RADIO Mahdia is expected to go on air in October.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) , Gavin Gounga, told the Guyana Chronicle Tuesday that the equipment for the radio station arrived in the gold-mining area on Sunday last. The equipment will be installed later this week as a technician is expected to travel to the region within the coming days.

Gounga said that infrastructural works for the radio station have been completed. The radio station will operate out of the government compound at Mahdia. Reports are that the station is likely to be commissioned in mid-October and staff from the area will be trained after a period of time to man the facility.

In July, the REO told the Department of Public Information (DPI) that some persons from the community will be trained as presenters by renowned broadcaster Dr. Rovin Deodat, when the radio station becomes operational.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo during the commissioning of Radio Mabaruma last year, had said that people in the hinterland must be brought on stream with what is happening in other parts of Guyana. Radio Mahdia will be the fourth community radio station in Guyana. To date, hinterland community radio stations are operational in Annai and Lethem in Region Nine, and Mabaruma in Region One.