The Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS), the country's national broadcaster, has launched an online radio service.BBS Radio introduced the Internet service yesterday to mark the 28th birthday of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.The audio service is available for 15 hours a day, from 0000 to 1500 GMT (6am to 9pm local time). It can be accessed via the BBS website: http://www.bbs.com.bt/.
BBS Radio broadcasts on FM and shortwave in the national language, Dzongkha, as well as Sharchop, Lhotsham and English. Its shortwave service can be heard as far afield as Europe and New Zealand.BBS also runs a television service, introduced in 1999, which broadcasts for five hours each evening in Dzongkha and English in the capital, Thimphu. The programmes are rebroadcast the following morning.BBS has been a member of the ABU's daily news exchange, Asiavision, since January 2006.
(Source : Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union)
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