MUMBAI: The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has announced new frequencies for all FM Broadcasting Stations in Sri Lanka with effect from today. These new frequencies will be applicable for 45 FM Radio Channels presently operating within the 87.5 – 108 MHz frequency range in Sri Lanka.
In an effort to minimize technical problems hindering listeners from obtaining a clear sound reception, the new FM broadcast frequency plan was prepared under the National Telecommunications Policy drawn upon the instructions of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and executed by Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, as per a press statement.
The TRCSL is vested with full powers to determine and allocate the use of FM frequencies among radio broadcasters in Sri Lanka. At present there are about 45 FM broadcasting channels which operate within the 87.5 – 108 MHz frequency range.
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The TRCSL prepared a new transparent plan to re- allocate the frequencies among the FM channels taking into account the frequencies used by them at present. This was done on the basis of a national policy to reform the existing system, with the objective of minimising the practical problems currently confronting both the radio broadcasters and the listeners.
Under the new plan, the frequencies have been allocated in such a manner to ensure that all FM radio channels could be accessed with ease and sound broadcast from these radio channels is clearly received and heard by the listeners without loss of quality in any part of the island, including remote areas. The existing frequency separation of 100 khZ between two channels has now been increased to 300KHz. This new arrangement will enable the radio listeners to get a clearer reception in any part of the country from any single frequency.
