Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Dxers Guide October - December 2008

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All India Radio printed Frequency Schedule

Home Services Frequency Schedule

External Services Frequency Schedule

All India Radio now start to send the new programme schedule to their listeners. If you not yet received, contact the following address:

Mr. S.C. Pachuri,
Asst. Director Engg
Spectrum Management & Synergy,
All India Radio,
Room No.204,
Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament street,
New Delhi-110001 (India).
Tel: 91-11-23421006.
E-mail: spectrum-manager@air.org.in

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

World Radio TV Handbook 2009

WRTH are proud to present the 63rd edition of the bestselling directory of global broadcasting on LW, MW, SW and FM.

The Features section this year includes an exploration of FM DXing, a tour of local All India Radio stations, our Digital Update, and completely updated SW transmitter site maps.

Features - This section is in full colour and contains reviews of receivers and ancillary equipment, articles on topical issues such as digital radio, interviews with broadcasters, reception conditions, colour maps showing the location of SW transmitters, and other topics of interest to Listeners and DXers.

National Radio - This section covers the world's domestic radio services. The listings are by country and include all stations broadcasting on LW, MW and SW, and most stations broadcasting on FM, together with contact details.

International Radio - Full details of all broadcasters transmitting internationally are given in this section and are listed by country. The schedules shown are the 'B' or 'winter' SW frequencies as supplied by the broadcasters and confirmed by monitoring, together with any LW or MW frequencies used. It also contains a sub-section showing Clandestine and Other Target Broadcasters arranged by target country. The 'A' or 'summer' schedules, along with updates to broadcaster details, are available as a pdf download from this website in May each year.

Frequency Lists - This section contains MW frequency lists grouped by frequency within regions, lists of all international and domestic SW broadcasts in frequency order, and international SW broadcasts in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish shown by UTC.

Television - The TV section has details of the main terrestrial national broadcasters, large regional networks, and some local stations, arranged alphabetically by country.

Reference - This section has tables and listings of: International and Domestic Transmitter sites, Standard Time and Frequency Transmissions, DX Club information, International Organisations, and other essential information.

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Digital Radio Guide

The ABU undertakes wide ranging activities reflecting the current needs of the members. These activities are implemented by the Secretariat's Technical Department. Providing technical information to the members is a major activity of the Technical Department. The activity takes various forms including the publication of the ABU Technical Review and regular distribution of clippings containing a selection of the most useful papers published in technical journals worldwide. Recenty they published the "Digital Radio Guide". It's give the introduction about the digital radio. Total number of pages 118. You will more info from the following link
http://www.abu.org.my/public/documents/DRG-2007-Final.pdf

Snapshot on print and radio channel promotions on TV


Key Findings:

  • 27 per cent rise in print promotion on TV whereas 21 per cent drop in radio channel promotion on TV during January - October 2008 compared to January - October 2007.
  • Maximum advertising of print media and radio stations on regional channels during January - October 2008.
  • The Malayala Manorama Co was the top advertiser in print promotions and Living Media India topped in radio channel promotions on TV during January - October 2008.
  • Sakshi Daily, a new brand of print media and Fever 104 FM, a new Radio station was advertised maximum on TV during January - October 2008.
Growth in ad volumes of print and radio channel promotions on TV.
  • Print promotion on TV has seen growth of 27 per cent during January - October 2008 compared to same period in 2007.
  • Compared to January - October 2007, radio channel promotion witnessed a drop of 21 per cent during January - October 2008.
Advertising of print publications on national vs regional channels.
  • Print promotion on regional and national channels contributed advertising ratio of 62:38 during January - October 2008.
  • Tamil Nadu had contributed the maximum (40 per cent) followed by Kerala and Andhra Pradesh with 24 per cent and 13 per cent share of overall print promotion ad volumes on TV during January - October 2008.
Advertising of radio channels on national vs regional channels
  • During January - October 2008, 88 per cent of radio stations promotion was on regional channels and 12 per cent on national channels.
  • Delhi accounted for 42 per cent share of overall ad volumes of radio channel promotions on TV followed by Kerala and West Bengal with 30 per cent and 12 per cent share respectively during January - October 2008.
Top advertisers in print and radio channel promotions on TV
  • Top five publications share accounted for 47 per cent share of overall Print promotion on TV during January - October 2008,where The Malayala Manorama Co, K S Publications Pvt Ltd, Deccan Chronicle Group Of Publications were the top three advertisers.
  • Living Media India Ltd, HT Music & Entertainment Co Ltd and Asianet Network were the top three advertisers for radio channel promotion on TV during January - October 2008.
  • Top five advertisers share aggregates to 90 per cent of overall ad volumes of radio channel promotions on TV during January - October 2008
New print publications and radio channels advertised on TV (January - October 2008)
  • Sakshi Daily, Financial Chronicle and India News Saptahik were the top three new brands of print media being promoted on TV during January - October 2008.
  • Top three new Radio stations viz. Fever 104 FM, 94.3 Club FM and All India Radio-Lucknow were advertised on TV during January - October 2008.
  • Watch out for forthcoming interesting analyses in future.s
(Analysis from AdEx India - A Division of TAM Media Research)

AIR show gets special commendation at ABU prizes '08

All India Radio's children and youth show 'Our Home, The Planet Earth' has won special commendation at the the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union's ABU Prizes 2008, announced in Bali on 24 November 2008.

Among the winners in the radio category are - Legacy Disposal Squad (NHK, Japan) - drama, Smile, Joy and Wonderful, Flip The Expectation (KBS, Korea)- infotainment, A Handless City: Viruses and Hands, Which Is More Lethal To Children? (RTHK, Hong Kong) - Children & Youth (Radio), Repeated Abortions (RTHK, Hong Kong) - News (Radio), Two-Year Journey Of Hot Lapindo Mud Flow (RRI, Indonesia) - Documentary (Radio), Let's Go To School (BBC, United Kingdom) - External Broadcasts (Radio) and The Rising Of New Generation Of Chenggis Khan (MNB, Mongolia), which got a special jury prize.

The ABU Prizes, established in 1964 by the first ABU General Assembly, is an international contest for radio and television programmes. The purpose of the contests is to promote the production of radio and television programmes of a high standard, to raise educational and cultural levels, and to strengthen international understanding among the peoples of the countries and areas of the ABU members.

This year, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony held during the 45th ABU General Assembly in the Indonesian capital on 24 November.


BBC chief appointed new Plan CEO

Plan has appointed Nigel Chapman, the current Director of BBC World Service, as its new chief executive officer.

Nigel brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge of global, multi-ethnic, and culturally diverse organisations.

He has worked for the BBC for more than 20 years and held senior management and editorial posts in television, radio and online, many with a strong emphasis on news and current affairs.

As Director of BBC World Service, he is responsible for the overall editorial leadership and management of the world's leading international radio broadcaster, BBC Arabic TV and its new media operations.

In addition to his World Service role, Nigel is also Chair of the BBC World Service Trust - the World Service's charitable arm, which uses communications and new technologies to aid development in some of the world's poorest countries.

Plan support

Nigel is also no stranger to Plan. He has spent over 6 years working at the highest levels of the international Board and Members Assembly. He is currently the Chair of the UK National Organisation.

Paul Arlman, Chairman of Plan’s International Board said: “We are delighted to have someone with such a demonstrated dedication to international co-operation, combined with a great interest in the fate of children and enormous management experience in a complex organisation. Nigel will be a great asset and inspirational leader for the organisation.”

Nigel Chapman, who is married with 2 children, said: “I am delighted to be joining Plan International as its CEO. I know from my visits to see its work first hand, and my time as Chair of the UK Trustees, that Plan has a wonderful reputation for working with millions of the world’s poorest children and their communities and helping them escape poverty. It will be a privilege to lead the Plan team to what we all hope will be a new level of impact and achievement.”

Nigel will join Plan on 1 April 2009, taking over from Tom Miller who steps down at the end of 2008.

Biographies

As Director of BBC World Service, Nigel Chapman is responsible for the overall editorial leadership and management of the world's leading international radio broadcaster and its new media operations.

He has worked for the BBC for more than 20 years.

He has held senior management and editorial posts in television, radio and online, many with a strong emphasis on news and current affairs.

After joining the BBC as a trainee in 1977 he later produced and edited high-profile current affairs television programmes, including Nationwide, Newsnight (where he worked on the first evening programme in 1980) and Breakfast News.

In 1989 Nigel Chapman became the first Editor of Public Eye - the BBC specialist weekly programme on social policy issues.

He edited the series for almost three years until moving to the BBC's south region as Head of Centre, South East at Elstree in March 1992, where he was responsible for local television and radio, current affairs and political output in London and the South East.

In 1994, he was appointed Head of Broadcasting, Midlands and East, based at Pebble Mill, Birmingham.

In November, 1996, Nigel Chapman was appointed Controller, BBC English Regions, responsible for all regional television and local radio programmes across England.

In January 1999, he became the first ever Director of BBC Online, with responsibility for the development of the UK's most popular content website.

In September 2000, he was appointed Deputy Director of BBC World Service.

In that post he had responsibility for relations with the Foreign Office, strategy, multi-media, press, public affairs, marketing and legal affairs.

He deputised for the Director of BBC World Service across the full range of his functions.

He was Acting Director of the World Service from January 2004 to his current appointment in July 2004.

He is also Chair of the World Service Trust - the World Service's charitable arm, which uses communications to aid development in some of the world's poorest countries.

Nigel Chapman is married with two children and lives in Oxford.

Annual Report of Ministry of Information - Broadcasting

Annual Report of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt of India for
the year 2007-08 is now available for download from this link :

http://mib.nic. in/informationb/ POLICY/ar/ annualrepeng_ I.pdf
(134 MB)

Pages 46-111 are for broadcasting sector which includes details about All
India Radio

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi.

Annual Report of All India Radio & Prasar Bharati 2007

Annual Report of All India Radio for the year 2007 is now available for
download from this link :
http://allindiaradi o.gov.in/ reports/AIRComp2 007.pdf
(9.66 MB)

Annual Report for Prasar Bharati for the year 2007 can be downloaded using
this link :
http://allindiaradi o.gov.in/ reports/PBAR2007 .pdf
(20.6 MB)

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi