OneWorld.net (U.S.)

Bolstered by the Supreme Court stay order against the Nepalese government for closing down the radio syndication service, Communication Corner, FM radio owners in Nepal have intensified their nationwide protest program.

The FM radio owners have decided to register their protest by defying the government order and simultaneously broadcasting news of King Gyanendra’s departure for Doha on 13 June at 8 PM on all FM stations throughout the country.

The stations have already been broadcasting silence by blowing conch shells and reading the news through loudspeakers from impromptu ‘studios’ at the main squares of all major towns.

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