Mithila politicos to ride FM wave this time
Posted on Saturday, March 07, 2009
7 Mar 2009, 0428 hrs IST, Pranava K Chaudhary, TNN
PATNA: Politicians in Bihar's Mithilanchal will be using FM radio channels for campaigning. More than half a dozen FM radio channels of 'Nepal origin' have become quite popular among people living in bordering areas of Bihar, including Sitamarhi, Madhubani and Darbhanga districts.
The FM radio stations will broadcast politicians' speeches mostly in Maithili, the language spoken in the region. The channels use both Nepali and Maithili for their programmes. Maithili is the unofficial second language in Nepal spoken by Madhesis.
In recent times, FM radio has become quite popular in the Mithila belt. Some of the popular FM radio channels are Radio Janakpur, Radio Mithila, Janakpur FM, Radio Today, Janaki FM, Mithilanchal FM and Radio Appan Mithila. These FM stations mainly cover parts of Nepal and the Mithila region. The channels have become popular among the middleclass as well as villagers. They also broadcast news of local interest.
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