Radio station to be established

Radio station to be established

FAKFAK, Irian Jaya: The state-owned Indonesian Broadcasting
System (RRI) is planning to build a 10-KWH radio broadcasting
station this fiscal year in Pasir Putih village, 10 km east of
here.

The project, to be funded by the Japanese government, was
estimated to cost Rp 6 billion, Fakfak RRI station chief Bahrun
Siregar was quoted by Antara as saying here yesterday.

Siregar said a team from the Film, Television and Radio
Directorate General and two Japanese technicians had surveyed the
site for the station.

He said the local government had set aside a 6.2 hectare site,
which is to contain an 100-meter high antenna, a building for a
diesel generator and several staff houses. The station would use
an 100-watt FM stereo radio transmitter.

Siregar said the old local radio station would be maintained
for use in emergencies, particularly if the new station had
technical problems.

From next month, he said, people in Fakfak, Kaimana and Mimika
could expect to receive news and other information from the
station.