Zin Htun and Soe Than Linn . The Myanmar Times . 2009-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101216064919/http://mmtimes.com/no411/n002.htm . 2010-12-16 . dead .
  2. News: Junta Approves FM Station For Mandalay . Solomon and Than Htike Oo . 2008-03-20 . The Mizzima News.