Smart meters to put radios off air

Radio stations across the country will be off air on Saturday due to the  urgent maintenance on transmission equipment at the Gharghur Tower and in view of the installation of "Smart Meters" at each station's transmitter services.

The Broadcasting Authority said that radio broadcasts as well as electricity supply at the Gharghur Tower will be suspended for about four hours. 

"This necessitates the switch-off of all nationwide radio stations," between 6am and 11am, the authority said.

Meanwhile, the Broadcasting Authority has issued a broadcasting license for a new teleshopping channel which will be broadcasting exclusively on the cable network operated by Melita. 

 The new TV station "Yes Lifestyle" run by Yes Media Ltd. will be broadcasting on channel 112 on Melita's network as from 1 February 2013.