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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1989
NEW RADIO CHANNEL FOR TRAFFIC, WEATHER NEWS
TRAFFIC
APPROVED NEWS,
THE FUNDING WEATHER AND
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE TODAY (WEDNESDAY} FOR A NEW
TO BROADCAST RADIO CHANNEL EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
A
THE $3.4 MILLION PROJECT WILL PROVIDE UPDATED INFORMATION ON
AM ΤΟ REGULAR AND REPEATED BASIS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, FROM 6 MIDNIGHT DAILY.
THE STATION WILL BE OPERATED
BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG
KONG
{RTHK).
RTHK HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED PRIVATE TRAFFIC-RELATED ORGANISATIONS, UPDATED INFORMATION TO THE NEW CHANNEL.
CONTACTS WITH 30 GOVERNMENT AND
ARE WHICH
READY ΤΟ PROVIDE
INFORMATION
COMMENTING ON THE PROPOSAL. A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN WAS AN ACUTE
FOR UP-TO-THE-MINUTE NEED WEATHER AND OTHER HAZARDS.
SAID THERE ON TRAFFIC,
UP EXTREMELY QUICKLY IN THE SERIOUS CONGESTION COULD BUILD
SIZE EVENT OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS OR OTHER INCIDENTS DUE TO THE COMPACT AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN THE TERRITORY.
MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF ESTABLISHING
THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED THAT THE DISSEMINATING EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC WAS BY A NEW CHANNEL DEDICATED TO THE PURPOSE.
AT
PRESENT,
ANNOUNCEMENT
WHILE
EVERY COMMERCIAL
30
RTHK BROADCAST TRAFFIC MINUTES DURING RUSH HOURS AND HOURLY AT OTHER TIMES, RADIO ALSO MADE SUCH ANNOUNCEMENTS AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
REACHED NORMAL LISTENERS, THE SPOKESMAN
"A SEPARATE CHANNEL IS NECESSARY AS THE POINT HAS BEEN THAT MORE TRAFFIC INFORMATION WOULD MEAN SERIOUS DISRUPTION TO PROGRAMME SCHEDULING AND ANNOYANCE TO THE SAID.
"
TO PROVIDE THE NEW SERVICE. AN ADDITIONAL MEDIUM FREQUENCY (MF) TRANSMITTER SITE AT GOLDEN TRANSMITTER WILL BE INSTALLED AT RTHK'S HILL AND ASSOCIATED STUDIO FACILITIES INSTALLED AT BROADCASTING HOUSE.
AN EXISTING
SMALL RADIO CONTINUITY
HOUSE WILL ALSO BE MODIFIED AND EQUIPPED.
STUDIO
AT BROADCASTING
INITIALLY, A SPARE MAST ANTENNA AT GOLDEN HILL, AND ONE
SERVICE AS EXISTING TRANSMITTERS WILL BE UTILISED TO START THE
OF THE SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
THE TRANSMITTER WILL BE REPLACED BY A NEW ONE IN MID-1989.
MF AS THERE IS NO THE NEW CHANNEL WILL BROADCAST IN CHANNEL AVAILABLE IN THE VERY HIGH FREQUENCY BAND.
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