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Article: PNP to operate AM radio station.
- Article from:
- Philippines News Agency
- Article date:
- September 27, 2008
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MANILA, Sept. 26 (PNA) - The Philippine NationalPolice (PNP) will put up an AM radio station that will serve as an emergency broadcast, weather warning, and mass communication system.
A Memorandum of Agreement signed Friday by the PNP, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration (PAGASA) paved the way for the the PNP to operate the radio station in 1170 khz AM, a frequency assigned to the OCD.
The radio station will primarily operate as a policebroadcast service for anti-criminality, and peace andorder concerns; and as an emergency broadcast systemfor disaster preparedness and response ...