New channel gobals K2b
Government has spent K2 billion on the new television channel to be opened soon by the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation-ZNBC.Information Minister Lieutenant General, Ronnie Shikapwasha told parliament on Tuesday that the new channel will be launched by June this year.
General Shikapwasha said the new channel will start initial transmission in Lusaka and the copperbelt before expanding to other parts of the country.
He also told the house that government last year bought two new short wave antennas which will enable the national broadcaster transmit better radio signal across the country.
General Shikapwasha said this when he presented the 2009 estimates of revenue for the Ministry of information and Broadcasting Services.
