Radio Padma 99.2, first community radio station in Bangladesh launched

Bangladesh formally entered the era of community radio with the launch of Radio Padma FM 99.2, a community radio station initiated by the Centre for Communication and Development (CCD), a local NGO, on 7th Oct 2011 (Friday). Radio Padma began broadcasting after an after an inaugural ceremony organised by CCD in collaboration with Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC), UNESCO and World Association of Christian Communication (WACC) at the Dr Kaiser Memorial Auditorium of Rajshahi Medical College in the afternoon.

Information Minister Abul Kalam inaugurated the broadcasting program of community radio `Radio Padma' in Rajshahi Medical College auditorium as the chief guest. He said Radio Padma, the first community radio station among the 14 allocated so far in the country, started its broadcasting in Rajshahi from today. He said the rest 13 stations will go for airing very soon.

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More community radio stations in Bangladesh

By October 2011, there will be 14 Community Radio stations in Bangladesh. At present there of them have started test transmission and 11 will be on air by September 2011. News said that all the stations have installed their studios and waiting for Government's green signal to go on air.

Here is the Station list :

District / Station Name / MHz
Kurigram Radio Chilmary 99.02
Naogaon Barind Radio 99.02
Chapai Nawabgonj Radio Mahananda 98.80
Bogura Radio Mukti 99.02
Moulavi Bazar Radio Pollikantha 99.02
Munshigonj Radio Bikrampur 99.02
Chittagong Radio Sagargiri 99.02
Cox Bazar Radio Naf 98.80
Barguna Amtolir Lokobetar 98.80
Bargun Krishi Radio 98.80
Khulna Radio Sundarbon 98.80
Satkhira Radio NAlta 99.02
Jhianidah Radio Jhinuk 99.02
Rajshahi Radio Padma 99.02

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(Ashik Eqbal Tokon, Rajshahi , Bangladesh)

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