Special broadcasts by AIR on Independence Day (15 Aug 2015)

India is celebrating its 69th Independence Day on 15 August 2015, details of special programs by All India Radio for the occasion is as follows:

14 August 2015 (Friday)  1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST)

Honble President Shri. Pranab Mukherjee's "Address to the Nation" on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST).

All stations of All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW and FM.

Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies :

4760 Leh

4760 Port Blair

4775 Imphal ?

4800 Hyderabad

4810 Bhopal

4820 Kolkata ?

4835 Gangtok

4840 Mumbai

4850 Kohima ?

4860 Shimla ?

4880 Lucknow

4895 Kurseong

4910 Jaipur

4920 Chennai  

4950 Srinagar ?

4970 Shillong

4990 Itanagar  ?

5010 Thiruvananthapuram

5040 Jeypore

5050 Aizawl

6030 Delhi

9425 Delhi

9380 Aligarh

9870 Bangalore

? = Irregular/Off air lately

 

15 August 2015 (Saturday) 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST)

All India Radio will broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minster's speech to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2015 on the following SW frequencies.

English:

11985 Delhi 250 kW

15050 Bengaluru 500 kW

15185 Panaji 250 kW

Hindi:

6155 Aligarh 250 kW

9595 Delhi 250 KW

11620 Bengaluru 500 KW

(Note : External Services in Urdu on 6155, 9595, 11620 are replaced by commentary at this time)

The Regional SW Stations will start using their day time frequencies about 1 hour or more earlier than usual on 15th August as follows to relay the Commentary. This may provide enhanced reception of stations than on normal days.

The sign on schedule for that day is as follows with normal sign on timings in brackets.

1. Bhopal - 0130 UTC (Ex 0225) 7430

2. Chennai  - 0130 UTC (Ex 0300) 7380

3. Hyderabad - 0130 UTC (Ex 0225) 7420

4. Imphal - 0130 UTC (Ex 0225) 7335

5. Kolkata -  0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7210

6. Port Blair - 0130 UTC (Ex 0315) 7390

7. Shimla - 0025 UTC (Ex 0215) 6020

8. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290

Note: Srinagar will not change to 6110 at 0215 but will continue on 4950

Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the speech/commentary are as follows:

4760   Leh                                        

4835   Gangtok        

4840   Mumbai        

4850   Kohima (Irregular)

4880   Lucknow        

4895   Kurseong      

4910   Jaipur

4970   Shillong        

4990   Itanagar      

5040   Jeypore        

5050   Aizawl

7270  Chennai

All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary.

Reception Reports to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in

or

Director ( Spectrum Management and Synergy)

All India Radio,

Room No. 204

Akashvani Bhawan,

Parliament Street

New Delhi110001, India

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