Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Special broadcasts by AIR for Independence Day (15 Aug 2020)


India is celebrating its 74th Independence Day on 15 August 2020.

Details of special programs by All India Radio for the occasion is as follows:

14th August 2020 (Friday)  1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards "Address to the Nation" on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English by  Shri.Ram Nath Kovind, Honble President of India.
All stations of All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW & FM.

Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies :

kHz     kW       Station

4760    7          Leh              
4800    50        Hyderabad              
4810    50        Bhopal        
4835    10        Gangtok                  
4910    50        Jaipur
4920    50        Chennai        
4950    30        Srinagar        
5010    50        Thiruvananthapuram            
5040    50        Jeypore                    
5050    10        Aizawl ?
6030    250      Delhi            
9380    250      Aligarh
9865    500      Bengaluru ?


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15th August 2020 (Saturday) 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST)

All India Radio will live broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minister's address to the nation to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2020 on the following SW frequencies.

English:
15030 Bengaluru 500 kW

Hindi:
9380  Aligarh 250 kW
9950  New Delhi 250 kW
11620 Bengaluru 500 kW

The following External Services stands cancelled for that day:
11560: Pushtu 0215-0300, Dari  0300-0345

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
5. Srinagar  -0130 UTC (ex 0225) 6110
6. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290

Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the commentary is as follows                     
     
kHz     kW       Station

4760    7          Leh              
4800    50        Hyderabad              
4810    50        Bhopal        
4835    10        Gangtok                  
4910    50        Jaipur
4920    50        Chennai        
4950    30        Srinagar        
5010    50        Thiruvananthapuram            
5040    50        Jeypore                    
5050    10        Aizawl ?
6030    250      Delhi       
7270    50       Chennai      
9380    250      Aligarh
9865    500      Bengaluru ? 

All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary.

Live streaming of the above programs is available in:

Reception Reports to :
Please send your reception reports on line at: http://pbinfo.air.org.in/feedback/

or 

Director ( Spectrum Management & Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204, Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi110001, India

Watch the events live on Doordarshan TV  on all their channels .Try the following links:


(Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta)

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