Bahrain to get new FM station

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The Ministry of Information Affairs announced auctioning its FM Radio channel at 89.2 MHz frequency for five years.

The contract comes with all rights to operate and manage the FM channel Radio Studio 24x7 in the Kingdom.

The winning contractor, the ministry said, must provide FM Transmitter, Transmission Line, Pie Rack and connectivity to Pie Rack from the auctioneer’s Radio Studio.

A tender launched on 19th April attracted two bidders, said the Tender board in a statement.

Group Plus for Advertising, which quoted BHD 327,625.000, was the highest bidder.

The other bidder, Rami Productions Middleeast, quoted BHD 299,250.000, according to Tender board documents.

Stations by frequencies Some of the other Radio stations in Bahrain by frequencies are Radio Sawa (89.9MHz) Deutsche Welle / Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya (90.9 MHz), Emarat FM (92.3 MHz), Sawt al-Khaleej (94.4 MHz), Sawt el-Ghad (94.8 MHz), BBC World Service in English (101.0 MHz), Panorama FM (103.0 MHz) and BBC World Service in Arabic (103.8 MHz).

Most of the radio stations in the Kingdom are state-owned, except for Radio Mirchi (104.1FM), which is a privately-owned radio station broadcasting in Hindi and Malayalam.