External broadcaster China Radio International (CRI) launched a local FM relay service in Vientiane, the Laotian capital, on Sunday 19 November 2006. Transmitting on 93.0 MHz, the service is on the air between 1000 and 2230 hours local time (0300-1530 gmt) with programmes in Laotian, English and Mandarin.
The service is also available on a live audio stream from the broadcaster’s website at www.cri.cn, accessible from both the English page and the Laotian page. The latter page also offers an on-demand audio archive of CRI’s programmes in Laotian.
State-owned China Radio International produces 392 hours of programming in 43 languages daily, broadcasting around the world by shortwave, mediumwave, FM, satellite and the Internet.
(Source: BBC Monitoring research, in English 1650 gmt 26 Nov 06/ R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
