Mandalay City FM
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Mandalay City FM is a radio station
that serves the Mandalay
metropolitan area (80 miles around Mandalay), broadcasting at on the FM band at a frequency of 87.9 MHz and on the Internet. Now the radio station is also serving 30 miles around Taungoo and 30 miles around Yangon
city. Mandalay City FM radio will be able to tuned along the Yangon-Mandalay Highway in December. It is operated by the city government, MCDC, City 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.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
that serves the Mandalay
Mandalay
Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Burma. Located north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of one million, and is the capital of Mandalay Region ....
metropolitan area (80 miles around Mandalay), broadcasting at on the FM band at a frequency of 87.9 MHz and on the Internet. Now the radio station is also serving 30 miles around Taungoo and 30 miles around Yangon
Yangon
Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...
city. Mandalay City FM radio will be able to tuned along the Yangon-Mandalay Highway in December. It is operated by the city government, MCDC, City 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
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, entertainment programs, live celebrity interviews, etc., offering an alternative to the propaganda-laden programming of the state-run Myanmar Radio National Service
Myanmar Radio National Service
Myanmar Radio National Service ), is the national radio service of Myanmar. It has its broadcasting headquarters in both the administrative capital of Naypyidaw and Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. The service runs Myanmar Radio and Myanmar Radio Minorities Service...
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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.