Mandalay City FM

Mandalay City FM

City of license	Mandalay
Broadcast area	Mandalay, Yangon[citation needed], Taungoo[citation needed]
Frequency	87.9 MHz FM
First air date	3 April 2008[1]
Format	News and entertainment
Power	50 kW
Owner	MCDC and Forever Group
Sister stations	Yangon City FM

Mandalay City FM is a radio station that serves the Mandalay metropolitan area (80 miles around Mandalay), broadcasting at on the FM band at a frequency of 87.9 MHz^{[citation needed]} and on the Internet. Now the radio station is also serving 30 miles around Taungoo and 30 miles around Yangon city. Mandalay City FM radio will be able to tuned along the Yangon-Mandalay Highway in December. It is operated by the city government, MCDC, City FM is one of two radio stations available in Mandalay. Mandalay'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., offering an alternative to the propaganda-laden programming of the state-run Myanmar Radio National Service.

The station is a joint venture between MCDC and Forever Group, one of the country's few multimedia companies with close ties to the country's military government.^[2]

References

1. ^ Kyaw Zin Htun and Soe Than Linn (2008-03-24). Mandalay gets FM station. The Myanmar Times. http://www.mmtimes.com/no411/n002.htm. 
2. ^ Solomon and Than Htike Oo (2008-03-20). "Junta Approves FM Station For Mandalay". The Mizzima News. http://www.mizzima.com/component/content/article/273-junta-approves-fm-station-for-mandalay.html.