'RCTI' to have powerful new tower<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): TV viewers in the Greater Jakarta area and those
\nresiding in the northern part of West Java will get a clear
\nreception of RCTI following the completion of a powerful 275-
\nmeter tower next year.<\/p>\n
According to Ralie Siregar, executive director of the
\nIndonesian first privately owned television station, the tower,
\nwith a capacity of 120 kilowatts, is expected to be completed in
\nApril 1996.<\/p>\n
RCTI currently broadcasts its programs through a 60-kilowatt
\ntower at its headquarters in Kebon Jeruk, West Jakarta, leaving
\nsome of its viewers with poor RCTI pictures on their televisions.<\/p>\n
\"The new tower is 25 meters shorter than the Eiffel Tower,\"
\nSiregar told reporters at a press conference here yesterday.<\/p>\n
The tower is being constructed close to the old one, he said,
\nbut gave no information on the cost.<\/p>\n
During the press meeting, Siregar also announced that RCTI,
\nwhich already has 20 relay stations, started the trial-run
\noperation of its new relay stations in 10 cities yesterday in an
\nattempt to dominate the airwaves of the archipelago.<\/p>\n
The new 10 relay stations are located in Lhokseumawe,
\nPekanbaru, Bandar Lampung and Padang in Sumatra, Cirebon,
\nPurwokerto, Pekalongan and Kediri in Java, Ampenan in West Nusa
\nTenggara and Samarinda in East Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
\"Insya Allah (God willing), we'll operate eight other relay
\nstations in the middle of next year,\" said Alex Kumara, RCTI
\ndirector of operation, who accompanied Siregar at the press
\nmeeting.<\/p>\n
The stations will be built at Banda Aceh, Jambi and Bengkulu
\nin Sumatra, Garut, Cilegon and Jember in Java, Palangkaraya in
\nCentral Kalimantan and Kendari in Sulawesi.<\/p>\n
The first 20 relay stations, already operated by the six-year
\nold broadcast company, are located in almost all big cities and
\nimportant towns, including Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang, Solo,
\nYogyakarta, Ambon, Jayapura, Denpasar, Manado, Ujungpandang,
\nMedan, Palembang, Kupang, Batam, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin, Malang,
\nPalu, Cirebon and Cilegon.<\/p>\n
According to Siregar, the cost of relay stations ranges
\nbetween Rp 500 million (US$219,780) and Rp 2 billion each.<\/p>\n
Data shows that only the government-owned station TVRI has
\nenough relay stations nationwide to cover 80 percent of
\nIndonesia's territory.<\/p>\n
The other four private televisions, TPI, SCTV, AN teve and
\nIndosiar, broadcast their programs in different ways. Unlike the
\nother three companies, which only have few relay stations due to
\nlimited budgets, currently TPI relays its TV programs using the
\nTVRI stations.<\/p>\n
In line with the trial-out operation of its new relay
\nstations, RCTI also increased the power capacity of the exist
\nstations, such as those in Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang, Medan,
\nand Denpasar.<\/p>\n
According to Alex, the expansion program of the company in the
\npast few years has led a large number of viewers in neighboring
\ncountries being able to watch RCTI programs, including those
\nabout Indonesia's culture.<\/p>\n
Reports show that RCTI programs can be viewed via antenna disc
\nby people in Singapore, Johor (Malaysia), Taipei, Northern
\nAustralia, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea, Alex said. (bsr)<\/p>",
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