Archive radio/tv 2000-2003

Archive

2000-2003

Image Channel FM to broadcast radio programme (kp 16/12/2003), Nepal: Image Channel FM to broadcast radio programme (Asia Media, 16/12/2003)

Maoists’ FM Radios off air (ht 05/12/2003)

The ratings game: Corporate advertisers need regular ratings polls to gauge popularity of new television channels, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 28/11/2003)

FMs ignoring folk music (ht 23/11/2003)

Cable TV operator gets ISO 9001-2000 certificate (Himalayan Times, 14/11/2003)

Kantipur FM enters sixth year of transmission (Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2003)

Consolidating viewership for local television, by Arun Khanna (Himalayan Times, 23/09/2003)

New FM soon in Bhaktapur (Himalayan Times, 19/09/2003)

Going on air (Himalayan Times, 11/09/2003)

FM station to blare fare for Karnali locals, by Nitya Nanda Timsina (Kathmandu Post, 05/09/2003)

Metro Channel In The Offing: Under the grant assistance of Chinese government, Nepal Television gets a brand new and modern station (Spotlight, 05/09/2003)

New TV channels. by Vijaya Chalise (Himalayan Times, 20/08/2003)

Media power with responsibility, by Bhagirath Yogi (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2003)

Maoists to launch FM station (Kathmandu Post, 25/07/2003)

Crown Prince launches Kantipur Television (Kathmandu Post, 14/07/2003), Image Metro goes on air (Kathmandu Post, 14/07/2003), Two private TV channels on air (Himalayan Times, 14/07/2003)

UNDP launches Digital Broadcast Initiative (Kathmandu Post, 25/06/2003)

Eight too many?: Six new television channels are starting soon. But where is the audience? by Navin Singh Khadka (Nepali Times, 18/04/2003)

Nepal to have satellite broadcast (Kathmandu Post, 12/04/2003)

Yo BBC ho: The BBC’s Nepali Service is the main source of news for the Nepalis in Nepal and abroad, by Sraddha Basnyat (Nepali Times, 04/04/2003)

Govt working to extend radio Nepal broadcasts (Space Time Today, 04/04/2003)

Radio Sagarmatha seeks donations for construction (Himalayan Times, 26/03/2003)

Radio Madan Pokhara fails to conduct programmes (Kathmandu Post, 28/03/2003)

Something in the air: A new community radio station wins hearts and minds in western Nepal, by Ram Hari Rijal (Nepali Times, 21/03/2003)

'TV-live' comes to Nepal (Rising Nepal, 21/03/2003)

Private TV Channels: Watching The Small Screen Grow Up, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 20/12/2002)

Illegal cable TV responsible for cultural degradation (Space Time Today, 20/12/2002)

Interaction on proposed Community Broadcasting Act (Kathmandu Post, 19/12/2002)

Because of Nepaliness, by Subindra Bogati (Space Time Today, 10/12/2002)

Role of radio in reducing social conflicts (Kathmandu Post, 02/12/2002)

Rescheduled Channel Nepal hit among viewers, by Amar Bahadur Sunar (Space Time Today, 25/11/2002)

Community radio in Nepal, by Chun Bahadur Gurung (Space Time Today, 12/11/2002)

Radioactive in Pokhara: An FM-craze grips Pokhara as listeners tune in to news and music (Nepali Times, 13/09/2002)

Broadcasting Association of Nepal constituted (Kathmandu Post, 27/08/2002)

Kiran, the radio guy (Nepali Times, 16/08/2002)

Catmando: Almost-reality TV comes to Nepal, by Hemlata Rai (Nepali Times, 09/08/2002)

TV Transformation, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 09/08/2002)

MS Nepal to support Radio Lumbini (Kathmandu Post, 29/07/2002)

Far flung Mustang tuned into radio service, by Ghanashyam Khadka (Kathmandu Post, 28/07/2002)

Limbu FM programme in capital (Kathmandu Post, 21/06/2002)

Cable TV: Students' Perspective (Spotlight, 17/05/2002)

Fees, charges are not taxes: SC (Kathmandu Post, 17/05/2002)

FM transmission tower foundation laid (Kathmandu Post, 17/05/2002)

Image Channel to go on air by Dashain (Kathmandu Post, 16/05/2002)

Kantipur TV to go operational within 8 months (Kathmandu Post, 06/05/2002)
See also A New Beginning (Spotlight, 10/05/2002)

Govt awards TV licence to private companies (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2002)

Radio Generates Cultural Awareness, by Shaphalya Amatya (Rising Nepal, 17/04/2002)

Let a thousand community radios boom, by Hemlata Rai (Nepali Times, 01/03/2002)

NTV to serve as varsity in Jumla (Rising Nepal, 16/02/2002)

Govt opens private TV proposals (Kathmandu Post, 14/02/2002)

Task force formed to solve frequency row (Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2002)

Govt slashes frequency, renewal fees: Pvt sector welcomes the move (Kathmandu Post, 14/01/2002)

NTV news in internet (Rising Nepal, 14/12/2001)

NTV goes live in far-west (Kathmandu Post, 14/12/2001)

Kantipur FM: The harbinger of communication in the East, by Purushottam Kattel (Kathmandu Post, 04/11/2001)

Need of Newaa FM stressed (Kathmandu Post, 21/10/2001)

More delay in awarding private TV licence, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (Kathmandu Post, 16/10/2001)

Metro channel soon: 'HMG developing plan of action to make official media effective' (Rising Nepal, 21/09/2001)

FM Radio And Broadcasting Laws In Nepal, by Yuba Raj Pandey (Spotlight, 07/09/2001)

Satellites link Nepali diaspora, by Binod Bhattarai (Nepali Times, 31/08/2001)

Cable TV tariff to go up (Kathmandu Post, 15/08/2001)
See also Cable TVs plan to hike charge, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 21/08/2001)

NTV to launch metro channel (Kathmandu Post, 11/08/2001)

SC favours private FM radio (Kathmandu Post, 27/07/2001)

Satellite TV Transmission: Finding A Place In The Space Age, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 20/07/2001)
See also The Most Important Thing Is To Establish Credibility, Interview with Durga Nath Sharma, general manager of Nepal Television (NTV) (Spotlight, 20/07/2001)

Satellite Television: Beyond National Frontiers, by Sanjaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 13/07/2001)

Two Nepali channels go on satellite, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (Kathmandu Post, 05/07/2001)
See also editorial Missing uplink (Kathmandu Post, 06/07/2001)

'It's a dream come true': NTV set to go global within 10 days, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 27/06/2001)

STN well prepared for Channel Nepal (Rising Nepal, 22/05/2001)

Lost in Space and Time, by Ramyata Limbu (Nepali Times, 18/05/2001)

Paris based RSF favors STNs early broadcast (Telegraph, 09/05/2001)

HBC 94fm expands its activities (Telegraph, 02/05/2001)

Channel Nepal under new fire, by Krishna Sharma (Rising Nepal, 01/05/2001)

Channel Nepal to be launched in mid-April (Kathmandu Post, 20/03/2001)
But see also STN TV broadcast blocked (Kathmandu Post, 12/04/2001) and Channel Nepal Row: Off The Air, by Sanajaya Dhakal (Spotlight, 27/04/2001)

Radio Dovan' on US air (Rising Nepal, 15/03/2001)

FM station in the offing in Pokhara (People's Review, 08/02/2001)

These chatter-boxes! by Babu Lal Bhandari (Kathmandu Post, 06/02/2001)

Press freedom in the context of FM, by Shama (Kathmandu Post, 02/02/2001)

Govt attempt to control FM stations unconstitutional (Kathmandu Post, 27/01/2001)

FM as the bogeyman, by Hemlata Rai (Nepali Times, 26/01/2001)

RSF concerned over FM news ban (Kathmandu Post, 20/01/2001)

Koshi FM begins broadcast from Jan. 14 (Rising Nepal, 19/01/2001)

Goverment Gags Radio (Nepali Times, 19/01/2001)
See also FM radio violating rules (Rising Nepal, 19/01/2001) and editorial A regressive step (Kathmandu Post, 19/01/2001)
On the recent government directives requiring FM radio stations to refrain from collecting and broadcasting news about national and international developments based on their own sources of information

FM radio and new urban communities, by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 12/01/2001)

FM radio and urbanscape, by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 29/12/2000)

Our next step is to hook NTV on satellite and start metro channel (People' Review, 07/12/2000)
Interview with Durga Nath Sharma

Illegal use of radio equipment on the rise, by Ram Sharan Sedhai (Kathmandu Post, 24/11/2000)

BBC questions linked to Lak: Jana Ahwan (People's Review, 16/11/2000)

Hits FM to have its own 91.2 MHz frequency (Telegraph, 01/11/2000)

Hits FM to stop temporarily (Rising Nepal, 26/10/2000)

Nepali nationalism and stupidity of BBC, by Jagadish B Mathema (Kathmandu Post, 15/10/2000)

BBC’s Mea Culpa (Rising Nepal, 13/10/2000)

Beneath and beyond the BBC flap, by M R Josse (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2000)

BBC move hurts Nepal's self-esteem (Rising Nepal, 28/09/2000)
see also Will Brits accept US annexation over UK? (People's Review, 28/09/2000) and BBC apologises for ‘offensive’ question (Kathmandu Post, 29/09/2000) as well as KP editorial A motivated question? (Kathmandu Post, 30/09/2000) and An Apology Too Late (Sunday Despatch, 01/10/2000)

Sagarmatha FM sorry to PAC (Kathmandu Post, 28/09/2000)

Radio Nepal adds 2 more languages for news (Kathmandu Post, 24/06/2000)

NTV reach being extended, says Poudel (Rising Nepal, 14/03/2000)

Village radio programme getting popular (Kathmandu Post, 21/02/2000)

Public radio and societal engagement, by Pratyoush Onta (Kathmandu Post, 11/02/2000)

I am sad with present NTV performance (People's Review, 3 February 2000)
Interview with Neer Shah

NTV may hook up to satellite telecasting (The Kathmandu Post, 29 January 2000)

An experience unlike others, by Babu Lal Bhandari (Sunday Post, 16 January 2000)