Bangladesh Betar

Public radio broadcaster of Bangladesh

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* Bangladesh Betar
* বাংলাদেশ বেতার

Type| National public broadcaster
Country|

Bangladesh

Headquarters| Agargaon, Dhaka

Broadcast area

* National
* Worldwide

Owner| Government of Bangladesh

Launch date

| 16 December 1939; 85 years ago (1939-12-16)
Affiliation(s)| World Radio Network

Official website

| betar.gov.bd

Bangladesh Betar (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ বেতার; lit. 'Bangladesh Radio'),[1] is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939. It was later made part of Radio Pakistan. After the independence of the country in 1971, Radio Pakistan ceased transmissions there and the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra was renamed to Bangladesh Betar, which took full control of all radio stations in the country at the time.

Bangladesh Betar is a sister service to Bangladesh Television, which is also state-owned.[2][3] It operates several AM and FM stations around Bangladesh. It also broadcasts in six languages, including Bengali, to listeners in the country and overseas.[4] Hosne Ara Talukdar is the Director General of Bangladesh Betar.[5]

## History

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### Early years

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Radio transmission in the region now known as Bangladesh commenced in Dhaka on 16 December 1939 during British rule, as a part of All India Radio. Initially, the station was located at the Nazimuddin Road in Old Dhaka.[4] Its maximum transmission range was 45 kilometres. Leila Arjumand Banu performed on the first day of broadcasting. After the territory eventually fell into Pakistani rule in 1947, the station in Dhaka became a part of Radio Pakistan.[4] In 1954, broadcasting started in Rajshahi. On 8 September 1960, the radio station was moved to a modern office in Shahbag with six professional studios. More regional stations were opened in Sylhet in 1961, Savar in 1963, Rangpur in 1967 and in Khulna in 1970.[6]

### Independence of Bangladesh

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Radio played an important role during the Bangladesh War of 1971. On 26 March 1971, the broadcasting centre of Radio Pakistan was used to transmit a declaration of independence, which was picked up by a Japanese ship in Chittagong Harbor and retransmitted. On 26 March 1971, as the Pakistan Army took over the radio station in Dhaka, the Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Betar Kendra clandestine radio station was established in a two-storey building in Kalurghat, constantly broadcasting Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's call for independence. The station was later renamed to Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra (Independent Bengal Radio Station).[7][8][9] Because of heavy shelling, the station had to be relocated several times. It was first relocated to Tripura on 3 April, and ultimately moved to Kolkata on 25 May, from where it would broadcast until the end of the war.[7]

### Post-independence

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On 6 December, the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra was renamed to Bangladesh Betar, which ultimately replaced Radio Pakistan in Bangladesh.[10] The radio broadcaster was renamed to Radio Bangladesh in 1975, but was reverted back to Bangladesh Betar in 1996.[4] Its current headquarters were completed in 1983 at National Broadcasting House, Agargaon.[11] Bangladesh Betar was the sole radio broadcaster in Bangladesh until the establishment of Radio Metrowave in 1999, which itself was shut down on 27 June 2005.[12] In January 2020, the programming of Bangladesh Betar began to be distributed to India via All India Radio's stations in Kolkata and Agartala, and also on AIR's app.[13]

## Stations

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Schedule MW

Center | Frequency (kHz) | Meter | Power (kW) | Broadcast Time(Local)

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Dhaka-ka | 693 | 432.90 | 1000 | 06:30-12:10 and 14:15-23:30
Dhaka-kha | 819[14] | 476.19 | 100 | 00:00-03:00, 06:30-12:10 and 14:15-23:30
Dhaka-Ga | 1170 | 256.41 | 20 | 15:00-17:00
Chittagong | 873 | 343.64 | 100 | 06:30-10:00 and 12:00-23:10
Rajshahi | 1080 | 277.77 | 10 | 06:30-10:00 and 12:00-23:10
Rajshahi | 846 | 354.60 | 100 | 06:30-10:00 and 12:00-23:10
Khulna | 558 | 537.63 | 100 | 06:30-10:00 and 12:00-23:10
Rangpur | 1053 | 284.90 | 10 | 06:30-10:00 and 14:00-23:10
Sylhet | 963 | 311.52 | 20 | 06:30-10:00 and 12:00-23:15
Barishal | 1287 | 233.10 | 10 | 06:30-11:15 and 14:55-23:15[15]
Thakurgaon | 999 | 300.30 | 10 | 06:30-11:10 and 15:00-23:10[16]
Rangamati | 1161 | 258.39 | 10 | 11:00-21:00
Cox's Bazar | 1314 | 228.31 | 10 | 08:30-14:10
Bandarban | 1431 | 209.64 | 10 | 11:00-21:00
Cumilla | 1413 | 212.31 | 10 | 11:00-23:30

Schedule FM

Center | Frequency (MHz) | Meter | Power (KW) | Broadcast Time(Local)

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FM100, Dhaka | 100.0 | 3.00 | 3, 10 | 06:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00, 17:00-23:45, 00:00-03:00
FM, Dhaka | 97.6 | 3.07 | 5 | 06:30-12:00; 14:15-23:15
Traffic Broadcasting, Dhaka | 88.8 | 3.38 | 10 | 07:00-23:00
FM 90.0 | 90.0 | 3.33 | 5 | 09:00-19:00
FM 95.0 (Home Service) | 95.0 | 17:30-22:00
FM, Chittagong | 105.5 | 2.85 | 2 | 06:30-10:00; 19:00-23:10
FM, Khulna | 102.0 | 2.94 | 1 | 06:30-10:00; 19:00-23:15
FM, Rajshahi | 104.0 | 2.88 | 5 | 06:30-10:00; 19:00-23:10
FM, Rajshahi | 88.8 | 3.38 | 10 | 06:30-10:00; 14:00-23:10 (Sun-Thursday) and 14:00-15:00; 16:00-23:10 (Friday-Saturday)
FM, Rangpur | 105.0 | 2.86 | 1 | 06:30-10:00; 19:00-23:10
FM, Rangpur | 105.6 | 2.84 | 1 | 14:00-15:00; 18:20-23:00
FM, Cumilla | 103.6 & 101.2 | 2.96 | 2 | 06:30-10:00; 17:00-23:10
FM, Thakurgoan | 92.0 | 3.26 | 5 | 06:30-11:15, 14:00-15:00, 16:30-23:15
FM, Gopalganj | 92.0 | 3.26 | 10 | 08:00-11:00, 14:05-16:00, 17:00-21:00
FM, Cox's Bazar | 100.8 | 2.98 | 10 | 06:30-15:55, 19:00-23:10
FM, Mymensingh | 92.0 | 3.26 | 10 | 08:00-11:00, 14:05-16:00, 17:00-21:00

## See also

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* Bangladesh portal
* Radio portal

* Telecommunications in Bangladesh
* Radio Pakistan
* All India Radio

## References

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1. ^ Biswas, Sailendra (2000). "Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed". Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 786.
2. ^ "Autonomy of BB and BTV". The Daily Star. 7 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
3. ^ বিটিভি-বেতারে পুরোটাই 'সরকার'. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 29 December 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
4. ^ a b c d বাংলাদেশ বেতারের প্রতিষ্ঠা বার্ষিকী আজ. Samakal (in Bengali). 16 December 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
5. ^ "Hosne Ara Talukder made DG of Bangladesh Betar". United News of Bangladesh. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
6. ^ "Bangladesh Betar - The Story of Glory". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 24 February 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
7. ^ a b Jinat Jahan Khan (26 March 2021). "Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra: the source of inspiration and bravado during the liberation war". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Retrieved 3 August 2022.
8. ^ Shoesmith, Brian; Jude William Genilo (1 September 2013). Bangladeshs Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Force. Intellect Books. p. 81\. ISBN 9781783201259. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
9. ^ "Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendro and Bangladesh's Declaration of Independence". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 25 November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
10. ^ মুক্তিযুদ্ধে বিজয়ে অনন্য ভূমিকা রাখে রেডিও. Janakantha (in Bengali). 13 February 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
11. ^ বেতার সম্পর্কে কিছু কথা. Bangladesh Betar. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
12. ^ Debra L. Merskin, ed. (12 November 2019). The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. SAGE Publications. p. 409\. ISBN 9781483375540. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
13. ^ এবার ভারতে শোনা যাবে বাংলাদেশ বেতার. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 20 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
14. ^ বাংলাদেশ বেতার. Bangladesh Betar (in Bengali).
15. ^ বাংলাদেশ বেতার.
16. ^ বাংলাদেশ বেতার.

## External links

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* Official website
* Bangladesh Betar Traffic Wing, Traffic FM 88.8

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