Promoting tradition firmly entering the new era

- Lang Son Radio and Television Station (PTTH) in the past, now Lang Son Radio and Television Station is a press agency, performing the function of informing and propagating the Party's policies and the laws of the State, of local Party committees and authorities, reflecting the economic, political , social, national defense, security and foreign affairs situation in Lang Son province...

Reporters of Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television Station working in Ho Son commune, Huu Lung district

History of formation and development

Lang Son Provincial Radio Station was established by the Provincial People's Committee under Decision No. 18 UB/QD-TC dated February 12, 1979. The structure at that time included the Board of Directors; 6 specialized departments: Editorial Department, Arts Department, Technical Department, Radio Operations Management Department, Planning and Finance Department, Organization and Administration Department; and 3 affiliated units: Radio School; Radio Enterprise; Radio and television repair shop.

The first radio program of the station was born in Dong Mo town, Chi Lang district at 7:00 a.m. on April 21, 1979, with the background music of the song Lang Son, my hometown. The announcer's voice said "This is Lang Son Radio Station" marking a memorable milestone in the birth of Lang Son Radio Station.

At that time, due to the young and mostly untrained staff, and the poor facilities, the quality of the program, despite many efforts, could not meet the requirements of fast and concise information, and there were few new programs that attracted listeners. However, given the circumstances at that time, it was a great effort. The ethnic people considered Lang Son Radio as a close friend, and many people, despite their difficulties, still tried to buy a radio and a few batteries to not only listen at home but also to bring along when going to the fields to listen to the program.

Reporters of Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television Station interviewed people at the event.

At that time, the technical equipment of the Station was very rudimentary, all the machinery and recording were done directly on the X-ray (Zin 131 Soviet-made) supported by the Voice of Vietnam . When operating, there were always 3 X-rays operating at the same time, of which 1 was used as a recording studio, 1 was used as a transmitter, and 1 was used as an engine to generate electricity for broadcasting. The radio journalists of the Station disseminated the directives and resolutions of the Central, the province, and the army to the people of all ethnic groups; encouraged typical examples of progress in labor production, heroic fighting examples... through mobile radio programs. Thereby, they encouraged cadres, soldiers, and people of all ethnic groups in the province to do a good job in protecting the border and building socialism...

In 1991, the People's Committee of Lang Son province issued Decision No. 127 UB/QD-TC dated March 18, 1991 on the establishment of Lang Son Radio and Television Station, marking a milestone with full operation of both radio and television broadcasting of Lang Son Radio and Television Station. After a period of preparation in terms of equipment, human resources and other related factors, through many trial broadcast programs, on September 2, 1991, Lang Son Radio and Television Station officially broadcast its first television program. That marked the birth of the type of spoken and visual newspapers in Lang Son and its full name is Lang Son Radio and Television Station.

Current production capacity

- The Radio Program is broadcast via Vinasat 2 Satellite, on a 5KW FM Transmitter, frequency 88.6MHz with a duration of 06 hours and 30 minutes/day and relayed by VOV3 system with a duration of 16 hours/day. Relayed by VOV1 system on a 10KW FM Transmitter, frequency 95MHz from 05:00 to 24:00 daily; and VOV2 system, frequency 99.5MHz from 05:00 to 24:00 daily at Mau Son FM Broadcasting Station, with a coverage area of 100% in the province.

- LSTV television program is broadcast on DVB-T2 terrestrial digital on channel U27, capacity 2KW, continuing to broadcast programs of VTV1 to VTV9 and LSTV programs in HD standard from 06:00 to 24:00/day. In addition to terrestrial broadcasting method, Lang Son television channel is also broadcast via Vianasat 2 satellite in HD quality with a duration of 18 hours/day, self-produced duration of 08 hours 30 minutes/day and on IPTV systems such as: MyTV, FPTplay, Viettel TV, on the Cab TV system; Live broadcast on the website www.langsontv.vn and LSTVgo application on CHplay and Appstore.

Regarding television equipment, at this time Lang Son Radio and Television Station was gradually equipped with Panasonic M camcorders (M7/M9/M1000/M3000) using VHS tapes, and M9000, M9500 (mainly Super VHS tapes), then Sony Betacam camcorders used in the studio and Sony DVC, DVC PRO, DVCAM camcorders... both for the studio and for reporters to work. Later, it was increasingly equipped with more modern equipment, digital camcorders using memory cards, images were increasingly sharp and reached HD, Full HD standards.

Regarding the early storage tapes, LSTV used Betacam/VHS tapes for broadcasting. Quite a while after the television was put into operation, program production was often carried out at the central headquarters (No. 9 Hoang Van Thu Street, Chi Lang Ward today), then the completed program tapes were brought to the PTTH Broadcasting Center, or more easily called the TV Broadcasting Station where the transmitter was located (now the Broadcasting Station 345 Bac Son Street, Hoang Van Thu Ward, Lang Son City) for broadcasting. Regarding the transmitter, in the 2000s, Lang Son Radio and Television Station only broadcast with a capacity of about 1kw, which was later upgraded thanks to the province's investment and support from major stations.

Implementing the Prime Minister's "Project on digitizing terrestrial television transmission and broadcasting by 2020" to convert analog television broadcasting signals to DVB-T2 digital terrestrial television. After completing the increase in television program duration from 9 hours/day to 18 hours/day, the Radio and Television Station focused resources on bringing LSTV channel to Vietnam cable television network, MyTV, Next TV at the end of 2012. By August 2013, Lang Son TV channel was broadcast on Vinasat satellite. On December 31, 2020, the signal was officially converted from analog to DVB-T2 digital terrestrial signal.

In the process of national renewal, promoting the role of a vanguard force on the cultural and ideological front, Lang Son Radio and Television Station has strived in all aspects of its activities, constantly improving its content and form of expression, innovating in the production stage to improve the quality of radio and television programs, thereby actively contributing to the Party's renewal and implementing the cause of industrialization and modernization in the locality.

Firmly step on the new path

Implementing the policy of Lang Son Provincial Party Committee on merging the Radio and Television Station into Lang Son Newspaper, in order to rearrange the organization, apparatus, and streamline the focal points to continue to meet the development requirements of the press in the new period, Lang Son Radio and Television Station has merged into Lang Son Newspaper to become Lang Son Radio and Television Station under the Provincial Party Committee since April 1, 2025 according to Decision No. 2193-QD/TU, dated March 27, 2025 of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee.

Immediately after its establishment, the Editorial Board of Lang Son Newspaper and Radio and Television proactively forecasted and grasped the development trends of the press nationwide in the context of the continued strong digital transformation of the press, traditional press types facing fierce competition from electronic media; digital platforms, information on social networks... From there, the Editorial Board proposed specific solutions for types of newspapers, publications, printed newspapers, electronic newspapers, radio, television and digital platforms to ensure good implementation of assigned political tasks.

Pay attention to the task of building economic and technical norms in the production of radio, television, print and electronic newspapers - digital content; review, amend and supplement regulations such as: internal expenditure; royalties, remuneration; democracy at the grassroots level... Pay attention to the collection of services, advertising, promote the exploitation of revenue sources. Pay attention to the digital transformation of newspapers, build a convergent editorial office. Focus on implementing creative and innovative emulation movements with the goal of sustainable development of the unit. Regularly pay attention to, closely follow and master the guiding documents of the Central and the province on press activities, thereby applying them in the leadership and management of the agency's activities, properly performing the functions and tasks of a comprehensively developed multimedia communication agency; truly being the mouthpiece of the Party Committee, the provincial government, and a forum for the people of all ethnic groups in Lang Son.

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