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This Article is about FM broadcasting in Pakistan

Background

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (formerly named RAMBO - Regulatory Authority for Media and Broadcast Organizations) was formed to gradually liberate the broadcasting sector in Pakistan. PEMRA has issued a number of licenses to Cable TV operations, FM Radio stations and Satellite TV Channels.

As per the current rules, FM broadcast licenses are only awarded to the parties that commit to open up their FM broadcasting stations in at least one rural city along with the major city of their choice.

Major Channels, Known Affiliations and Orientations

  • CityFM 89 (Freq= 89) affiliated with Dawn Group of Newspapers - High-end English-speaking listening crowd
  • Radio One FM91 (Freq = 91) - High-end, English-speaking crowd but targeting the higher end non-English speaking class too
  • Radioactive 96 (Freq=96) - Catering to youth segment across the high-end class
  • FM100 (Freq=100) - Oldest FM broadcasting station with large following. Caters to all segments of society.
  • FM101 (Freq=101) - Owned by state-run Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation but managed by a team of well-delegated professional team. Caters to all segments of society
  • Mast FM103 (Freq=103) - Foreign funded. Occasional partnership with BBC of UK. Often broadcast programs recorded or done live in the US.
  • Hot 105 (Freq=105) - Sacchal Group - Catering to local population's taste with emphasis on playing Urdu songs from Indian movies.
  • FM 106.2 (Freq=106.2) - Caters to General population tastes
  • Apna Karachi 107 (Freq=107) - Focused on Karachi. Famous for live traffic updates of Karachi that are not always very useful due to fact that the radio cannot provide any alternate route information to the would-be affectees.

Right Winged FM Broadcast

There are no known FM channels aligned to the right winged society despite the fact that religion plays an extremely important role in all the aspects of the local society.

Sustained Illegal FM Broadcasts

Reports have regularly appeared in the local and international media about the operations of illegal (unauthorized by PEMRA) FM broadcasting activities in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in the North West Frontier Provence (NWFP) of Pakistan. These broadcasts have often been backed by amateur quality hardware and have reportedly played a significant role in fanning religious temperatures in the already (politically) sensitive area.

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