Radio Metrowave ( bn, রেডিও মেট্রোওয়েভ) was the first private
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 radi ...
in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
.
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
Bangladesh Betar ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বেতার; ), or BB is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939. It was later made part of Radio Pakistan. After t ...
, from which it rented a time slot and transmitter.
See also
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Communications in Bangladesh
The liberalization of Bangladesh's telecommunications sector began with small steps in 1989 with the issuance of a license to a private operator for the provision of ''inter alia'' cellular mobile services to compete with Bangladesh Telegraph a ...
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List of Bangladeshi television and radio channels
Radio broadcasts commenced in what is now known as Bangladesh in 1939 under British rule, as a part of All India Radio. The state-owned Bangladesh Betar monopolized the radio industry of the country until the launch of Radio Metrowave in 1999. T ...
References
Radio stations in Bangladesh
Radio stations established in 1999
Radio stations disestablished in 2005
1999 establishments in Bangladesh
2005 disestablishments in Bangladesh
Defunct mass media in Bangladesh
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