Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) Director General Murtaza Solangi has said that Radio Pakistan has entered into a digital era and now its programmes are available for people through different sources. This he said while participating in a private television show devoted to revival of Radio Pakistan in modern era, said a press release on Friday.
Solangi said apart from traditional radio receivers, "our broadcasts can also be listened or watched through mobile phone sets and live streaming through internet enabled smartphones." He said Radio Pakistan was the only government organisation that had a bilingual website and its programmes and news could be accessed in text, audio or video format. When his attention was drawn towards golden age of radio drama and music, Murtaza Solangi said things had changed in this era of commercialisation when both people and artists had different options.
He said Radio Pakistan's financial constraints were major hurdles in attracting the right kind of talent and artists. To a question, he said Radio Pakistan's annual budget was not enough even to pay to the employees' salaries and pensions worth 3.8 billion rupees.
He said nowhere in the world a public broadcasting institution like Radio Pakistan functions without government support. He said unfortunately the license fee of the organisation was abolished in 1999 through Finance Bill by the then Government despite the fact that it is received in almost all the countries. Responding to question by a listener, he strongly dispelled the impression that medium wave transmitters were being closed and said there were parts of the country especially Balochistan where even thousands of FM transmitters would not do the job that a few medium-wave transmitters can.
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