NATIONAL Communications Network (NCN) Radio 98.1 FM celebrated its 17th anniversary on Friday last, and marked the occasion with a live road show held at Stabroek Market Square in downtown Georgetown.

Members of the public were gifted with hampers at the road show, after answering questions pertaining to the radio station and its establishment.

Sound Engineer and Studio Supervisor Devon Roberts told this publication that, to observe the event, NCN wanted to make radio more interactive and also to give members of the public, an opportunity to meet the radio announcers, DJs and others manning the radio station, hence the live road show was conceptualised.

Roberts added that the public received the initiative very well, and turned out in their numbers to participate in the question-and-answer segment.

He said because NCN also wanted to make 98.1 FM social media savvy, the station has been placed online and has received good feedback since its launching on the Web.

He explained that listeners and others can comment on the 98.1FM website, besides it providing an avenue for them to air their concerns and rate the programmes on radio, so radio can improve.

Radio Manager Michella Abraham-Ali was also present, and interacted with members of the public during the question-and-answer segment. She said that NCN received hampers from several companies to make the Friday event extra special, hence NCN was able to give away the prizes that it did.