India is celebrating its 70th Independence Day on 15 August 2017.
Details
of special programs by All India Radio for the occasion is
as follows:
14th August 2017 (Monday) 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards
: Honble President's “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence
Day in Hindi and English at 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards.
All stations
of All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW & FM.
Look out on the
following Home Service SW frequencies :
4760 Leh
4760 Port
Blair
4800 Hyderabad
4810 Bhopal
4835 Gangtok (Irregular)
4895
Kurseong ?
4910 Jaipur
4920 Chennai
4950 Srinagar (Irregular)
4970
Shillong
5010 Thiruvananthapuram (Irregular)
5040 Jeypore
9380
Aligarh
9865 Bangalore
? = Off air
lately
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15
August 2017 (Tuesday) 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, 2017 on the following SW
frequencies.
English: 11740, 15040 (additional
frequencies)
Hindi:
7520 Delhi 250 kW
9380 Aligarh 250
kW
11620 Bengaluru 500 kW
(Note : External Services in Urdu on 7340,
7520, 11620 are replaced by running 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. Port Blair - 0130 UTC (Ex 0315) 7390
5 Srinagar -0130 UTC
(ex 0225) 6110 (Irregular)
6. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290
(Irregular)
Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but
carrying the commentary is as follows:
4760 Leh
4835 Gangtok
(Irregular)
4910 Jaipur
4970 Shillong
5040 Jeypore
7270
Chennai
Check also 13695 & 15120 via Bangalore
All stations of
AIR will relay the running commentary.
LIVE STREAMING ON AIR: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Default.aspx
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
Or in
http://allindiaradio.gov.in/Information/ListenersCorner/Pages/default.aspx
Watch
the events live on Doordarshan TV on all their channels .Try the following
links:
DD National: http://www.ddindia.gov.in/Pages/Home.aspx
http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-National_1893
DD
News: http://webcast.gov.in/live/
DD
Sports: http://hellotv.in/play/livetv/DD-Sports_1894
etc.
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Alokesh
Gupta
New Delhi
