Taiping empty FM frequency "97.3MHz" (low power transmitter broadcast)

As I mentioned before, there has some empty frequencies in Taiping, mainly 88.8MHz, 92.4MHz, 93.2MHz, and 105.7MHz, even the narrow 97.3MHz.

In my opinion, 88.8MHz, 92.4MHz, 93.2MHz are suitable for the radio stations which cover Northwest Perak although sharing frequency with RTM radio stations from Baling, meanwhile 105.7MHz is suitable for the radio station such as IKIM.FM which cover North Perak (Taiping, Gerik, Lenggong, Parit Buntar), South Kedah and Penang.

"97.3MHz" is only suitable for radio station like one FM which only cover certain areas such as Taiping, Changkat Jering, Kamunting, Padang Rengas and Batu Kurau.

Currently one FM in Taiping should be tuned to 87.8MHz to listen, but not all Taiping areas can receive 87.8MHz clearly.

Normally the transmitter power for radio stations in Taiping are from 0.25kW to 2kW. Previously RTM Bukit Larut transmitter power was only 0.1kW, reception was just normal, but RTM Bukit Larut transmitter power is increased to 0.5kW now. The private commercial stations use 2kW power.

"97.3MHz" is quite suitable for one FM to set in Bukit Larut, Taiping, but its transmitter power must be low (minimum- 0.1kW, maximum- 0.5kW) to prevent interference with two radio stations which are beside to “97.3MHz”, one FM can set up Bukit Larut frequency for Taiping and some areas in North Perak only like Seremban frequency, 88.3MHz, which also only covers Seremban and certain areas of Negeri Sembilan.

97.3MHz is a narrow FM frequency in Taiping because there has two stations from Gunung Jerai, mainly Sinar FM and Kedah FM are using 97.1MHz and 97.5MHz respectively for Kedah, Penang and Perlis. The frequency difference between 97.3MHz and 97.1/97.5 MHz are only 200 kHz.

97.1MHz- SINAR FM (Gunung Jerai; 2kW)
97.3MHz- <empty>
97.5MHz- Kedah FM (Gunung Jerai; 5kW)

The "97.3MHz" low power transmitter for Bukit Larut cannot be received in Central-South Perak clearly. Ipoh will not receive any signal of "97.3MHz". If one FM use "low power" Bukit Larut frequency, 97.3MHz cannot be received in Penang, Selama, South Kedah, Kuala Kangsar, Lenggong, and Parit Buntar clearly, 87.8MHz or 87.6MHz can be tuned as alternative frequency.