Tranlated from French:
Far from abandoning medium wave, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) inaugurated a new AM broadcasting station in Quang Binh province on August 18 to better inform the North Central region. This initiative is part of VOV’s strategy to expand its infrastructure to less urbanized areas.
After a period of construction and broadcasting tests that began in July 2024, the Voice of Vietnam officially put the new broadcasting station into operation.
The new station is located in Luong Ninh (17°25’35.5″N 106°37’37.2″E) and replaced the one located in the center of Dong Hoi city that had been broadcasting since May 19, 1992. The government’s intention is to strengthen the coverage capacity of the Voice of Vietnam to the coastal and island areas of north-central Vietnam without developing large-capacity medium- and short-wave broadcasting stations inside large urban areas.
The new transmitter center is built on former rice fields with an area of 9.4 hectares and represents a total investment of more than 168 billion VND, which is equivalent to about 6,084,000 EUR.
According to Mr. Le Dinh Lam, Director of the Voice of Vietnam Radio and Television Technical Center: “The project has applied modern transmission and broadcasting technologies, which has improved broadcasting efficiency, reduced costs but increased the intensity and coverage area”
The station broadcasts the news channel (VOV1) on the frequency of 630 KHz and the cultural and social channel (VOV2) on the frequency of 729 Khz. The new facility expands the coverage area to the Gulf of Tonkin and coastal areas of the Gulf of Tonkin, as well as the central provinces from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien Hue and the Mekong Delta region. The transmission power was not specified.
Radio Magazine FB group (2024-08-25)