Radio in Laotianlands

Radio in Laotianlands began in 1928 with the establishment of the LLBC. Unlike other broadcasters in Europe at the time, the LLBC was not a monopolistic broadcaster, as the Sound Broadcasting Act of 1930 happened and the Laotianlandian government established the Corporation for Broadcasting Regulation to license commercial radio, with the LLBC instead raring for competition with the mighty Radio Luxembourg.

Callsigns
Broadcast callsigns in the Laotianlands are 4 letters long and can begin with a B, G, L or M. 3 letter callsigns can happen on rare occasions. National unlocalised radio stations like LLBC Radio 1 and DAB Radio Stations like PShot do not use callsigns. Laotianlandian broadcasting callsigns do not use ITU prefixes.

Examples:


 * MKNP-FM Brixington
 * LMXX-FM Rawston
 * GRFD-FM Daxien
 * BWST-FM Infinity Park

Stations in terms of branding would usually downplay the callsign and use a station name or something derived from the callsign for branding.

Examples:


 * Volt FM Bridon
 * E102 Toone
 * TFMusic Infinity Park
 * CFX Celfix

AM
AM Radio was introduced in 1928, before the 90s AM frequencies were announced as the wavelength in metres, until an act was made forcing all radio stations to announce it in the actual AM frequency in kilohertz.

FM
FM Radio was introduced in 1967, with the LLBC National Radio services being the first to launch on FM. The FM band originally went from 87.5-102.1, 102.2-104.5 was introduced in 1982, 104.6-106.7 in 1985 and 106.8-108.0 in 1989.

DAB
DAB Radio was introduced in 1999, the LLBC launched their radio services on DAB in 1999 and the national private radio station launched on DAB the same year.

SW
Shortwave Radio is now obsolete, the most popular shortwave radio station in the Laotianlands was Radio Northway International.

Offshore Radio
Offshore Pirate Radio existed in the Laotianlands from 1966 to the Marine Offences Act in 1982. Popular offshore stations included Big L Radio, Radio P-Fu and Radio Sunflower International. Many offshore stations in the country are now licensed land-based stations.

List of Radio Stations
See List of radio stations in Laotianlands