New unlicenced Community Radio station at Hyderabad!

Wake up, the college radio is here The college radio is a hit with students of St. Peters College and also colleges located in the 3-km radius it covers "Good morning St. Peters," a charming voice fills the air even as students stream into the campus early in the morning. As they settle down in the canteens and lobbies for a refreshing coffee for the hard day ahead, they are greeted with some melodies and the day's important news. It is not Madhu of "Happy Days" or Jahnavi of "Lage Raho Munnabhai" who engage students of St. Peters Engineering College at Maisammaguda with their enchanting voice but their own college RJs Aishwarya, Ramya, Shalaka and Zainab. Within a few minutes 'SPEC Beats' draws every student into 100.0frequency, on which their college radio operates. "Birthday wishes and dedications to friends follow, refreshing the minds and souls," says Aishwarya, RJ and a final year student. The college radio is a hit with students of St. Peters College and also colleges located in the 3-km radius it covers. "Apart from music, we share info on student festivals, placements, job fairs and foreign education," reveals Manohar from the technical team. The college radio was started as part of a project, and the team of Manohar Yadav, Vinay Padakanti, Shashank Vangapally, Hemanth Reddy and Shilpa Reddy – all final year students – worked hard for four months to make it a reality. "The role of NOWA Technika group, started by a faculty member, Kaushik Kathuri, provided them with technical and financial support. The radio reaches students in three different slots. From 8.30 a.m. to 9 a.m.; 12.30 p.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. The noon show discusses interesting topics, while the evening show takes student requests for songs, besides dedicating numbers. The entire content is generated by students. The shows are accessed by students tuning their mobiles to 100.0 frequency, while speakers are also fitted in canteens and lobbies. Manohar says the transmitter was assembled with parts imported from China, and it contains a modulator, phase log loop integrated circuit and a power amplifier. The transmitter is of 15 watts, and it costs Rs. 40,000. A personal computer and two mikes are the other paraphernalia. "Ours is a non-commercial channel, and we have not applied for licence," says Manohar. The team visited the University of Hyderabad (UOH) and Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology (KMIT) that operate campus radios in the city, to study the technical aspects and content generation. "Colleges located around the place and local villagers too can use our channel for their benefit, and it's free of cost," says Manohar. It can be followed on 'www.facebook.com /specbeats'. Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/wake-up-the-college-radio-is-here/article4329728.ece Via dx_india YG __._,_.___ __,_._,___

China’s first Tamil author looks to build bridges

Zhao Jiang’s first Tamil book makes debut at on-going Chennai Book Fair

For Zhao Jiang, who prefers to go by her Tamil name Kalaimakal, writing a book in Tamil would have seemed unthinkable when she first began learning what appeared to be an undecipherable script in a Chinese university classroom some 15 years ago.

Today, as a fluent Tamil-speaker and the director of the government-run China Radio International’s (CRI) Tamil station, which commands an impressive audience of more than 25,000 dedicated listeners in Tamil Nadu alone, Ms. Zhao has taken it upon herself to foster closer ties between China and southern India, a usually overlooked destination for Chinese travellers.

This week, Ms. Zhao’s first book in Tamil — which, as far as she knows, might even be the first ever Tamil book authored by a Chinese — will debut at the ongoing Chennai Book Fair, which runs until January 23 at the YMCA College Ground in Nandanam. The book will be available at the stall of publishers Gowtham Pathippagam.

Titled China’s Travel Attractions, the book provides an introduction of the history and culture of Beijing, Shanghai and Tibet. “The idea I had was to introduce the special features of China for a Tamil audience,” Ms. Zhao told The Hindu in an interview.

Her inspiration, she said, came from the listeners of CRI, who sent in thousands of letters wanting to know more about travelling in China.

CRI’s Tamil station receives as many as five lakh letters every year — more than any other of the station’s 60 international channels — from listeners in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and Europe.

The book, Ms. Zhao says, introduces the changes the Chinese capital has seen in its recent history, from its thriving new 798 art district to its modern subway system. It also provides an introduction to China’s most famous historical sites. The book includes sections on Shanghai’s architecture and a guide to travelling in Tibet, written with an Indian audience in mind.

Ms. Zhao has been a broadcaster with CRI for 13 years, joining the channel after completing her undergraduate degree in Tamil at the Communications University of China. The university is the only school in Beijing that teaches Tamil; it caters largely to the hiring needs of CRI and the official Xinhua news agency.

Ms. Zhao, who has travelled extensively in Tamil Nadu in 2003 and 2004 on trips aimed at engaging with CRI’s more than 500 listeners’ clubs, now plans to spend a year studying in Tamil Nadu. She is also considering writing a book, based on her upcoming travels in India, to introduce south India to Chinese travellers, who usually only head to New Delhi or Buddhist pilgrimage sites in the north.

“After the success of the film ‘Life of Pi’ in China [parts of which were shot in Puducherry], there is an increasing interest in south India among Chinese,” Ms. Zhao said. 

Thanks to Mr.ANANTH KRISHNAN for published interesting story

Source: http://www.thehindu.com

New free directory and database of radio stations on FM and AM in Asia

Radio Asia   Free directory and database of radio stations on FM and AM in Asia.   Directory of FM radio stations   http://www.radio-asia.org/fm/radio-asia.php   Directory of AM radio stations on medium wave, tropical bands and shortwave   http://www.radio-asia.org/am/radio-asia.php   Hello radio listeners and enthusiasts, this free radio station directory shows quick & simple country by country radio station listings for countries in Asia, it enables a detailed look at national networks, regional and local radio stations. It often shows whenever possible detailed transmitter location data including map links to the transmitter sites, radio station website links are included as well. Our radio stations directory can be used as a reference or tool to identify or locate a certain radio station. The AM section shows a countrywide listing of reported or presumably active stations on longwave, mediumwave and shortwave, (closed or inactive, planned stations do not show up on the list, they are visible when logging in to the main FMLIST or MWLIST database). The FM section shows regional listings sorted by provinces or states, city or metro area listings are shown listing FM stations up to 160 km 100 miles around a city or larger town. Especially concerning the FM station section, just in case you happen see a new RDS radio station name on your radio display while tuning through your local FM band, please let us know, we are always interested in finding new RDS data as this is a very convenient way to locate or identify a radio station. Many efforts were undertaken in this database to provide as much detail as possible in our listings, if however any data or any weblinks are missing or any new radio stations are planned or launched, please report them to us.   This website is powered by the FMLIST & MWLIST database sites, as a free service for all radio enthusiasts, DXers and amateur radio operators (HAM).   Send your messages to fmlist@lorenzsoft.de   --- Alokesh Gupta New Delhi Via dx_sasia YG __._,_.___ Reply via web post Reply to sender Reply to group Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group This group specialises exclusively on Broadcasting in South Asia. Moderators : Jose Jacob,VU2JOS & Alokesh Gupta,VU3BSE Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use • Send us Feedback . __,_._,___

Hamfest India 2012

Two day Hamfest India 2012 concluded today at Chennai, around 800 delegates

from all over India & abroad participated in this grand event. Hamfest
India 2013 will be held at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

Related news reports :

From fringes, hams now tune into mainstream
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/from-fringes-hams-now-tune-into-mainstream/article4204179.ece

Hams helped trace killers
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121216/news-current-affairs/article/hams-helped-trace-killers

Photos at :

http://chennaihams.blogspot.in/2012/12/hamfest2012-day-2-event-valedictory.html

http://chennaihams.blogspot.in/2012/12/hamfest2013-to-be-held-at-gwalior.html

http://chennaihams.blogspot.in/2012/12/hamfestindia-2012-at-chennai-officially.html

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi [Via dx_india YG] 

Special callsign AT1WPS, Hyderabad

The special callsign AT1WPS will be activated during the First World Parliament on Spirituality being held at Hyderabad from 17 to 21 Dec 2012 .

The following members of National Intstitute of Amateur Radio (NIAR) will be operating the station:

1.OM Suri, VU2MY
2.OM Mohan, VU2MYH
3.YL Bhanu, VU2BL
4.OM Jose, VU2JOS (CW)
5.YL Lissy, VU3LMS
6.OM Mujeeb, VU3MHI

QSL via VU2NRO

More information about the event is in: http://www.wpsconnect.org/

Special thanks to WPC Wing, Ministry of Communication & IT, Govt. of India for issuing the special callsign.
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Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio 
Hyderabad, India Mobile: +91 94416 96043
 www.qsl.net/vu2jos      [Via dx_india] 

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Govt to consider financial autonomy for Prasar Bharati

Govt to consider financial autonomy for Prasar Bharati

Meenakshi Verma Ambwani
New Delhi, Dec 17:

The Government is exploring the possibility of giving financial autonomy to
public broadcaster Prasar Bharati in view of the changing scenario. The
country, at present, has nearly 800 channels in operation.

The relook at Prasar Bharati's functioning is also prompted by the fact
that nearly 90 per cent of Information and Broadcasting Ministry's funds
are being spent on the public broadcaster.

Sources said some consultations had begun and various financial models
could be looked at, which include the way public broadcasters, such as BBC,
are funded in the UK, or providing grants to the public broadcaster
directly through the consolidated fund, or look at other indigenous funding
models.

More at :  http://tinyurl.com/cgle35s

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi Via [dx_india] 

India: 839 FM channels in 294 cities to be available in auction

The reserve price for radio channels in FM Phase III expansion will be decided on the basis of amount bid in Phase II auction, the Information and Broadcasting ministry said today."The reserve price for new channels in existing FM Phase II cities shall be the highest bid price received for that city in Phase II. In cities which are being taken up afresh, the reserve price shall be the highest bid price received during FM Phase II for that category of cities in that region," I&B minister Manish Tewari said here.- The Economic Times 18/12

839 FM channels in 294 cities to be available in auction

The reserve price for radio channels in FM Phase III expansion will be decided on the basis of amount bid in Phase II auction, the Information and Broadcasting ministry said today. 

"The reserve price for new channels in existing FM Phase II cities shall be the highest bid price received for that city in Phase II. In cities which are being taken up afresh, the reserve price shall be the highest bid price received during FM Phase II for that category of cities in that region," I&B minister Manish Tewari said here. 

He was responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha. He also said that the government had also cleared the proposal of the I&B ministry for conducting ascending e-auction as followed by the Department of Telecommunications for the auction of 3 G spectrum for award of license to FM channels. 

He said that 839 FM channels in 294 cities will be available in auctions. Economic Times 18/12

FM auction: Reserve price based on last round bids

The reserve price for radio channels in FM phase III expansion will be decided on the basis of the amount bid in phase II auction, the information and broadcasting ministry said. "The reserve price for new channels in existing FM phase II cities shall be the highest bid price received for that city in phase II. In cities that are being taken up afresh, the reserve price shall be the highest bid price received during FM phase II for that category of cities in that region," I&B minister Manish Tewari said. He was responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha. Financial Express 17/12

HAMFEST 2012 news item

Hi fellow HAMs, Below  is a link about the story which appeared in Deccan Chronicle newspaper's Tamil Nadu edition about the importance of HAMs as narrated by former DGP and TNPSC chairman R. Nataraj. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/121216/news-current-affairs/article/hams-helped-trace-killers ---- N. Arun Kumar VU3BBD __,_._,___

சீனாவில் தங்க.ஜெய்சக்திவேல் - முதல் நாள்

வணக்கம் நண்பர்களே, இலங்கையிலிருந்து சீனாவிற்கு ஞாயிறு மதியம் வந்து சேர்ந்தேன். விமான நிலையத்திற்கு சீன வானொலி நிலையத்தின் தமிழ் பிரிவில் இருந்து தேன்மொழி அவர்கள் வந்து என்னை வரவேற்று அழைத்துச் சென்றார்கள். நான் இலங்கையில் தங்கியபோது ஏற்பட்ட எனது அனுபவத்தினை விட இந்தப் பயணம் இன்னும் மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருந்தது.   நான் கொழும்புவில் இருந்து புறப்பட்ட போது இலங்கை நேரம் அதிகாலை 1.30. இங்கு சீனாவிற்கு சரியாக மதியம் சீன நேரம் 12.30க்கு வந்து சேர்ந்தேன். அன்றைய தினம் விமானம் சற்று முன்னதாக வந்துவிட்டதாக தேன்மொழி கூறினார்கள்.   விமான நிலையத்தில் இருந்து சரியாக 45 நிமிடப் பயணத்தில் நான் தங்குமிடத்துக்கு வந்து சேர்ந்தேன். எனது சுற்றுப்பயணம் தொடங்கும் நாளுக்கு ஒரு நாள் முன்னதாகவே வந்துவிட்டபடியால் நான் தமிழ் பிரிவின் சக பணியாளர் திரு.தமிழ்செல்வம் அவர்களுடன் தங்கினேன். அருமையான இரவு உணவினைத் தயார் செய்து கொடுத்தார் தமிழ்செல்வம்.   இரவு ஒரு நல்ல தூக்கத்தினை தூங்கினேன். திங்கள் காலை முதல் எனது முறையான சீனச் சுற்றுலா தொடங்கியது.   காலை சீன வானொலியின் தமிழ் பிரிவுக்கு சென்றேன். அங்கு கடமையாற்றிக் கொண்டு இருந்த துணைத் தலைவர் வாணி உட்பட அனைவரையும் சந்துத்து எனது வணக்கத்தினை  வாழ்த்துக்கலையும் தமிழக நேயர்களின் சார்பாகவும் எனது மனோன்மணியம் சுந்தரனார் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் சார்பாகவும் தெரிவித்துக் கொண்டேன். அதன் பின் தமிழ் பிரிவின் கலையகங்களைக் காணச் சென்றேன். மிகவும் அருமையாக இருந்தது.   குறிப்பாக டாஸ்கன் டெக் மற்றும் ஸ்டுடர் கன்சோல்களைப் பார்த்து வியந்தேன். காரணம் இது போன்ற கன்சோல்கள் ஒலிபதிவின் தரத்தினைக் கூட்டக் கூடியது.   அதன் பின் சக பணியாளர்களுக்கு நான் திருநெல்வேலியில் இருந்து வாங்கிச் சென்ற தனிச் சிறப்பான இனிப்பினை வழங்கினேன். அனைவரும் அதனை சுவைத்து பார்த்து மகிழ்ந்தனர்.   மதியம் வாணி, சரஸ்வதி மற்றும் தேன்மொழி ஆகியோருடன் இணைந்து மதிய உணவினை  சீன வானொலியின் பிரத்தியேக உணவகத்தில் உண்டோம்.  உணவின் சுவை   மற்றும் மணத்தினை பிரிதொரு பதிவில் நிச்சயம் கூறுவேன்.   மதியம் எனது சுற்றுலாவின் முதல் இடமான 'சொர்கக் கோவிலுக்கு' நிறைமதியுடன் நிறைந்த மனதுடன் சென்றேன். சீன வானொலிக்கு சொந்தமான பிரித்தியேக மகிழ்வுந்திலேயே என்னை அழைத்துச் சென்றார்கள். அந்த வாகனத்தின் முன் புறம் சீன வானொலியின் முத்திரையோடு 'சீன வானொலி நிலையம்' என்று எழுதப்பட்டு இருந்தது எனக்கு மிகுந்த மகிழ்வைத் தந்தது. காரணம் இது போன்ற வானொலிக்கு சொந்தமான வாகனங்களில் செல்வது ஒரு தனி மகிழ்ச்சியையும் மரியாதையையும் எனக்குள் ஏற்படுத்தும். அந்த மகிழ்ச்சியை முழுமையாக அனுபவித்தேன்.   சீனாவின் மிக முக்கிய இடமான சொர்கக் கோவில் பற்றி விரிவான கட்டுரையை எழுத வேண்டும் எனவே அந்த அனுபவத்தினை வேறு ஒரு பதிவில் உங்களோடு நிச்சயம் பகிர்ந்துகொள்வேன்.   அதன் பின் மாலையில் நாங்கள் மற்றும் ஒரு முக்கியமான இடத்திற்கு சென்றோம். கலைநயம் மிக்க அந்த இடம் சீனாவின் கலைக்காக மிகவும் புகழ்பெற்றது. முக்கியமாக உலகின் முக்கிய ஓவியர்களின் பாதம் பட்ட இடம் என்று கூறலாம். ஆம் லியோ லீ சாங் எனும் அந்தப் பகுதி ஒரு பழமையான சீனாவின் கிராமப் பகுதியை நம் கண் முன்னே கொண்டுவந்து நிறுத்துகிறது.   அந்தப்பகுதியில் ஓவியம் வரையத் தேவையான தூரிகைகள் மற்றும் அதற்குத் தேவையான வண்ண மைகள் எந்தப்புரம் திரும்பினாலும் விறகப்படுகின்றன. காலத்தால் அழிக்க முடியாத கலைபொக்கிசங்கள் நிறைந்த பகுதியில் எனது கால் தடம் பட்டதில் எனக்கும் மகிழ்ச்சியே. நாளை சீனாவின் முக்கியமான மற்றும் ஒரு நினைவுச் சின்னத்திற்கு செல்ல உள்ளேன். அந்த அனுபவத்தினையும் படிக்க ஆர்வமுடன் இருப்பீர்கள் என நம்புகின்றேன். சந்திப்போம் நாளை. - தங்க.ஜெய்சக்திவேல் (எழுதி முடித நேரம் நள்ளிரவு 12.15)

DRM to Celebrate Indian Platform Activity with Workshop in New Delhi

India is one of the leading countries in introducing DRM through an

ambitious roll-out plan spearheaded by the public broadcaster, All India
Radio (AIR). The progress has been good but the successful take-up of
Digital Radio for the millions of radio listening Indians will depend on:
affordable receivers, sufficient digital broadcasts, effective marketing
and good content.

With the endorsement of AIR, the DRM Consortium launched an "Indian DRM
Chapter" (Platform) in February 2011. Its focus is to support the digital
roll-out in India.

The Platform, which meets virtually every month in order to exchange
information and share in the latest development, is to hold a DRM Workshop
at the LaLit Hotel in New Delhi on November 22 offer an opportunity to all
interested parties and stakeholders to hear how the DRM transmissions in
India have been progressing, to get the latest DRM news from all over the
world and receive an update on the All India Radio digital roll-out.

Mr Yogendra Pal, the Honorary Chair of the India Platform is looking
forward to this meeting of the India Platform: "The meeting of the Indian
Platform members is long overdue. Though we share information virtually all
the time there is no better way to get the latest information and
contribute to the successful introduction of DRM in India, than meeting
face to face."

Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chair, is keen that this event should be
open and welcoming to anyone interested: "DRM needs to go beyond the
transmission sites and excite radio manufacturers, content-makers and
listeners now. As you know, the DRM India Platform is open to membership
from other broadcasters, digital chip, module and receiver manufacturers,
transmission companies, distributors and retailers. On the 22nd we will all
meet and take the project forward."

For more information on the event on November 22nd please write to :
projectoffice@drm.org.

About DRM
Dgital Radio Mondiale TM (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised
digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies below and
above 30 MHz, including LW, MW, SW, band I, II (FM band) and band III. DRM
provides digital sound quality and the ease-of-use that comes from digital
radio, combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound,
Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services. DRM on
short, medium and long wave for broadcasting bands up to 30 MHz (called
'DRM30') provides large coverage areas and low power consumption. The
enhancement of the DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz
('DRM+') uses the same audio coding, data services, multiplexing and
signalling schemes as DRM30 but introduces an additional transmission mode
optimized for those bands.

(Press Release)

[Via Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi, Dx India]

Public Service Broadcasting in India: Opportunities Gained and Missed

Public Service Broadcasting in India: Opportunities Gained and Missed seminar in University of Madras.
Date: 9 Nov 2012
I will be speak on "Remembering the Doyens of Tamil Radio Broadcasting"
For details see the invitation.

The Voice of Russia turns 83

One of the world's largest radio broadcasting companies, The Voice of Russia, celebrates its 83d birthday. On October 29, 1929, Moscow launched international radio broadcasting. Today the VoR is ranked among the world's most popular radio companies.

  

http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_10_28/The-Voice-of-Russia-turns-83/

 

[Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi Via DXLD]

 

JSWC anniversary broadcast - Saturday 3 November

Toshi Ohtake of Japan Short Wave Club reminds us that JSWC's special 

60th anniversary broadcast is scheduled on 3 November as follows:

Palau transmission to Japan. (In Japanese)
1030-1100UTC on 9955kHz.

France(ISS) transmission to Europe. (In English)
1700-1730UTC on 6015kHz

French Guiana transmission to North America(In English)
2330-2400UTC on 15775kHz,

Special QSLs will be available.

For eQSLs send reports to: jswcqsl@live.jp

Postal reports should be sent to:
JSWC, PO Box 44, Kamakura, 248-8691 Japan.
An IRC is required.

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Alappuzha to soon have an FM radio station

Alappuzha to soon have an FM radio station

Sajimon P S, TNN Oct 21, 2012, 03.59AM IST
ALAPPUZHA: The Union government has approved All India Radio's (AIR)
proposal for setting up a frequency modulation (FM) station in Alappuzha,
where there is no such facility either in the private or the government
sector.
The present AIR (medium wave) station here only relays the programmes from
Thiruvananthapuram and New Delhi stations.
The upcoming FM station will have 10kW power and a 50-km coverage at the
primary level.
"AIR New Delhi office will soon invite tenders for erecting tower and
transmitters for the Alappuzha FM station. It will be set up in the 33-acre
transmitting radio station land at Pathirapally," George said.
The transmitting station was commissioned in 1971 with a 100kW capacity. In
1999, its capacity was upgraded to 200kW. Though Alappuzha station is the
highest power transmitting station in the state, it does not possess either
a studio or a production wing.

More at :
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-21/kozhikode/34627076_1_radio-station-union-minister-thiruvananthapuram

[Via DX India YG]

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