100 KW MW NEC-MB-121B High Power Transmitter at Alappuzha (Alleppey) was formally inaugurated on 17th July 1971.Later on, this was replaced and upgraded with a 2x100 KW BEL Transmitter Type HMB140 , commissioned on 15th April 1999. This High Power Transmitter is a Relay Transmitter of Primary Channel of Capital station AIR,Thiruvananthapuram.
For AIR, Alappuzha 5 KW FM Transmitter have been approved and the civil work is under progress.
The AIR establishment at Alleppey is spread over two sites. The office block and 11 staff quarters are situated in a site at Pathirappalli, measuring 1.349 acres of land. . The Transmitter building and other ancillary buildings, mast, feeder lines etc. are located in another site at Kalavoor, two kilometers towards North of Pathirappalli Office along NH 47.
Prasar Bharati Parivar wishes all staff and non staff members of AIR Alleppey on its anniversary.
Source : M.Goury, DDG(E)