India is celebrating its 74th Independence Day on 15 August 2020.
Details of special programs by All India Radio for the occasion is as follows:
14th August 2020 (Friday) 1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards "Address to the Nation" on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English by Shri.Ram Nath Kovind, Honble President of India.
All stations of All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW & FM.
Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies :
kHz kW Station
4760 7 Leh
4800 50 Hyderabad
4810 50 Bhopal
4835 10 Gangtok
4910 50 Jaipur
4920 50 Chennai
4950 30 Srinagar
5010 50 Thiruvananthapuram
5040 50 Jeypore
5050 10 Aizawl ?
6030 250 Delhi
9380 250 Aligarh
9865 500 Bengaluru ?
MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm
FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm
Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24x7
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15th August 2020 (Saturday) 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST)
All India Radio will live broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minister's address to the nation to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2020 on the following SW frequencies.
English:
15030 Bengaluru 500 kW
Hindi:
9380 Aligarh 250 kW
9950 New Delhi 250 kW
11620 Bengaluru 500 kW
The following External Services stands cancelled for that day:
11560: Pushtu 0215-0300, Dari 0300-0345
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
5. Srinagar -0130 UTC (ex 0225) 6110
6. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290
Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the commentary is as follows
kHz kW Station
4760 7 Leh
4800 50 Hyderabad
4810 50 Bhopal
4835 10 Gangtok
4910 50 Jaipur
4920 50 Chennai
4950 30 Srinagar
5010 50 Thiruvananthapuram
5040 50 Jeypore
5050 10 Aizawl ?
6030 250 Delhi
7270 50 Chennai
9380 250 Aligarh
9865 500 Bengaluru ?
All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary.
Live streaming of the above programs is available in:
Please send your reception reports on line at: http://pbinfo.air.org.in/feedback/
or by email to: spectrum-manager@air.org.in or spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in
or
Director ( Spectrum Management & Synergy)
All India Radio,
Room No. 204, Akashvani Bhawan,
Parliament Street
New Delhi110001, India
Watch the events live on Doordarshan TV on all their channels .Try the following links:
DD National: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RhpgO2ItQ
DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/
(Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta)
Photo courtesy @AkashvaniAIR on Twitter