Gulbarga to get 10-kW FM station

The long-felt need of the region for the expansion of
the existing FM station of All India Radio (AIR) to
bring more areas under its coverage will soon be a
reality with the setting up of a 10-kW station in
Gulbarga.
Chief Engineer of Akashvani Directorate R.K. Singh,
who was here on a regular inspection tour, said that
the existing 1-kW FM station covered only a 15- to
20-km radius around Gulbarga, and that the
10-kWstation would increase the coverage to around 80
km.
Mr. Singh said that purchase of the equipment required
for the setting up of the FM station was in the final
stage and soon the dream of the people of the Gulbarga
district for an FM station with a wider range would
become a reality.
Deputy Commissioner Pankajkumar Pandey pointed out
that Gulbarga district was poised for major growth in
important sectors of development with the setting up
of more number of cement and sugar factories and
construction of an airport on 700 acres of land on the
Gulbaga-Sedam inter-State highway.
Other languages
Apart from Kannada programmes, other language
programmes such as Urdu, Marathi and Telugu should
also be broadcast, Mr Pandey said and added that if
the FM station had facilities to produce its own
programmes, the district administration would be in a
position to give necessary publicity to government
programmes.
Later, Mr. Singh visited the Doordarshan Kendra office
in the outskirts.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/27/stories/
2007122751250300.htm