Thursday, September 29, 2022

SLBC slams BBC Tamil Osai programme

SLBC slams BBC Tamil Osai programme 

posted by Editor at 4:57 AM 

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Hudson Samarasinghe says the BBC Tamil Osai radio programme made two biased stories during their past programmes. He said these programmes were aired on end of last month and these stories reported in a not so beneficial manner in the Tamil Osai programme. Sending a letter to the Head of the BBC Mr.Neil Curry in London , Mr.Samarasinghe quoted following two incidents which were aired by the Tamil Osai programme in separate programmes.

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya 2022"

All India Radio's special transmission for "Mahalaya 2022"
 
Date : 25th September, 2022 (Sunday)

Time : 0350 - 0545 IST, 2220 UTC (24th Sept 2022) to 0015 UTC* (25th Sept, 2022)

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

All India Radio, Delhi will broadcast the special dawn programme "Mahishasur Mardini" on the ocassion of Mahalaya in following languages  :

- Hindi/Sanskrit version - on its Indraprastha & FM Gold channels. This will be relayed by all FM Gold channels and selected SW & MW stations.

- Bengali/Sanskrit version - at same time on AIR Delhi FM Rainbow network and selected SW & MW stations.

All India Radio, Kolkata will also originate the special Mahalaya programme in Bengali/Sanskrit at same time which will be relayed by selected SW & MW stations .

This programme may also be relayed over concerned DRM channels,YouTube channel AIR Live News 24X7 & DTH.


"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 :

MW

531 - Jodhpur
549 - Ranchi
603 - Ajmer
621 - Patna A
648 - Indore A
657 - Kolkata A
675 - Chattarpur
684 - Port Blair
711 - Siliguri
729 - Guwahati A
747 - Lucknow A
756 - Jagdalpur
774 - Shimla
792 - Pune (Also try 783 DRM)
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 (Pure DRM)
1026 - Allahabad A
1044 - Mumbai A (Pure DRM)
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

Please email your observations & receptions reports to :  spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in

Or,

Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204
Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi 110001, India

Related :

Eight Decades Later, the Original Mahalaya Still Unites  


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


(Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi)

Wednesday, September 07, 2022

New DRM receiver by Starwaves


At the DRM pre IBC event on 6th Sept'22, Starwaves unveiled a new retro looking DRM receiver 'DRM W2401', which will be available for pre-order on vaious platforms by Oct'22, delivery starts from Feb'23 onwards.

It will be available in two versions, school edition with multimedia server and wifi will cost 99 euros.