Deutsche Welle Bengali Services will end its FM
broadcast in Bangladesh on March 10, 2013. Presently its FM service is
available in all divisional towns in Bangladesh with crystal clear reception. Instead of Radio program,
DW will start a Bengali Weekly TV show 'exploration' from April 16, 2013 via
its partner in Bangladesh Ekushey Television.
Deutsche Welle South and Southeast Asia Division Head,
Graham Lucas, said "after a long discussion DW authority has decided to stop FM
broadcast. An agreement with Bangladesh Betar, we had aired two 30-minutes
program on FM in Dhaka as well as other five cities in Bangladesh. The agreement
period with Bangladesh Betar will expired on March 9, 2013 and then DW FM
service would be closed.
No doubt, it is a bad news for Bangladeshi listeners because
they will miss DW Bengali program on FM in their cities. But the reality is, there
are so many listener tunes their favorite radio-DW on FM with excellent reception. It is interesting for me that this news comes after 3 days of World
Radio Day celebration, where we talked so much about radio, its importance’s
etc. What a surprising decision by DW!
It seems that ignoring Radio, DW is paid too much
importance to Television. It is not right, at least I think. What’s your
reaction, the listeners?
Read My Article "Deutsche Welle Enjoys A Great Success in Bangladesh"
Md. Azizul Alam Al-Amin
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
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