Friday, August 13, 2010

Special All India Radio programming Saturday August 14


Jose Jacob has updated and corrected the list of stations that will be carrying the President’s address to the nation. Please note that 10330 kHz was incorrect and has been deleted. Thanks to Jose for not only this, but also for his website containing detailed information on broadcasting stations in India http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/. Very helpful to those of us interested in listening to Indian stations. A most fascinating country!
Ron Howard

- - - Jose Jacob's posting to dx _ india yg:

It is customary for the President of India to address the nation on the eve of Independence Day.

This year Mrst. Prathibha Devi Singh Patil, President of India will address the nation on All India Radio at 1330 UTC (7.00 PM IST) in Hindi and English on 14 August 2010. All stations of AIR will relay this on MW, SW & FM. Besides AIR, Gyan Vani stations will also relay the same on FM.

Here is a ready reckoner of AIR stations in frequency order on SW that will be on air at that time which was already posted by Ron Howard and Alokesh Gupta in dx _ india.

kHz kW Station

4760 10 Leh
4760 8.5 Port Blair
4775 50 Imphal
4800 50 Hyderabad
4810 50 Bhopal
4820 50 Kolkata
4830 50 Jammu (Off air)
4835/4837.5 10 Gangtok
4840 50 Mumbai
4850 50 Kohima
4880 50 Lucknow
4895 50 Kurseong
4910 50 Jaipur
4920 50 Chennai
4940 50 Guwahati
4950 50 Srinagar
4960 50 Ranchi (Off air)
4965 50 Shimla
4970 50 Shillong
4990 50 Itanagar
5010 50 Thiruvananthapuram
5015 50 Delhi
5040 50 Jeypore
5050 10 Aizawl
6030 50 Delhi
6085 50 Delhi
9425 500 Bengaluru
9470 250 Aligarh
9575 50 Delhi
9835 50 Delhi
9870 500 Bengaluru

Of special interest is AIR Kohima which is on air only on special occasions like this.

Shortly after the President's speech its translation will be broadcast by the local stations in the local language.

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

It is customary for the President of India to address the nation on the eve of Independence Day.

With Independence Day greetings.
Jose Jacob
(Ron Howard/Cumbre DX)
(graphic: All India Radio/Teak Publishing Collection)