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Thursday, July 30, 2009

[dx_india] Website of All India Radio Jhansi

Here's the URL for All India Radio, Jhansi website :

www.airjhansi.com

Thanks to Mr.Sunil Bhatia, Station Head, AIR Jhansi for this info.

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi, India

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[dx_india] In its 60th year, AIR Shillong 'skips' anchor Kyndiah

In its 60th year, AIR Shillong 'skips' anchor Kyndiah

OUR CORRESPONDENT
Shillong, July 29: His voice was a symbol of "breaking news" during
undivided Assam, but he was not remembered when the commemoration programme
of 60 years of broadcasting in the Northeast, organised by All India Radio,
Shillong, ended yesterday.
Former Union tribal affairs minister P.R. Kyndiah, 81, was the first
newsreader and compere of AIR Shillong, a fact which did not find mention
during the beginning and culmination of the 60th anniversary celebrations of
All India Radio.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Kyndiah expressed his disappointment over AIR not
recognising its old contributors. However, when contacted, the officials of
AIR Shillong said they could organise the culmination programme only in a
small way and did not have the intention to forget its old-timers.
The Shillong station of AIR began the yearlong commemoration programme on
July 1 last year to mark its 60th birth anniversary.
As part of the culmination of 60 years of broadcasting, a musical concert,
"All India Radio on the move" featuring songs by eminent radio artistes, was
held at the State Central Library yesterday.
Kyndiah recalled that 60 years ago in July 1948, he was appointed on
contract the first compere of AIR Shillong, which was part of the
Shillong-Guwahati station.
"My duty in the first instance was to be a newsreader in both Khasi and
Jaintia languages and also to compere programmes of talks on different
topics and also on music, both vocal and instrumental," Kyndiah recalled.
Since it was for the first time that AIR was known to the people of
Shillong, Kyndiah took upon the job not only as a newsreader and compere of
programmes, but primarily as a person assigned to hunt for talents of
musicians, both in traditional and modern.
The Shillong station of AIR was established in July 1948 in undivided Assam.
After Meghalaya came into being, a full-fledged station was established in
1977.
Kyndiah said his intense desire was to project the cultural wealth of the
Khasi and Jaintia people. He was initially paid a modest Rs 60 a month. It
was later increased to Rs 120 per month. "I was not drawn to the job merely
on monetary consideration but it coincided with my mission in life."
Kyndiah left the job only in 1962 when after he was elected a member to the
Shillong civic body.
"If my memory serves me right, I received Rs 180 per month before I resigned
from my job and on my resignation I was paid a few thousand rupees as
gratuity," he said.
The former Union minister's association with AIR Shillong for almost 14
years had brought him in contact with a number of talented music composers
and artistes of excellence.
Kyndiah recalled that reputed film director and an outstanding artiste from
Assam, Bhupen Hazarika also joined AIR Shillong as a programme assistant in
the 1950s.
"He had just returned from a university in USA and loved to sing Old Man
River, a spiritual song made famous by Paul Robeson, a noted singer of that
time. We got acquainted since then," Kyndiah said.
"I made efforts to see that musical talents are persuaded to come to the All
India Radio station for both broadcasting and recording. I must admit that
it was not an easy task to do that," Kyndiah said.
He does not regret for not getting any recognition. "As AIR is still a
powerful weapon of mass communication, it has to induct fresh ideas and
innovative programmes designed to catch the attention of the listeners in
the context of challenges from the FM channels."

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090730/jsp/northeast/story_11296565.jsp

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New Delhi, India

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

[dx_india] Radio Asia 2010

Radio Asia 2010 Press ReleaseMEDIA RELEASE
Journey to the Digital Land: Addressing Diverse Radio Audiences and Markets

Radio broadcasters, communications academics and representatives of
developmental agencies will gather to exchange views at the annual RadioAsia
conference which is to be held for the first time in India in 2010.

RadioAsia 2010 will be held in New Delhi from 22-24 February 2010, and will
address pressing issues facing the resurgent radio broadcasting industry in
India and the wider Asian region.

RadioAsia - the only international radio programming event of its kind in
the region – is organised annually by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
(ABU), Asian Media Information and Communications Centre (AMIC) and
Singapore Exhibition Services (SES).

Over the years, this annual gathering of industry players has attracted a
great deal of attention from radio broadcasters and other players in the
radio industry across the world. Since its inception in 2005, eminent
international speakers have gathered in Singapore to share their experiences
in all spheres of the radio industry - public service, commercial and
community radio.

In order to include a wider range of radio broadcasters in the conference,
the organisers have now decided to rotate RadioAsia among different
countries in the region, with the 2010 event being the first outside of
Singapore.

With developments unfolding in India at a rapid pace, the organisers believe
that the timing of holding RadioAsia in India is opportune.

The rotation of the event between different countries will enable radio
broadcasters in those countries to participate and benefit from this
international radio industry event.

RadioAsia 2010 will comprise a half day workshop followed by a two day
conference where leading experts will deliver papers and presentations

Most of the speakers and participants will be drawn from across Asia, but
there will be many from the US and Europe as well.

For more information about RadioAsia2010 please visit
http://www.abu.org.my/RadioAsia2010/

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New Delhi.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

[dx_india] Radio and TV Coverage in J&K

Radio and TV Coverage in J&K

28 July 2009, 16:46 IST
Under J&K Special Plan Phase-I approved in 1999, Doordarshan (DD) has set up
92 transmitter projects in Jammu & Kashmir. Terrestrial coverage has become
available to 95% population of the state. Further, all uncovered areas of
J&K along with rest of the country (except Andaman & Nicobar Islands) have
been provided with multi channel TV coverage through DD's free to air DTH
service "DD Direct Plus".

As part of Special Plan Phase-II for J&K approved in September, 2007, DD
have provided 10,000 DTH sets along with TV sets to Government of J&K for
uncovered areas. During the current financial year, an amount of Rs. 39.09
crore has been allocated, which includes an amount of Rs. 30.00 crore to be
provided as Grants in aid and an amount of Rs. 9.09 crore as Loan to Prasar
Bharati for improving Radio and television facility in J&K.

Under J&K Special Plan Phase-I, All India Radio (AIR) has also set up 10 new
transmitters and upgraded 2 transmitters in J&K. Similarly under J&K Special
Plan Phase-II, 11 number of DG Sets and 7 number of UPS have been approved
for AIR. During the financial year 2009-10, an amount of Rs. 100 crore has
been introduced for improvement of FM & TV coverage in J&K border areas.
This scheme includes setting up of three FM/TV High Power transmitters at
hilltops. In addition to this, Low Power Transmitters have also been
proposed in uncovered regions.

(Press Information Bureau, Govt of India)

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New Delhi.

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Monday, July 27, 2009

[dx_india] Uniwave Di-wave100 DRM receiver to cost $ 200 ?

RNZI Frequency Manager Adrian Sainsbury informs in the 27th July edition of
RNZI mailbox program that Uniwave Di-wave 100 DRM receiver is expected for
Europen launch by 2nd week of Sept'09 and the early production run will cost
approx USD 200.

- Di-wave 100 will go into production in early Sept'09.
- Official launch at IBC, Netherlands (11-15 Sept'09)
- Europen launch expected by 2nd week of Sept'09
- Early Prodn run will cost approx USD 200.

Download the RNZI Mailbox program here :
http://www.rnzi.com/audio/mailbox.mp3

As per an email received from Uniwave Marketing during early July'09 I was
informed that :

- Uniwave is finalizing prices and distribution network for India.
- Availability is expected by mid of september 2009 in India.
- First production lot will be limited quantity.

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New Delhi, India

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Friday, July 24, 2009

[dx_india] Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) & All India Radio.

DRM & All India Radio.
By Joseph Martin C.J

Read the report here :

http://www.friendsofprasarbharati.org/drm.htm

For updated news on Prasar Bharati please visit :
http://www.friendsofprasarbharati.org/

Best Regards,
Joseph Martin

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[dx_india] Observations during Solar Eclipse from Denmark

Regarding the Total Solar Eclipse, I made the following observations here at my home in Skovlunde on July 22 (UTC):

INDIA 0030 0058 0110

Hyderabad 4800 S9+10 S9 S9
Bhopal 4810 S9+5 S9 S9
Mumbai 4840 S9+10 S9+10 S9+5
New Delhi 4860 S9+5 S5 faded out
Lucknow 4880 S9 S8 S7
Jaipur 4910 S9+10 S8 S8
Chennai 4920 S9+10 S9+5 S9+5
Srinagar 4950 S8 S5 S5 QRM Angola
Thiruvan... 5010 S9+5 S8 S8
Jeypore 5040 S9 S7 S6

No other AIR stations were audible.

OTHER STATIONS on clear channels:
0015 0050
Laos 4412 not heard not heard
" 7145 not heard not heard
Vietnam 5925 not heard not heard
" 5975 not heard not heard
Bhutan 6035 not heard not heard
Malaysia 7130 not heard not heard
Thailand 12095 not heard not heard.

Thus, I did not recognize any effects of the total Solar Eclipse, just normal fade outs because of the sunrise !

But as a matter of fact, the Indian stations well heard, all had their reflections points in the ionosphere towards Denmark far to the northwest of India, so these reflections seems not affected by the total solar eclipse. Unfortunately I was unable to hear any stations which reflection points happened to hit the eclipse zone.

Best 73,
Anker Petersen
Danish SW Clubs International

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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

[dx_india] Radio Atmeeya Yatra via AIR

Radio Atmeeya Yatra via AIR

The Gospel For Asia program "Radio Atmeeya Yatra" via All India Radio was monitored by me during my recent trip to Kerala. It is broadcast in my mother tongue Malayalam by all AIR MW & SW stations in Kerala / Lakshadweep as follows:

Language: Malayalam
Time : Saturdays 5.00 to 5.15 pm IST (1130-1145 UTC)
Stations:

Alappuzha 576
Thrissur 630
Kozhikode 684
Thiruvanathapuram 1161, 5010
Kavaratti 1584

These are not listed in their web site www.ayasia.org

I have contacted them on the announced phone nos. and got info that these programs via AIR started about one year back.

They also informed of broadcast via AIR Kochi on 102.3 MHz every week..

From today, 22 July 2009, on Wednesdays, their new programs are scheduled via AIR Thiruvanthapuram/Alappuzha/ Kavaratti at 7.35 pm (1405 UTC) on 5010, 1161, 576 & 1584 kHz.

They also have daily broadcasts via TWR Sri Lanka on 882 kHz in Malayalam at 0030-0045 UTC and from Europe on SW in various languages.

Currently, several other Christian broadcasters like FEBA, TWR, and Joyce Meyers are also broadcasting via All India Radio on MW, SW & FM.

Jose Jacob, VU2JOS
National Institute of Amateur Radio
Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad 500082, India
Telefax: 91-40-2331 0287 Cell:94416 96043

www.qsl.net/vu2jos www.niar.org

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