Thursday, August 13, 2015

Special broadcasts by AIR on Independence Day (15 Aug 2015)

India is celebrating its 69th Independence Day on 15 August 2015, details of special programs by All India Radio for the occasion is as follows:

14 August 2015 (Friday)  1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST)

Honble President Shri. 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 All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW and FM.

Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies :

4760 Leh
4760 Port Blair
4775 Imphal ?
4800 Hyderabad
4810 Bhopal
4820 Kolkata ?
4835 Gangtok
4840 Mumbai
4850 Kohima ?
4860 Shimla ?
4880 Lucknow
4895 Kurseong
4910 Jaipur
4920 Chennai  
4950 Srinagar ?
4970 Shillong
4990 Itanagar  ?
5010 Thiruvananthapuram
5040 Jeypore
5050 Aizawl
6030 Delhi
9425 Delhi
9380 Aligarh
9870 Bangalore

? = Irregular/Off air lately
 
15 August 2015 (Saturday) 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, 2015 on the following SW frequencies.

English:

11985 Delhi 250 kW
15050 Bengaluru 500 kW
15185 Panaji 250 kW

Hindi:

6155 Aligarh 250 kW
9595 Delhi 250 KW
11620 Bengaluru 500 KW

(Note : External Services in Urdu on 6155, 9595, 11620 are replaced by 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. Kolkata -  0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7210
6. Port Blair - 0130 UTC (Ex 0315) 7390
7. Shimla - 0025 UTC (Ex 0215) 6020
8. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290

Note: Srinagar will not change to 6110 at 0215 but will continue on 4950

Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the speech/commentary are as follows:

4760   Leh                                        
4835   Gangtok        
4840   Mumbai        
4850   Kohima (Irregular)
4880   Lucknow        
4895   Kurseong      
4910   Jaipur
4970   Shillong        
4990   Itanagar      
5040   Jeypore        
5050   Aizawl
7270  Chennai

All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary.

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

or

Director ( Spectrum Management and Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204
Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi110001, India
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Jose Jacob/Alokesh Gupta
DX_India

2 comments:

  1. dear Alokesh Gupta jee,
    Any info , whether there would be any DRM broadcast sf the same programs or they are all analog only?

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    1. Dear Sarma Ji,

      No DRM txn's by AIR, but there's a DRM test by KTWR tomm evening, please check :

      KTWR Guam DRM Test
      Date : 13th & 14th Aug 2015 (Thu & Fri)
      Time : 1445 -1515 UTC (8.15 - 8.45 pm IST)
      Power : 90 kW
      Language : English
      Frequency : 15450 kHz
      Azi : 285 Deg (towards North India)

      Regards,
      Alokesh

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