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Radio Metrowave
Radio Metrowave ( bn, রেডিও মেট্রোওয়েভ) was the first private radio station in Bangladesh. The station carried a news and entertainment format that it characterised as "infotainment". It broadcast on frequency 256.41 meter band or 1170 kHz in 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. 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. See also * Communications in Bangladesh * List of Bangladeshi television and radio channels Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio station, while in satellite radio the radio waves are broadcast by a satellite in Earth orbit. To receive the content the listener must have a broadcast radio receiver (''radio''). Stations are often affiliated with a radio network which provides content in a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both. Radio stations broadcast with several different types of modulation: AM radio stations transmit in AM ( amplitude modulation), FM radio stations transmit in FM ( frequency modulation), which are older analog audio standards, while newer digital radio stations transmit in several digital audio standards: DAB ( digital audio broadcasting), HD radio, DRM ( Digital Radio Mondiale). Television br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
