Following the March 28 earthquake, DVB has been providing daily coverage of the response, the death toll, the number injured, and those who are still missing. Every day, the DVB data team collects the latest information from the six hardest hit regions by the quake. On Thursday, DVB launched a daily radio program to reach everyone inside Burma, via shortwave radio.
“Radio is a very old medium, but in times of crisis it is the most reliable and widely reached medium. We are happy that we have the chance to get back on the airwaves [in Burma to broadcast critical news] for earthquake victims, even if only temporarily,” said DVB Chief Editor Aye Chan Naing. If you want to support DVB, go to dvb.no/donate.
In the six weeks after Cyclone Mocha in 2023, DVB Radio broadcast into Arakan State daily via emergency shortwave radio. Since then, DVB has used its DVB News podcast to continue to provide critical news in the audio format. Find and listen to DVB Radio online or on the SW band at 31m 9430 kHz 07:30 Myanmar time (01:00 UTC) and 16m at 17500 kHz 19:30 Myanmar time (13:00 UTC).
