The National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea (NBC PNG) is Papua New Guinea's state owned broadcaster. Its head office is located along Sir Hubert Murray Highway, 5 Mile, Port Moresby, and has 22 Provincial Radio Stations around the country. It operates two National Radio Stations – NBC Radio (90.7 FM) which also broadcasts on the AM Frequency 585 MHz with Tribe 92FM (92.3FM) – and one television station NBC TV (formerly Kundu 2 and National Television Service).

NBC was established under the Broadcasting Commission Act (Authority of Parliament) on 1 December 1973 and was known as National Broadcasting Commission, until 1994 when it took the present name.National Broadcasting Corporation of Papua New Guinea (NBC/PNG) on Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) website

NBC Radio NBC Radio is the Radio Programs Division of NBC PNG.

Main station The main station broadcasts on frequency 90.7 FM and 585 MW on AM band.

Weekday Programming (Main) Program Timeslot Presenter ProducersWake Up with NBC 0500 – 0900 Mark Ali Josephine Oberleuter & Timothy Vanua Let's Talk About it 0900 – 1200 Stephen Mase Josephine Oberleuter & Timothy Vanua Noon to 4 1200 – 1500 Aileen Asi Enos Kalo & Michael Moia Pacific Beat 1500 – 1600 Relayed PM Edition 1600 – 1900 Hans Messea Enos Kalo & Michael Moia Night Beat 1900 – 2300 Micheal Arifeae McRei Kei & Nelson Noma

Tribe 92FM Tribe 92FM is the NBC's younger arm of radio that hosts music and talk for a younger audience. It broadcasts on frequency 92.3 FM to parts of Papua New Guinea.

Tribe as a Segment on NBC Radio

In 2008, Tribe was created as a segment every Saturday nights from 9pm to 12 Midnight on NBC Radio to talk about issues faced and trending topics regarding the young voices of PNG. The hosts during that time consisted of Dylan Mallar, Josephine Oberleuter and Vinna Wingur.

Tribe 92FM as a station In August 2015, the segment became a fully fledged radio station with the inclusion of new personalities following the departure of Dylan and Josephine. The new personalities or 'Tribers' included, Alice Ashwin, Heidee Woito, Olivia Jimmy, Jivannah Thavala, James Leia, Michael Sanginumbuk, Michael Arifeae and Timothy Vanua headed by then Executive Producer for Tribe Shane Amean. Further departures followed with Olivia, Jivannah, Alice (all three to Kalang), Michael Sanginumbuk (to NBC TV), Timothy Vanua and Micheal Arifeae (to National Radio). New Tribers included, Raymond Polon, Hazel Parpa (exit in 2021), Maureen Orea in 2017 followed by Jason Omba, Tamal Watt and Ishmael Saulep in 2020. Benjamin Rapilla and Juanita joined the team in 2023. The current Executive Producer is Matilda Gaveva.

Weekday Programming (Tribe 92FM)

Tribe Program Timeslot Presenter ProducersAM Fix 0600 – 1000 Maureen "Moe" Orea Juanita Asi Midday Pulse 1000 – 1400 Tamal Watt Benjamin Rapilla Lekfaia 1400 – 1800 Jason Omba Mary Trakalowa Tribing Your Nights 1900 – 0000 Ishmael Saulep Raymond Polon

NBC Provincial Radio Stations

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NBC Television

NBC TV, formerly known as Kundu 2 Television and National Television Service, is the television division of NBC PNG. It was launched on 16 September 2008 as a platform for the National Government to provide information services for Papua New Guineans.

NBC TV now broadcasts digitally, switching from analog in December 2024. Viewers can watch in HD through a set top box with 22 digital channels available for free.Is PNG-TV free? Well, yes, and then again, no..., Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1978, Vol. 49, No. 8, pp. 55–57

See also Communications in Papua New Guinea

References

External links

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