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ABC Radio (Bangladesh)
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| Type | FM Radio |
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| Owner | Transcom Group |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Language | Bengali/ English |
| Headquarters | 99 Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue Dhaka Trade Center (2nd floor) Kawran Bazar Dhaka Bangladesh |
| Official website | http://abcradiobd.fm/ |
ABC Radio FM 89.2 is the first news-oriented FM radio station in Bangladesh. ABC radio is part of Mediastar, from Transcom Group. It is one of the sister concerns of Transcom Group like The Daily Prothom Alo. The station studio is located at the media area of Kawran Bazar. The Chief Operating Officer of ABC Radio is M. Sanaullah (former chief news editor of Prothom-alo). The station stays on air for 24 hours at FM 89.2 MHz of frequency from Dhaka station. ABC launched its all out commercial operation on 7 January 2009. Its official slogan is বাংলার আওয়াজ (Sound of Bengal).
The station regularly airs
- News Bulletins (Prime / Short)
- Talk show on current affairs, entertainment
- Radio documentary
- Information Updates (Traffic, Outdoor Event, Stock Market, Bazaar, Weather, Culture, Time Queue and many more)
- Live show with RJ’s and cool selection of songs
- Weekly, monthly special programs
- Talks show with celebrities and listeners
- Wide variation of segments
- Special programs on special days
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News
For news, ABC Radio has its strong tie with the most nationally published daily newspaper Prothom-alo. It gets a strong support of almost 250 correspondents countrywide, making it a great nexus for radio news. Besides, it has its overseas correspondents at India, USA, UK and Japan.
Moreover, every hour short bulletins, it has six bangla prime news bulletins and two prime English news.
Programs
The FM channel is broadcasting a lots of program on entertainment. It broadcasts songs on both bangla and english language.
Listeners Participation
Listeners can sms to participate to the radio programs
Coverage area
The broadcasting is covering about 40 million people living in the following districts from Dhaka station. On top of that ABC Radio can now be listen online virtually from anywhere in the world.
- Dhaka
- Narayanganj
- Gazipur
- Tangail
- Manikganj
- Narsingdi
- Brahmanbaria
- Madaripur
- Shariatpur
- Chandpur
- Faridpur
- Comilla
- Some areas of Feni, Kishoreganj and Sirajganj.
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