Date: 19 September 2017 (Tuesday)
Time: 2225 UTC (18th Sept) to 0015 UTC (19th Sept)
Some stations have late sign in and may continue past 0100 UT
"Mahalaya" is a special two-hour transmission consisting of Sanskrit recitation and music orated by Late Shri.Birendra Krishna Bhadra. All India Radio has been broadcasting this program since early 1930's.
Countdown of Indian festival of Durga Puja starts from the day of Mahalaya.
Frequencies observed during past years:
Shortwave
4760 - Port Blair
4810 - Bhopal
4835 - Gangtok
4910 - Jaipur
Medium Wave
531 - Jodhpur
549 - Ranchi
594 - Chinsurah (Kolkata)
603 - Ajmer
621 - Patna A
648 - Indore A
657 - Kolkata A
666 - New Delhi B
675 - Chattarpur
684 -Port Blair
711 - Siliguri
729 - Guwahati A
747 - Lucknow A
756 - Jagdalpur
774 - Shimla
801 - Jabalpur
810 - Rajkot A
819 - New Delhi A
828 - Silchar
846 - Ahmedabad A
891 - Rampur
909 - Gorakhpur
918 - Suratgarh
954 - Nazibabad
981 - Raipur
1008 - Kolkata B
1026 - Allahabad A
1044 - Mumbai A
1125 - Tezpur
1179 - Rewa
1215 - Delhi National Channel
1242 - Varanasi
1260 - Ambikapur
1296 - Darbhanga
1314 - Bhuj
1386 - Gwalior
1395 - Bikaner
1404 - Gangtok
1458 - Bhagalpur
1476 - Jaipur A
1530 - Agra
1566 - Nagpur
1584 - Mathura
1593 - Bhopal A
Sign on observed by Jose Jacob at different times as follows:
2225 UTC 4760, 4910, 531, 603, 666, 675, 747, 756, 801, 819, 828, 918, 1044, 1386, 1395, 1530 kHz.
2230 UTC 4835, 1404.
2245 UTC 4895
2250 UTC 846
2255 UTC 4810, 621, 648, 810, 954, 981, 1026, 1242, 1260, 1296, 1593.
Please email your observations and reception reports to:
spectrum-manager@air.org.in
Postal mail:
Director (Spectrum Management & Synergy)
All India Radio
Room No. 204
Akashvani Bhawan
Parliament Street
New Delhi 110001, India
Or online at:
http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Information/ListenersCorner/Pages/
(Alokesh Gupta-IND, DXindia Sept 8)