The Bhutan Broadcasting Service is the national Radio transmission diagram and electromagnetic waves Radio is a technology that allows the transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of light. Radio waves Radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation, and are created whenever a charged object accelerates with a frequency that lies... radio and See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Family watching television in the 1950s. Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television programming and transmission... television service in The Kingdom of Bhutan is a small, landlocked nation of South Asia, located in the Himalaya Mountains, sandwiched between India and the Peoples Republic of China. The local name for the country, Druk Yul (pronounced dru ü), means land of the dragon. It is also called Druk Tsendhen, land... Bhutan. Run by the state, it is currently the only service to offer both radio and television to the Kingdom, and is the only television service to broadcast from inside the Bhutanese border.

For many years, Bhutan did not have modern telecommunications. The first radio broadcasts commenced in November 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. Events January January 1 - United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, now known as the European Union. January 3 - Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George... 1973, when the National Youth Association of Bhutan (NYAB) began radio transmissions of news and music for a half-hour each Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday, and the second day of the weekend in some cultures. It is considered a holiday in lands of Christian tradition, the day Christians most commonly attend church. In the Gregorian calendar, no century can start on a Sunday. In... Sunday, under the name "Radio NYAB." The transmitter was first rented from a local telegraph office in Thimphu, estimated population 45,000 (1997), is the capital of Bhutan. The city is located on the Wang Chu (Chu River). The Tashichoedzong, a fortress monastery built in the 13th century, has been the seat of Bhutans government since 1952. Dechenphu, Tango and Cheri monasteries are located near the... Thimphu. The government took over Radio NYAB in 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January January 1 - United States and the Peoples Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 - State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings. January 7 - Vietnam and Vietnam... 1979, and renamed it the Bhutan Broadcasting Service in 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 - Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 - After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak leaves... 1986, with expansions in radio scheduling as well as construction of a modern broadcast facility occurring in 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 2 - Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first black woman to lead a city of that size and importance. January 4 - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously... 1991.

The first night of television broadcasts finally occurred on June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. They depart with countless valuables, spoils of the Temple in Jerusalem brought to Rome by Titus... June 2, 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. Events Kosovo War Shooting in Littleton, Colorado, United States, leaves several high school students dead. Y2K preparation was a major event in 1999 both in... 1999, on the night of the Jigme Singye Wangchuk, or in a pronunciation-based Romanization Jimi Singgê Wangchu (born November 11, 1955) is the king of Bhutan. He succeeded to the throne at the age of 17, in 1972, after the death of his father, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (Jimi Dôji Wangchu). He was formally crowned... Jigme Singye Wangchuk's A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary. In the United Kingdom, a Silver Jubilee is held in a monarchs 25th year (followed by a Golden Jubilee after 50 years). Queen Victoria celebrated the jubilee in 1862, King George V in 1935, and Queen Elizabeth... silver jubilee. Currently, television service is limited to the capital city. News, documentaries, and entertainment programs were originally broadcast for three hours in the evening (7 p.m. to 10 p.m.), seven days a week, but expanded to four hours (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.) in 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in December • 30 Artie Shaw • 29 Julius Axelrod • 28 Jacques Dupuis • 28 Jerry Orbach • 28 Susan Sontag • 26 Reggie White • 26 Sir Angus Ogilvy • 23 P... December 2004. Most of the programming is aired in Dzongkha is a Sino-Tibetan language from Bhutan. It has approximately 160,000 speakers. It is a national language of Bhutan but is believed to have a literacy rate of only 1-5%. It is written in the Ucan script. It is also spoken in Nepal and the districts surrounding... Dzongkha, but some current events and news programs are also aired in The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. It is the third most common first language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence... English.

As of 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January Iraqi police officers hold up their index fingers marked with purple indelible ink, a security measure to prevent double voting. Worldwide aid effort continues to develop in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. January 3... 2005, FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. History of FM radio in the US Main article: History of radio, FM radio. In the United States, FM radio stations broadcast at frequencies of 88–108... FM and Shortwave radio operates between the frequencies of 3,000 kHz and 30 MHz (30,000 kHz) and came to be referred to as such in the early days of radio because the wavelengths associated with this frequency range were shorter than those commonly in use at that... shortwave radio service reaches about 75 percent of the country. The service plans to reach the rest of Bhutan by 2010 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. See also: 2010: Odyssey Two Events January January 15 - Annular solar eclipse (The longest lasting annular eclipse of the 21st century.) February February 12 to February 28 - 2010 Winter Olympics scheduled in Vancouver, Canada April April 3 to... 2010.

External link

• Official website (http://www.bbs.com.bt/) (in English)