Good News Radio went on air yesterday evening in Rumbek and tested the signal for three continuous hours.
Broadcasting on 89 FM, the station that is part of Sudan Catholic Radio Network (SCRN), is a community-based radio owned by the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek.The Bishop of Rumbek, currently in Rome for a meeting, has congratulated all those who have worked hard to realize this remarkable event in the history of the diocese.
Bishop Caesar Mazzolari said in his message to the Good News FM director, Fr. Don Bosco Ochieng, that the radio will strive to remind listeners daily of God being always there in our lives through its programs.
The bishop of Rumbek added that Good News FM will call us with its voice to come to the wisdom of letting what happens each day deliver a significant and constructive impact on our lives and on our world.
The bishop added that the radio station is intended to make events significant and not a boring routinely broadcast that does not touch lives.
SCRN director, Sr. Paola Moggi, thanked the bishop, the technicians, Fr. Don Bosco and all who have assisted to Good News FM to begin broadcasting.
Fr. Don Bosco expressed is gratitude to all those who have helped in one way or another to realize this dream.
He told SCR News over the phone that technicians were boosting the transmitter’s signal to try to cover up to Yirol.
With Good News FM on air, SCRN has now six stations broadcasting in a good part of southern Sudan: Bakhita Radio, in Juba, Voice of Peace, in Gidel Ð Nuba Mountains, Voice of Love, in Malakal, Radio Emmanuel in Torit, Easter FM in Yei and now Good News FM in Rumbek.