South Korea to air English language FM radio: (15-Jan-08) The South Korean government plans to launch a new FM English radio broadcaster in major cities as early as this year for foreigners staying in Korea and students studying English. This will expand English FM radio nationwide from Jeju Island, which alone has operated a service.
The presidential transition team said that the Ministry of Information and Communication suggested allowing Arirang Radio to broadcast programmes in English, delivering news and information on the weather, traffic and tours. Alongside foreigner-targeted programmes, there will be English education programmes for students. "We believe allowing the broadcasting will give people the chance to choose what they want to listen to. Also, it will be a good tool to promote a foreigner-friendly image of Korea," Park Yoon-hyun, a ministry official, said. Private firms will run the broadcasting stations, but in areas considered unprofitable, state-subsidies will be available. The government will determine the allocation of frequencies later reports The Korea Times. (ABU Website) Yours truly, MD. AZIZUL ALAM AL-AMIN E-65, GOURHANGA, GHORAMARA RAJSHAHI-6100 BANGLADESH ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
