AIR increases duration of its Persian language service

The External Services Division of the All India Radio is expanding its transmission of Persian (Farsi) language service from existing 1 hour 45 minutes per day to 3 hours per day with effect from June 8, 2022.

Programmes in Persian language will now be available to the listeners daily in the morning and evening.

Time & frequencies :

Persian -1 Service 0400-0530 UTC (0930-1100 IST) on 17675 kHz (Via Bengaluru, 500 kW)

Persian -2 Service 1600-1730 UTC (2130-2300 IST) on 9620 kHz  (Via Bengaluru, 500 kW)

AIR Persian Service will also be livestreamed on AIR World Service, YouTube channel, NewsOnAIR App and DD Free Dish.

AIR's External Services Division currently broadcasts in 17 languages every day.

AIR External Service resumes Farsi broadcast

All India Radio External Service has resumed the following transmission which was suspended due to Covid-19 :

Persian 0400-0430 UTC on 11560, 15210 kHz to Iran

The updated schedues are available as follows:

Time Wise: https://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/time.htm

LanguageWise: https://qsl.net/vu2jos/es/Language.htm 

Frequency Wise: https://qsl.net/vu2jos/sw/freq.htm

(Jose Jacob, National Institute of Amateur Radio )