Broadcast area Nawalparasi First air date 21 August 2004 | Frequency 101.6 MHz Power 1000 watt | |
City Gaindakot, Nawalparasi, Nepal Slogan satya thathya sunchana, jantako adhikar
(सत्य तथ्य सुचना, जनताको अधिकार) |
Vijaya FM (Nepali: विजय एफ एम) is a Community radio station based in Gaindakot, Nawalparasi, Nepal. It is run by Vijaya Community Information and Communication Cooperative Society Limited (VICCOL) which was established in 2001. It went on air on 21 August 2004. It is now available 18 hours daily on 101.6 MHz. Its main objective is to make the people living in rural areas aware about the information of the overall globe.
Contents
It has now run many radio programs that becomes the core concern of any society. These programs includes office time, and many others. It also fetches the news via International news agencies like BBC and national agencies like Ujyalo, Nepal khabar, kayakairan and many more. .
History
The concept of starting a community FM started 12 years ago in Gaindakot, Nawalparasi where the broadcasting building of Vijaya FM stands with glory. Its first on air broadcasting was in August 2003. Since then Vijaya FM has somehow become successful in satisfying their audiences seeking for better and reliable national and international news. Now Vijaya FM has successfully completed 11 years of broadcast.
Capacity and coverage
Vijaya FM now has the transmission capacity of 1000 watts with the help of modern transmission equipments. Currently this FM has successful transmission in 22 districts of Central-Nepal including Nawalparasi, Chitwan, Tanahun, Bara, Parsa, Lamjung, Syanja, Gorkha, Makwanpur, Dhading, Nuwakot, Parbat, Baglung, Palpa, Gulmi, Kapilvastu and Rupendehi etc.
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Genres
Vijaya FM airs various English, Hindi songs but does have its core focus in Nepali in major regions of Nepal. The genres of music played by the station are: