On a very unrelated side, a typical Vietnamese local radio station (outside of Hanoi or Saigon) have the format that is quite like (for me) the mix of BoG’s unprofessionalism and NPR/old-school full service radio style with hyper local focus. However, what makes it appealing for many Vietnamese (including me) is that too many programs are pre-recorded and many of them have to resort to relaying VOV national networks (usually VOV1 (news/talk/information) or 2 (culture/education), but occasionally also 3 (basically a
mix of ABC Classic and FIP in terms of format) because they basically have no ability to carry many hours of local content. Stations like 91fm (also from VOV, but targets mainly metropolitan regions) sounds more professional (in terms of presentation) but still have wide variety of music and still takes much time for phone-in to caring the listeners, as well as have much more time sets aside for live programming.
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