Voice of Vietnam

The Voice of Vietnam (also Radio the Voice of Vietnam, Vietnamese: Đài Tiếng nói Việt Nam) is the Vietnamese national radio broadcaster.

This article is about the radio broadcaster. For the television talent show, see The Voice of Vietnam.
Voice of Vietnam (VOV)
TypeRadio network
Country
 Vietnam
AvailabilityNational, International
OwnerGovernment of Vietnam
Launch date
1945
Official website
vov.vn

The first Vietnamese-language radio transmission was made on 2 September 1945, when the President Ho Chi Minh read out the Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

As of 2004, it was estimated that VOV programs reached more than 90% of all households in Vietnam.

History

Prior to 1945, the Vietnamese were banned from owning radio receivers, and broadcasting was under control of the French colonial government, which established the first radio station in Vietnam, Radio Saigon, in the late 1920s.

Vietnam's national radio station, now called the Voice of Vietnam, started broadcasting from Hanoi just a week after the declaration of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with the declaration "This is the Voice of Vietnam, broadcasting from Hanoi, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam."[1] During the Vietnam War, Radio Hanoi operated as a propaganda tool of North Vietnam. In August 1968, Voice of Vietnam commenced shortwave broadcasts for Vietnamese living abroad.[1]

South Vietnam set up its own network in Saigon in 1955.

Following Reunification, all of the radio stations were combined into the Voice of Vietnam, which became the national radio station in 1978.

Station

Hanoi
VOV1:675kHz/100.0MHz
VOV2:549kHz/96.5MHz
VOV3:102.7MHz
VOV5:105.5MHz
VOV Transportation:91.0MHz
VOV English:104.0MHz
Power:500kW (1)/200kW (2)
VOVTV: Television channel of VOV

Dong Hoi
VOV1:630kHz
VOV2:729kHz
Power:200kW
Danang
VOV1:594kHz
VOV2:702kHz
Power:10kW (Day)/50kW (Night)
Qui nhon
VOV1:648kHz
VOV2:740kHz (June:738kHz)
Power:50kW (January)/100kW (June)
Nha Trang
VOV1:666kHz
VOV2:576kHz
Power:50kW (January)/100kW (June)
Dak Lak
VOV1:675kHz
VOV2:819kHz
Power:10kW (January)/100kW (June)
Ho Chi Minh City
VOV1:657kHz
VOV2:558kHz
VOV3:104.5MHz
VOV Transportation:91.0MHz
Power:100kW (January)/200kW (June)
Can Tho
VOV1:711kHz
VOV2:783kHz
Power:500kW (1)/200kW (2)
Other
VOV4:747kHz/873kHz
VOV FS:1242kHz
Power:200kW (TPHCM)/500kW (Can Tho)
Location:TPHCM (747)/Can Tho (873/1242)

See also
  • Media of Vietnam

References
  1. "Historic Milestones". Radio the Voice of Vietnam website. Radio the Voice of Vietnam. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
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