Restricting Critical Voices on Cambodian Airwaves
Published on 9 September 2017
Radio is a major source of public information for people living in rural parts of Cambodia where Internet access is less common.
In late August 2017, Cambodian authorities ordered the closure of 32 FM radio frequencies across 20 provinces.
The shutdown particularly hit stations relaying independent Khmer-language news: Radio Free Asia (RFA), Voice of America (VOA) and the Cambodian non-profit, Voice of Democracy (VOD) were all taken off the air.
The frequencies impacted and visualized in this map are as follows:
| Banteay Meanchey | |
| 88.25FM | |
| 88.30FM | Stung Khiev |
| 93.25FM | Moha Nokor |
| Battambang | |
| 90.25FM | Klang Moeung |
| 93.25FM | Sarika |
| 98.75FM | |
| 105.00FM | |
| 106.25FM | Moha Nokor |
| Kampong Cham | |
| 99.70FM | Kampong Cham Radio |
| Kampong Chhnang | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Kampong Speu | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Kampong Thom | |
| 88.50FM | |
| 93.75FM | Moha Nokor |
| 100.25FM | |
| Kampot | |
| 88.70FM | Kon Khmer |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Kandal | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Kep | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Oddar Meanchey | |
| 90.25FM | Kiri Kang Dek |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Pailin | |
| 93.75FM | Moha Nokor |
| Phnom Penh | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| 106.70FM | Sarika |
| Preah Sihanouk | |
| 88.50FM | |
| Prey Veng | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Pursat | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Siem Reap | |
| 93.25FM | Moha Nokor |
| 95.50FM | Angkor Ratha |
| Stung Treng | |
| 106.50FM | |
| Svay Rieng | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Takeo | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
| Tbong Khmum | |
| 93.50FM | Moha Nokor |
The shutdown coincided with the forced closure of The Cambodia Daily, a respected bilingual newspaper.
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