Saby Natonga, managing director and owner of FM 107, has given the thumbs up for the Vanuafoot show to broadcast the latest football developments live on air.
Natonga, who is also the Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) vice-president, expects the new agreement to bring news and information about the game to people of all walks of life throughout the country.
VFF media officer Harry Atisson has welcomed the good news and is thankful to FM 107 manager Arthur Knight, owner Natonga and the station’s staff for providing an opportunity for Vanuafoot to be broadcast.
Atisson has already made the most of the arrangement.
Live football updates have been aired daily at 11.45am, while live coverage of last month’s OFC Futsal Championship in Fiji was also provided.
Vanuatu football also has a programme on fellow FM station Paradise FM, which airs each day at 9am and has a further session every Saturday from 10am. A talkback show is also aired every Thursday evening for an hour from 7pm.
As well as the radio coverage, VFF also have a television presence (a half-hour TV programme screens every Wednesday at 8pm) and a website, available at www.vanuafoot.vu
There is also a full page dedicated to football in the Vanuatu Infos weekly newspaper, which is published each Friday.
Atisson says he has done his best to make sure football news is distributed freely throughout the country but that he needs more freelance journalists to help him carry out the task.
To this end, he is thankful to Mathew Temar for taking time to help update the Vanuafoot website and Sam Obed for editing the Vanuafoot TV programme.