Thursday, January 20, 2011

Special broadcasts by AIR for Republic Day 2011

All India Radio will broadcast following special programs in connection with
the Republic Day celebrations on 26th January,2011

25 January 2011: 1330 UTC onwards President Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
will address to the nation. This will be broadcast by all stations of AIR.
Delhi frequencies are 5015 6030 6085 9575 & 9835.
Regional stations on SW are using 60 MB frequencies at that time.
Look out especially Kohima 4850 (1000 to 1630 UTC).

26 January 2011: Running Commentary of Republic Day parade from 0350 UTC
onwards

Hindi : 6155(Bengaluru 500 kW); 11620(Aligarh 250 kW); 15135(Delhi 50
kW), 9595 (Delhi).
English : 5990(Delhi 250 kW); 9810 (Delhi 50 kW); 11830 (Delhi 50 kW);15050
(Bengaluru 500 kW)

The following regional stations will change from their Morning frequencies
on 60 Meters (4 & 5 MHz frequencies ) to their day time frequencies between
0335-0350 UTC as follows:

4965 Jammu ? (Off air)
5985 Ranchi ? (Off air)
6000 Leh
6040 Jeypore
6065 Kohima
6085 Gangtok
6150 Itanagar
6190 Delhi
7230 Kurseong
7240 Mumbai
7280 Guwahati
7295 Aizawl
7315 Shillong
7325 Jaipur
7440 Lucknow

So some unusual reception of AIR stations can be observed.

The following stations are already scheduled to be on air daily at this time
and will also relay the running commentry.

6020 Shimla
6110 Srinagar
7210 Kolkata
7290 Thiruvanthapuram
7335 Imphal
7380 Chennai
7390 Port Blair
7420 Hyderabad
7430 Bhopal

Please send your reception reports to : spectrum-manager@air.org.in

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi