AIR largest radio network in the world

AIR largest radio network in the world

Dharamshala, June 18: All India Radio (AIR) is the world's largest
radio network with over 36 crore listeners, AIR Jalandhar station
director P D Mallik said today.
Addressing a workshop of the station directors and programme
officers of the AIR here, he said other networks and entertainment
channels would never pose a threat to the AIR under any circumstances.
Mr Mallik called upon the station directors to take the Right to
Information (RTI) Act seriously and provide information to the people
as early as possible.
Earlier, addressing the gathering, Deputy Director General of the
AIR, T Dolkar said the network was rendering a yeoman's service to
the people residing in the far-flung areas of the country by providing
them information from every corner of the world.
She asked the station directors to bring more transparency in their
working and said they should to work in a manner to inculcate more
peoples' faith in them.
Shimla AIR director T K Rawal suggested improvements in the quality
of the programmes, saying improvement in the quality of the programmes
would help in generating more revenue to the organisation.
Dharamshala Station Director M R Chandel, Rohtak Station Director
Prem Narain and Patiala Station Director A S Pal besides Programme
officers of Hamirpur, Hisar, Kurukhestra, Chandigarh and Batinda AIR
stations were also present in the workshop.

--- UNI

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