All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya 2019"

All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya 2019"

Date : 28th September, 2019 (Saturday)

Time : 0355 - 0545 IST, 2225 UTC (27th Sept 2019) to 0015 UTC (28th Sept, 2019)

* some stations have late sign in & may continue past 0100 UTC

"Mahishasuramardini" is a special two hour transmission consisting of Sanskrit & Bengali recitation & music orated by Late Shri.Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this program since early 1930's. The sheer nostalgia is what makes the dawn of Mahalaya special as one of the most looked forward to Radio broadcasts. Countdown of Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya. 

Frequencies observed during past years :

SW

4810 - Bhopal

4835 - Gangtok (Irregular)

4910 - Jaipur

MW

531 - Jodhpur

549 - Ranchi

603 - Ajmer

621 - Patna A

648 - Indore A

657 - Kolkata A

666 - New Delhi B

675 - Chattarpur

684 - Port Blair

711 - Siliguri

729 - Guwahati A

747 - Lucknow A

756 - Jagdalpur

774 - Shimla

801 - Jabalpur

810 - Rajkot A

819 - New Delhi A

828 - Silchar

846 - Ahmedabad A

891 - Rampur

909 - Gorakhpur

918 - Suratgarh

954 - Nazibabad

981 - Raipur

990 - Jammu

1008 - Kolkata B

1026 - Allahabad A

1044 - Mumbai A

1125 - Tezpur

1179 - Rewa

1242 - Varanasi

1260 - Ambikapur

1296 - Darbhanga

1314 - Bhuj

1386 - Gwalior

1395 - Bikaner

1404 - Gangtok

1458 - Bhagalpur

1530 - Agra

1593 - Bhopal A

Sign on observed by Jose Jacob at different times as follows:

2225 UTC (3.55am IST) 4910, 531, 603, 666, 675, 711, 747, 756, 774, 801, 819, 828, 891, 918, 956, 990, 1008, 1044, 1386, 1395, 1530.

2230 UTC (4.00 am IST) 4835, 1404.

2250 UTC (4.20 am IST) 846, 1179

2255 UTC (4.25 am IST) 4810, 621, 648, 810, 909, 954, 981, 1026, 1242, 1260, 1296, 1593.

Please email your observations & receptions reports to :  spectrum-manager@air.org.in

Or,

Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)

All India Radio,

Room No. 204

Akashvani Bhawan,

Parliament Street

New Delhi 110001, India

Related :

What is Mahalaya ?

https://www.wbtourismpuja.in/home/mahalaya

Eight Decades Later, the Original Mahalaya Still Unites  

https://thewire.in/society/eight-decades-later-the-original-mahalaya-still-unites-bengalis-in-communion

Come Mahalaya, Birendra Krishna Bhadra's recitation still default choice for All India Radio

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-come-mahalaya-birendra-krishna-bhadra-s-recitation-still-default-choice-for-all-india-radio-2020933

(Alokesh Gupta)