With effect from 15th Jan, 2021, trial transmissions of All India Radio external service will be back on three platforms - shortwave, DTH & Live streaming. AIR external services broadcasts were suspended due to Covid pandemic from 24th March 2020. There will be 4 services, two neighborhood services ( NS I, NS II ) and two world services (WS I, WS II) round the clock in different languages. Regular transmission will commence from 26th Jan, 2021.
Schedule for AIR External Services trial broadcasts :
In Pure DRM mode
UTC IST LANGUAGE SERVICE FREQ TXER SITE
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0945-1045 1515-1615 RUSSIAN WS II 17830 BENGALURU
1930-2030 0100-0200 FRENCH WS II 9620 BENGALURU
In Analogue mode
UTC IST LANGUAGE SERVICE FREQ TXER SITE
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2345-0115 0515-0645 CHINESE WS I 13695 BENGALURU
0130-0230 0700-0800 INDONESIAN WS I 13695 BENGALURU
0300-0400 0830-0930 BALUCHI NS I 9950 KINGSWAY,DELHI
0245-0330 0815-0900 THAI WS I 13645 BENGALURU
0245-0345 0815-0915 BURMESE NS II 15030 BENGALURU
0400-0500 0930-1030 NEPALI(1) NS II 11740,15030 KINGSWAY/BENGALURU
0500-0600 1030-1130 ARABIC(1) WS I 15030 BENGALURU
0615-0645 1145-1215 SINHALA(1) NS II 11560 KINGSWAY,DELHI
0800-0830 1330-1400 PERSIAN(1) WS I 15030 BENGALURU
0745-0845 1315-1415 DARI(1) NS I 11560 KINGSWAY,DELHI
0845-0930 1415-1500 PASHTU(1) NS I 11560,17830 KINGSWAY/BENGALURU
0900-1000 1430-1530 NEPALI(2) NS II 9950 KINGSWAY,DELHI
1045-1200 1615-1730 TIBETAN WS I 11560 KINGSWAY,DELHI
1215-1315 1745-1845 SWAHILI WS I 15030 BENGALURU
1430-1545 2000-2015 PASHTU(2) NS I 9950,11560 KINGSWAY/BENGALURU
1300-1500 1830-2030 SINHALA(2) NS I 15030 BENGALURU
1330-1430 1900-2000 DARI(2) NS I 9950,11560 KINGSWAY/BENGALURU
1615-1730 2145-2300 PERSIAN(2) WS I 9620 BENGALURU
1730-1930 2300-0100 ARABIC(2) WS I 9620 BENGALURU
(Alokesh Gupta)