Radio Transmitter Installed To Cover Jonglei State Counties
The Jonglei State Radio Department has installed new radio transmitters to expand radio coverage to the counties in the vast state. 19 February 2013 Jonglei State Radio Director Malek Gutnyin has said that 95.9 fm was donated by Sudan Christian Ministry (SCM) to educate the public on the Gospel and preach peace among the communities in the volatile state.[Jacob Achiek Jok] By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 19 February 2013 [Gurtong] –The Radio Director Malek Gutnyin has said that their old transmitter was having about 500 watts only while the current runs upto 1500 watts which make it clearer than the previous transmitter. Malek has said that 95.9 fm was donated by Sudan Christian Ministry (SCM) to educate the public about the gospel of God and preach peace among the communities in the volatile state. Malek said that they are still monitoring to know how far the radio is covering outside Bor County. “We are still making monitoring in the counties to know how many counties did the radio cover in Jonglei state counties, the old one was covering some parts of Twic East, Awerial County in Lakes State, Bor County and parts of Terkeka County,” Malek said. Malek urged the residents in the counties to try to open their radios so that they can know the coverage of the radio system. He was having a confident that their radio will cover some Payam in Pibor County, Duk, Ayod and Uror counties. He said that the organization which brought radio has established Radio Ngunkata in Kaya and they are planning to establish another radio in South Sudan. “We are very happy that we can reach every part of Jonglei State because our ordinary people who are in the villages have no access to the radio services and with this we need everybody to know what is going on in the state using his own language,” Malek said. The state ministry of Information and Telecommunication has the new radio which is supposed to be on air within February. The ministry is in the process of recruiting staff and the equipment installation is on progress. The Director of Telecommunication and Postal services, Deng Bol Wuol has said that the radio will cover Duk, Twic East and Ayod counties. “We have three station sites that were identified before we go to the counties. We have one radio transmitter in Maar, one in Agar of Duk County and within Ayod County headquarters,” Deng Bol said. Deng said Ayod County is large and they have proposed to install another transmitter in Kadak so that their radio can cover the whole county. Posted in: Home, Governance, Media News -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
