GCC Voice Radio launched

Manama, Dec. 4 (BNA): The GCC Voice Radio has today started broadcasting from the Kingdom of Bahrain. The new radio service will run until Thursday (December 8), on the sidelines of the 37th GCC Summit, which will be held in Bahrain on Tuesday and Wednesday. It broadcast its programmes from the headquarters of the "Arabian Gulf Radio", which was launched on November 23 in Bahrain. "Presenters and media staff from the GCC member states and the General-Secretariat will take part", said Radio Bahrain director Younis Salman. In a statement to Bahrain News Agency (BNA), he said that the new service would unify the voice of all GCC radios during the summit and highlight people's aspirations and hopes pinned on the summit", he said. The GCC Voice will broadcast a bouquet of programmes which address political, economic issues, in addition to dialogue programmes, news and media coverage.