Radio Metrowave Explained

Radio Metrowave
City:	Dhaka
Area:	Dhaka metropolitan area
Last Airdate:	27 June 2005

Radio Metrowave (Bengali: রেডিও মেট্রোওয়েভ) was the first private radio station in Bangladesh. The station carried a news and entertainment format that it characterised as "infotainment". It broadcasts on frequency 256.41-meter band or 1170 kHz in a medium wave, from 7:30a.m. to 10:30a.m. and noon to 3:00p.m. The station served the Dhaka metropolitan area and adjoining districts. It began broadcasting on 26 March 1999.

Programs

Its programs Probhati, Ajker Din, Ganer Pakhi, Metro Hits, Global Rhythm, Rockwave, Nakshi Katha, Metro Sananda, Sonali Otit, and Station Rock were, according to the station, popular.^[1]

Shutdown

Radio Metrowave was closed down by the government on 27 June 2005 because of its persistent failure to pay off arrears to state-owned Bangladesh Betar, from which it rented a time slot and transmitter.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Communications in Bangladesh
• List of Bangladeshi television and radio channels

Notes and References

1. Web site: Intro . Radio Metrowave . https://web.archive.org/web/20050206223133/http://www.metrowave-bd.com/introduction.htm . 6 February 2005.
2. News: None of the approved radio channels went on air . Probe News Magazine . 3 February 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120208140533/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=658 . 8 February 2012.
3. Book: Banerjee . Indrajit . Logan . Stephen . 2008 . Asian Communication Handbook 2008 . Singapore . . 108 . 978-981-4136-10-5.