T8AA-FM

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| name = T8AA-FM

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| city = Koror, Palau

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| branding = Voice of Palau
Ngerel Belau
Eco Paradise FM
EPFM

| frequency = {{Frequency|87.9|MHz}}

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| airdate = {{Start date and age|1998|08|01}}

| format = News, Talk, Music

| language = Palauan, English

| power = 1,000 watts

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| callsign_meaning = FM sister to T8AA

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| owner = Government of Palau

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| sister_stations = T8AA

| webcast = [http://tunein.com/radio/Voice-of-Palau-879-s97046/ Voice of Palau's webstream]

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T8AA-FM (87.9 MHz), branded as Eco-Paradise FM (abbreviated as EPFM) is a radio station broadcasting from Koror, Palau. T8AA-FM is owned by the Government of Palau and co-owned with T8AA. T8AA-FM calls itself the "Voice of Palau".

Eco-Paradise FM competes against the private media outlet Talungab Media Company (television) and Palau Wave Radio.{{cite web |title=Gov't media says it competes with private media |url=https://islandtimes.org/govt-media-says-it-competes-with-private-media/ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |publisher=Island Times |date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004070305/https://islandtimes.org/govt-media-says-it-competes-with-private-media/ |archive-date=4 October 2022 |url-status=live }}

History

Eco-Paradise FM started broadcasts in 1998 and became a special member of the Japan FM Network on July 23, 2003. With this agreement, it took part in environmental events held by JFN, as well as receiving programs from Tokyo FM.{{cite web |title=読むラジオ |url=https://www.japanfmnetwork.com/yomuraji/030910/main.html |access-date=June 20, 2024 |publisher=Japan FM Network |date=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040504233329/https://www.japanfmnetwork.com/yomuraji/030910/main.html |archive-date=4 May 2004 |url-status=live }} In the 2000s, the station relayed the BBC World Service.{{cite book |title=World Radio TV Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KY9AQAAIAAJ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |publisher=Cardfont Publishers under license from Billboard Publications. |date=2009 | isbn=978-0-8230-4401-6 }}

Eco-Paradise FM reinstated its relay stations in Peleliu and Angaur in 2016 after the AM antenna was knocked down due to the effects of Typhoon Bopha in 2012.{{cite web |title=Radio FM broadcast reached Angaur and Peleliu |url=https://islandtimes.org/radio-fm-broadcast-reached-angaur-and-peleliu/ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |publisher=Island Times |date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926170132/https://islandtimes.org/radio-fm-broadcast-reached-angaur-and-peleliu/ |archive-date=September 26, 2023}}

Thanks to Japanese aid, Eco-Paradise FM received funding to upgrade its infrastructure in 2022.{{cite web |title=Japan funds EPFM Radio upgrades |url=https://islandtimes.org/japan-funds-epfm-radio-upgrades/ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |publisher=Island Times |date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401124034/https://islandtimes.org/japan-funds-epfm-radio-upgrades/ |archive-date=1 April 2022 |url-status=live }}

ABC Radio Australia's relays restarted on May 3, 2024 after an agreement signed between the two broadcasters.{{cite web |title=ABC Radio Australia Returns to Palau's Airwaves, Strengthening Pacific Ties |url=https://islandtimes.org/abc-radio-australia-returns-to-palaus-airwaves-strengthening-pacific-ties/ |access-date=June 20, 2024 |publisher=Island Times |date=May 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507093104/https://islandtimes.org/abc-radio-australia-returns-to-palaus-airwaves-strengthening-pacific-ties/ |archive-date=7 May 2024 |url-status=live }}

References

External links

{{Facebook|divisionofmedia|Eco Paradise FM}}
{{YouTube|handle=ecoparadiseepfm87.9ngerelb7|title=Eco Paradise FM}}

Category:Koror

Category:Radio stations in Palau

Category:Radio stations established in 1998