domenica 13 agosto 2017

Special broadcasts by All India Radio on Independence Day (14 & 15 August)

India is celebrating its 70th Independence Day on 15 August 2017.

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

14th August 2017 (Monday)  1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards : Honble President's “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards.
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 (Irregular)
4895 Kurseong ?
4910 Jaipur
4920 Chennai
4950 Srinagar (Irregular)
4970 Shillong
5010 Thiruvananthapuram (Irregular)
5040 Jeypore
9380 Aligarh
9865 Bangalore

? = Off air lately

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15 August 2017 (Tuesday) 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, 2017 on the following SW frequencies.

English:  11740, 15040 (additional frequencies)

Hindi:

7520   Delhi 250 kW
9380   Aligarh 250 kW
11620 Bengaluru 500 kW

(Note : External Services in Urdu on 7340, 7520, 11620 are replaced by running commentary at this time)

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 (Irregular)
6. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290 (Irregular)

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

4760   Leh
4835   Gangtok (Irregular)
4910   Jaipur
4970   Shillong
5040   Jeypore
7270  Chennai

Check also 13695 & 15120 via Bangalore

All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary.

LIVE STREAMING ON AIR: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Default.aspx

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

or

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

Or in
http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Information/ListenersCorner/Pages/default.aspx

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

DD National:  http://www.ddindia.gov.in/Pages/Home.aspx
                        http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-National_1893

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

DD Sports: http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-Sports_1894

etc.

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi