"A new radio station plying the airwaves in Rangoon offers listeners a limited, but significant alternative to state-run broadcasts... The emergence of City FM ... has won the hearts and ears of entertainment-starved audiences in Rangoon. Run by the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) since November 2001, City FM (FM 89.00 MHz) has forged ahead with its commercial-style, entertainment-first broadcasts. "We started City FM with the YCDC�s own budget and we later received a lot money from advertisements. The funding source has nothing to do with the government," a high-ranking YCDC official told The Irrawaddy...With its limited outreach and entertainment-only scope, City FM is just a small drop in the ocean in regards to the country�s national broadcasting media. Yet, it has found a space on Burma�s airwaves�apolitical and free from the relentless state-broadcast propaganda. "When listening to City FM, I never hear the brazen announcements of government propaganda such as the �Three National Causes� and �Twelve [political, economic and social] Objectives� that you hear repeatedly on the state-owned media," says Ko Lin..."