Special broadcasts by All India Radio on Independence Day (15 Aug 2014)
India is celebrating its 68th Independence Day on 15 August 2014.
The details of special programs by AIR for the occasion is as follows:
14 August 2014 (Thursday) 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
4660 Leh
4760 Port Blair
4775 Imphal
4800 Hyderabad
4810 Bhopal
4820 Kolkata
4830 Jammu: Off air
4835 Gangtok
4840 Mumbai
4850 Kohima Irregular
4860 Shimla
4880 Lucknow
4895 Kurseong
4910 Jaipur
4920 Chennai
4940 Guwahati: Off air
4950 Srinagar
4960 Ranchi: Off air
4970 Shillong
4990 Itanagar
5010 Thiruvananthapuram
5040 Jeypore
5050 Aizawl
6030 Delhi
9425 Delhi
9380 Aligarh
9870 Bangalore
15 August 2014 (Friday) 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, 2014 on the following SW frequencies.
English: 9425, 11985, 15050
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 commentary is as follows:
4660 Leh
4830 Jammu:: Off air
4835 Gangtok
4840 Mumbai
4850 Kohima : Irregular
4880 Lucknow
4895 Kurseong
4910 Jaipur
4940 Guwahati: Off air
4960 Ranchi: Off air
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 & Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204
Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi110001, India
Via Jose Jacob/Alokesh Gupta DX_India Yahoo Group
