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Yangon's sole FM station employs a pop culture-oriented format with a focus on Burmese and English pop music, entertainment programs, live celebrity interviews, etc. The station is highly popular, especially among the youth (mainly 20s and 30s ), as it provides an alternative to the dreary propaganda-laden programming of Myanmar Radio National ...
Until the launch of Yangon City FM in 2001, BBS/Myanmar Radio was the only radio station in the country. For years, its main broadcast center is at 426 Pyay Road in Kamayut in Yangon. Since late 2007, the main broadcast station has moved to Naypyidaw. Yangon Station now mostly relays Naypyidaw Station's programming. [1]
Television broadcasting in Myanmar began in 1979 as a test trial in Yangon. [1] The first television service BBS was launched on 3 June 1980, [2] followed by regular service in 1981. [3] Most television networks in the country are broadcast from Yangon.
Until the launch of Yangon City FM in 2001, BBS/Myanmar Radio was the only radio station in the country. For years, its main broadcast centre is at 426 Pyay Road in Kamayut in Yangon. Since late 2007, the main broadcast station has moved to Naypyidaw. Yangon Station now mostly relays Naypyidaw Station's programming. [citation needed]
CITY Frequency First air date 1 Sagaing: 88.9 MHz 25 August 2009 2 Myitkyina: 88.9 MHz 17 December 2009 3 Monywa: 88.6 MHz 7 February 2010 4 Kantbalu: 88.6 MHz 29 May 2010 5 Bhamo: 88.9 MHz 30 May 2010 6 Nan Mar 88.9 MHz 30 August 2010 7 Pyinmana: 89.5 MHz 1 September 2010 8 Katha: 88.9 MHz 8 September 2010 9 Yangon: 88.2 MHz (Former 91 MHz)
One of the biggest and most populous townships in the country with 15% of Yangon's urban population living there, Hlaingthaya also has a major industrial and factory presence. [3] While Hlaingthaya is a largely working class suburb, developers have also built luxury housing developments in the southeastern part of the township.
Yangon, [a] formerly romanized as Rangoon, [4] [5] is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. [ 6 ]
Yangon City Hall The building is considered a fine example of syncretic Burmese architecture, featuring traditional tiered roofs called pyatthat , and was designed by Burmese architect U Tin , who also designed Central Railway Station . [ 1 ]