Special broadcasts by AIR for Independence Day (15 Aug 2021)

India is celebrating its 75th Independence Day on 15 August 2021.

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

14th August 2021 (Saturday)  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, Hon'ble 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    2.5     Leh          

4835    10      Gangtok?            

4950    30      Srinagar    

5040    30      Jeypore                

5050    4.5     Aizawl ?

6030    250    Delhi        

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 2021 (Sunday) 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, 2021 on the following SW frequencies.

English:

13710 Bengaluru 500 kW

Hindi:

9950   New Delhi 100 kW

11560 New Delhi 100 kW

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.

Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the commentary is as follows :

kHz     kW       Station

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4760    2.5      Leh          

4835    10       Gangtok ?          

4950    30       Srinagar    

5040    30       Jeypore                

5050    4.5      Aizawl ?

All stations of 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://t.co/gCNx9P5t9k https://t.co/yQKsYwKCMV

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/

Thanks to Nirmal Kumar.

(Alokesh Gupta & Jose Jacob)

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

AIR special broadcasts on eve of Independence Day

The 64th Independence Day celebrations will shortly be taking place in India on August 15. It is one of the major holidays of the year and affords us the great opportunity to hear some special programming via SW.

Of particular interest to listeners in North America is the President's annual address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day (August 14). President Shrimati Pratibha Devishingh Patil's speech will be delivered via SW radio at 1330 UT (7:00 PM IST). This gives us a good opportunity to attempt to hear the rarely used AIR Kohima SW transmitter on 4850, which is only used for special event. Also the other regional AIR stations will all be broadcasting her speech to the nation, which will be delivered first in Hindi and then repeated again in English.

As a guide to what can be heard, here is the log of my 2009 reception:

4850, AIR Kohima, 1301, August 14, 2009 with today's program schedule; talk show about rugby in English; 1315 health program in Hindi; 1327 marching music/anthem; President's address to the nation on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi, repeated in English till 1402; pop music program till tune out at 1410. Nice local IDs; slightly better than 2008 reception here. Started fading about 1350.

Last year the speech was heard in parallel: 4760 (AIR Port Blair); 4775 (AIR Imphal); 4835 (AIR Gangtok); 4880 (AIR Lucknow); 4895 (AIR Kurseong); 4920 (AIR Chennai); 4940 (AIR Guwahati); 4970 (AIR Shillong); 4990 (AIR Itanagar); 5010 (AIR Thiruvan.) and 5050 (AIR Aizawl). Noticeably off the air last year was 5040 (AIR Jeypore).

An audio file (MP3) of a portion of last year's reception is posted at :
http://www.mediafire.com/?7r8e117ju2mum3h >.

It should be noted that AIR Gangtok is currently off frequency. Mauno Ritola (Finland) measured them on 4837.215 kHz. with sign off at 1600:30, on August 11. Thanks to Mauno for the update.

Special thanks to Jose Jacob of Hyderabad, India for confirmation that this year's speech will indeed be broadcast at 1330 UT, August 14, 2010 and he sends along this additional information:

4760 (leh), 4800, 4810, 4820, 4910, 5015, etc. are additional frequencies to check, as well as 9470, 9425, 9835, 9575 and 6030. Shortly after the broadcast in Hindi and English local station broadcast its translation in local languages.

Reception reports may be sent to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in

Doordarshan TV channels also carry the President's address to the nation.

Ron Howard
Asilomar State Beach, CA, USA

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Special broadcasts by AIR on Aug 15 for Independence Day 1

India became an independent nation on 15 August 1947.
August 15 is a National holiday and on that day Flag Hoisting, Parades and other functions are held all over India. The main event takes place in New Delhi where the Prime Minster hoists the
National Flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts.

All India Radio will broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi about the Flag Hoisting, Parade and Prime Minsters speech to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2010 on the following frequencies.

English:

4860 Delhi 50 kW
11830 Delhi 50 kW
13620 Bengaluru 500 kW
15050 Delhi 250 kW
17510 Delhi 250 kW

Hindi:
4860 Delhi 50 KW
6030 Delhi 100 KW
6155 Bengaluru 500 kW
7340 Mumbai 100 kW
9595 Delhi 250 KW
11620 Aligarh 250 KW
15135 Delhi 50 KW

(Note : External Services in Urdu on 6155, 7340,9595, 11620 are replaced by Commentary at this time)

The SW Regional 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. IMPHAL 0130 UTC (Ex 0225) 7335
5. KOHIMA 0000 UTC 4850
6. KOLKATA 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7210
7. PORT BLAIR 0130 UTC (Ex 0315) 7390
8. SHIMLA 0025 UTC (Ex 0215) 6020
9. SRINAGAR 0025 UTC (Ex 0225) 6110
10. THIRUVANTHAPURAM 0020 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290

Look out for the rare AIR station in Kohima on 4850 on 14 & 15 August, 2010 as follows:
14 Aug 2009 1000-1600 UTC approx
15 Aug 2009 0000-0415 UTC approx

AIR Kohima is broadcasting on SW only for such special occasions like Independence Day (August 15) & Republic Day (January 26) and has been heard even by listeners in USA. Being a very important broadcast all AIR stations will try to be at their best to broadcast the commentry without any interruptions.

Reception Reports to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in

(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS, National Institute of Amateur Radio, Hyderabad)