Thursday, November 16, 2006

BBC Re-Launches World Service in Cambodia [on BBC 100 FM, but can be heard only up to about 60 km from PPenh]

World Screen News

PHNOM PENH, November 15: BBC World Service programs in English are available in Cambodia through the newly re-launched FM station, BBC 100 FM.

BBC 100 FM broadcasts a range of programs from health and sport to business and music, including BBC’s flagship program Newshour, which is 60 minutes of news and analysis of the day's top stories from the BBC's most experienced correspondents, Outlook, which brings human interest stories from across the globe, and World, Have Your Say - the daily multimedia interactive phone-in program encouraging people across the world to question experts and leading international figures in the news. BBC news bulletins will be available every half hour through the day.

“We are delighted to be re-launching the BBC 100 FM station in Phnom Penh,” says Michel Lobelle, the head of business development for the Asia and Pacific region at BBC World Service It has been available in the country since 1997 but a new transmitter in a central location in the city means an enhanced quality of broadcasts. BBC programs can now be heard in crystal clear quality up to 60 km outside Phnom Penh. English is now more widely spoken in the capital and we hope to gain many new listeners for our unique mix of news, sports and feature programs.”

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

HUn sen will be assassinated by his bodyguard. That bodyguard will be considered as a hero in Cambodia...