Nigeria’s Cross River State Government has awarded the contract for the supply and installation of complete UHF television/radio full transmission system for Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC). The Commissioner for Information and Orientataon, Ntufam Edet Okon Asim, who briefed newsmen at the end of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting, said the contract which will be undertaken in phases will cost about N958 million (US$8,317,416).Asim disclosed that the contract is to be handled by a reputable contractor that has an impeccable track record in the electronic media industry, adding that it is intended to replace the epileptic [sic] transmission of the station whose services do not go beyond the shores of the state. He said with new 20 kW transmitters for both the radio and television, signals from the stations will cover the whole state.
(Source: This Day Online)
Andy Sennitt adds: Presumably this means that the mediumwave transmitter at Ogoja on 1134 kHz, currently listed as 10 kW, is to be replaced with a 20 kW transmitter.
(source: R netherlands Media Network Weblog)
