Thursday 6 August 2015

Review of Fly FM Kedah frequency 99.1MHz transmitter site migration

Currently Fly FM frequency for Kedah 99.1MHz is transmitted from Alor Setar Tower, but coverage is only for Alor Setar due to its height. In the past, Fly FM 99.1MHz had been transmitted from Gunung Jerai and Wisma PKNK.

Due to interference with Thailand radio station from Satun, Fly FM 99.1MHz was forced to shift to Wisma PKNK.

Menara Alor Setar can only covers 20-30% areas of Kedah state, even the coverage is smaller than Bukit Palong Kedah.

Bukit Palong TV and radio transmitter tower was established since 1995. Current user was RTM. The main coverage of Bukit Palong is Baling and Pengkalan Hulu, but it can transmit to further areas like Sungai Petani, Sik, Yan, Alor Setar, North Seberang Perai, Pokok Sena, Kuala Kedah, Gurun.

In my opinion, Fly FM should migrates its 99.1MHz transmitter site to Bukit Palong Kedah in order to expand wider coverage of Kedah areas.

Bukit Palong does not only cover Kedah areas, also parts of Penang, Perlis, Langkawi, Northern Perak, as well as Thailand like Betong/Yala.




99.0MHz: Satun Radio
99.1MHz: Fly FM Bukit Palong Baling
99.3MHz: THR Raaga Bukit Penara

OK

==FLY FM Kedah frequency== (my review)
Frequency: 99.1MHz (same as current)
Recommended location: Bukit Palong, Baling, Kedah
Recommended power: 2kW or 5kW


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