India is celebrating its 70th Independence Day on 15 August 2016.
The details of special programs by AIR for the occasion is as follows:
14 August 2016 (Sunday) 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST):
Honble President Pranab Mukherjee’s “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST).
All stations of AIR will relay this on MW, SW & FM.
Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies
4760 Leh
4760 Port Blair
4775 Imphal ?
4800 Hyderabad
4810 Bhopal
4835 Gangtok
4895 Kurseong
4910 Jaipur
4920 Chennai
4950 Srinagar
4970 Shillong
5010 Thiruvananthapuram
5040 Jeypore
5050 Aizawl
9380 Aligarh
9870 Bangalore
? = Off air lately
LIVE STREAMING ON AIR: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/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
15 August 2016 (Monday) 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, 2016 on the following SW frequencies.
English: 11740, 15050 (additional frequencies)
Hindi
6145 Aligarh 250 kW
7340 Mumbai 100 kW
7520 Delhi 250 kW
11620 Bengaluru 500 kW
(Note : External Services in Urdu on 6145, 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. Imphal - 0130 UTC (Ex 0225) 7335 ?
5. Port Blair - 0130 UTC (Ex 0315) 7390
6 Srinagar -0130 UTC (ex 0225) 6110
7. 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
4840 Mumbai
4895 Kurseong
4910 Jaipur
4970 Shillong
5040 Jeypore
5050 Aizawl
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
(Jose Jacob, VU2JOS)