LAST week iRadio for the first time went public when its frequency and tag lines were announced on one of the social network sites, and it is likely the radio station will be broadcasting from next month on the FM band. iRadio will be streaming on the 90.1 dial of the FM band with the tag line, “90.1 love FM, the heartbeat of Guyana”. However, there was no clear indication on the social media site about details on the official launching of the radio station but this is expected to be done with lots of pomp and ceremony.
Efforts to get an official comment from the persons who are said to be responsible for the management of the new radio station have been futile. This newspaper has been informed that the management of iRadio is not quite ready to ‘spill the beans’ with respect to the features of the station.
In a post on the social network, iRadio informed that it would be testing the strength, clarity and sounds of the new radio station and that was done in the wee hours of Friday morning.
This reporter who heard the testing signals found that indeed the signal and clarity proved to be equal to the competition among the existing radio stations listeners.
Persons desirous of connecting with iRadio can do so by visiting their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/iradioguyana of their website www.iradiogy.com. With the official launching of iRadio which is widely expected to be in April, it will bring the number of active radio stations in Guyana to twelve, a major leap from the three radio stations managed by the state-controlled National Communications Network Inc.
The comments on the social network on the new radio station have been many with one fan being quoted as saying “it’s about time we have a real radio, it’s about time, we haven’t have the love feeling for too long”.
98.1 Hot Fm, 101.1 Fresh FM, 102.5 FM, 94.1 Boom FM, 93.1 Real FM, Radio Guyana 89.5 FM, NTN Radio 89.1 FM the Pulse of Guyana, 89. 7FM (Berbice), 88.5 Rock FM (Berbice) and 89.3 FM (Essequibo) are the radio stations which are operating in Guyana.

(By Asif Hakim)