India is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day on 26 Jan 2021 (Tuesday). All India Radio will broadcast special programs in connection with the Republic Day celebrations as follows:
25th January 2021 (Monday): Eve of Republic Day
1330 UTC (1900 IST) onwards Hon'ble President's address to the nation in Hindi and English. This will be broadcast by all stations of AIR on MW, SW, FM. Shortly after this broadcast, the local stations will broadcast its translations in local languages.
SW frequencies:
kHz kW Station
4760 7 Leh
4835 10 Gangtok ?
4950 30 Srinagar
5040 50 Jeypore
5050 10 Aizawl ?
6030 250 Delhi
MW Frequencies : https://ift.tt/2Fd6ytk
FM Frequencies : https://ift.tt/2XV8TQa
Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24x7
26 January 2021 (Tuesday) : Republic Day
Live running commentary of Republic Day parade and cultural pageant from 0345 UTC (0915 IST) onwards :
Hindi : 9950 kHz (Delhi 100 kW), 11740 (Delhi 100 kW)
English: 15030 (Bengaluru 500 kW)
(Cancelling External Service in Nepali & Baluchi languages),
Also on MW/FM frequencies as per below-mentioned links.
MW Frequencies: https://ift.tt/2Fd6ytk
FM Frequencies: https://ift.tt/2XV8TQa
Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24x7
The following regional stations will change from their Morning frequencies on 60 Meters (4 and 5 MHz frequencies) to their day time frequencies between 0335-0350 UTC (ie much earlier than usual) as follows :
6000 Leh
6085 Gangtok ?
The following stations are already scheduled to be on air daily at this time and will also relay the running commentary.
5040 Jeypore
6110 Srinagar
7295 Aizwal ?
Please send your reception reports online at: http://pbinfo.air.org.in/feedback/
or by email to: spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.org.in
Live streaming of the above programs is available in:
Those who would like to watch the programs on Doordarshan TV can check-in:
Happy Republic Day to all DX_India members!
73,
Jose Jacob and Alokesh Gupta
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