Special broadcast/programs for India's 78th Independence Day on 15th Aug, 2024

Special  broadcast/programs for India's 78th Independence Day on 15th Aug, 2024

India is celebrating its 78th Independence Day on 15th August 2024, details of special programs by Akashvani for the occasion is as follows:

14th August 2024 (Wednesday) 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards "Address to the Nation" on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English by Smt.Draupadi Murmu, Hon'ble President of India.

All stations of Akashvani will relay this on MW, SW & FM.

MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm

FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm

Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24x7

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15th August 2024 (Thursday) 0130-0240 UTC (0700-0810 hrs IST)

Akashvani will broadcast 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 0130-0240 UTC (0700-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2024 on the following SW frequencies.

English:

15260 kHz Bengaluru 500 kW

Hindi:

11805 kHz New Delhi 100 kW

15410 kHz Bangalore 500 kW

The External Services on the above frequencies in Indonesian, Nepali & Baluchi scheduled  at this same time will be not there on that day.

The Regional SW Station (Leh) 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.

kHz     kW       Station

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4760    2.5       Leh          

All stations of Akashvani (AIR) on MW, FM & 'Akashvani AIR' YouTube Channel will relay the running commentary.

MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm

FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm

Live streaming of the above programs is available in:

https://www.youtube.com/@akashvaniair

http://allindiaradio.gov.in/

https://mib.gov.in/media/all-india-radio

Reception Reports to :

Please submit your reception reports on line at: https://prasarbharati.gov.in/reception-report/

or by email to:  spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in

or by postal mail to :

Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)

Akashvani (All India Radio),

Room No. 204, Akashvani Bhawan,

Parliament Street

New Delhi110001, India

Independence Day events are also available live on Doordarshan TV on all their channels .Try the following links :

https://prasarbharati.gov.in/live-tv/

DD National:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RhpgO2ItQ

DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/

(Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta)

 

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 ?

MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm

FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm

Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24x7

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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:

http://allindiaradio.gov.in/ 

https://mib.gov.in/media/all-india-radio  

Reception Reports to :

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

or by email to: spectrum-manager@air.org.in or spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in

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:

DD National:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RhpgO2ItQ

DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/

(Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta)

Photo courtesy @AkashvaniAIR on Twitter

Special broadcasts by AIR for Independence Day (15 Aug 2019)

India is celebrating its 73rd Independence Day on 15 August 2019.

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

14th August 2019 (Wednesday)  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 :

4760 Leh

4760 Port Blair

4800 Hyderabad

4810 Bhopal

4835 Gangtok
4895 Kurseong

4910 Jaipur

4920 Chennai  

4950 Srinagar

4970 Shillong (Off air)

5010 Thiruvananthapuram

5040 Jeypore

9380 Aligarh

9865 Bangalore

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15 August 2018 (Thursday) 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, 2019 on the following SW frequencies.

English:

11740 Panaji 250 kW

15030 Bengaluru 500 kW

Hindi:

9380 Aligarh 250 kW

9950 New Delhi 250 kW

11620 Bengaluru 500 kW

(Note : External Services in Urdu on 6140 7340 are replaced by running commentary at this time)

The following External Services stands cancelled for that day:

9950: Nepali 0130-0230  News Hindi / English 0230-0300

11560, 11740 : Pushtu 0215-0300, Dari  0300-0345

13695, 15030: Kannada 0215-0300

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. Port Blair - 0130 UTC (Ex 0315) 7390

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:

4760   Leh                                        

4835   Gangtok
4895   Kurseong     

4910   Jaipur

4970   Shillong (Off air)       

5040   Jeypore        

7270  Chennai

Check also 13695 via Bangalore

All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary.

LIVE STREAMING ON AIR:  https://tinyurl.com/yxcvfgsj

Reception Reports to : spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in

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:

DD National:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RhpgO2ItQ

DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/

Happy Independence Day to all DX_India members!

73,

Alokesh Gupta & Jose Jacob

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