Mahalaya is a special two hour tranmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation & music orated by Birendra Krishna Bhadra. AIR has been broadcasting this since early 1930s. Count down of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya. Some of the regional AIR stations were carrying this special transmission with sign on at around 2230 UTC, continued upto 0015 UTC, some of the stations abruptly switched to thier regular programming. Heard AIR Gangtok 4835, AIR Guwahati 4940 & AIR Shimla 4965 carrying Mayalaya broadcasts. No copy of AIR Kolkata 4820 as buried under severe co-channel qrm by PBS Xizang 100 kW.
Most of the MW channels were also carrying this special transmission, some of them noted were :
666 - Delhi
747 - Lucknow A
774 - Shimla
954 - Najibabad
1008 - Kolkata B
Related links :
Timeless tunes
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Timeless-Tunes/367193
Most of the MW channels were also carrying this special transmission, some of them noted were :
666 - Delhi
747 - Lucknow A
774 - Shimla
954 - Najibabad
1008 - Kolkata B
Related links :
Timeless tunes
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Timeless-Tunes/367193
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