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MEDIA
BBN
(Bayon Business News) is the first
Cambodian national bi-lingual newspaper
published in response to the lack
of credible, impartial newspaper
in the Cambodian community along
the Eastern Coast of the United
States.
The first
issue was published in April 1999
to cover the news that happen in
Cambodia, around the World and in
the US that might be of interest
to Cambodian Americans in the United
States in addition, to businesses
news.
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Siphann Touch,
CALL's Media Director |
Though, BBN
first published to meet the needs of Cambodian
Americans in Massachusetts, it quickly
gains national recognition throughout
the Cambodian communities in the US. Cambodian
readers in other part of the country want
to know what is happening in the Massachusetts
Cambodian community and readers in Massachusetts
and along the East Coast want to find
out about Cambodian Americans in the West
Coast as well.
To bridge this
gap of news, BBN expands its coverage
in March 2001 to include news from both
coats by changing it format from tabloid
size to broadsheet format with two sections.
First section devotes to Cambodian communities
in the East Coast and the second section
is for Cambodian Community in the West
Coast.
Our circulation
rose from 10,000 copies in April 1999
to 20,000 copies in March 2001. Our readership
has also increased to about 100,000 nationwide.
LOCAL
ACCESS TV PROGRAM
In addition,
the Cambodian American League of Lowell,
Inc., produces a weekly cable television
news program, Cambodian Cable News (CCN),
shown in Massachusetts and Rhodes Island.
For Massachusetts, CCN is shown in Lowell,
Chelmsford, Amherst, Fall River, Revere
and Lynn with an estimated viewership
of 50,000 Cambodians. In Rhodes Island,
the program airs in North Provident, East
Greenwich, Coventry, and West Warwick.
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