Friday, October 27, 2023

NBC Launch new Medium Wave Transmitter

 


By cloudpng

The National Broadcasting Corporate (NBC) has launched its MW transmitter on the 20th of October 2023 giving a wider transmission coverage in the Southern Region. This is the second MW Transmitter to be launched after the first was in the Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) in Goroka for the Highlands region. The AM band is 585 Khz and 900 Khz.

The next transmitter will be for the New Guinea Islands (NGI) region in East New Britain (ENB) province followed by the Momase region in Lae, Morobe Province. The AM Band has a wide coverage compared to the FM band however NBC will also install SW to cover the whole country in the future as announced by the Minister for Information and Telecommunication Hon Timothy Masiu