All India Radio Wikipedia. All India Radio AIR, officially known since 1. Sanskrit Voice from the Sky, is the national public radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1. Prasar Bharatis Doordarshan, the national public television broadcaster. AIR has covered more than 9. Indian population as per the latest information given by Minister of Information and Broadcast. All India Radio is the largest radio network in the world. Its headquarters is at the Akashvani Bhavan in New Delhi. Akashvani Bhavan houses the Drama Section, the FM Section and the National Service. Indian History Marathi Mp3' title='Indian History Marathi Mp3' />Akashvani Bhavan hosts Doordarshan Kendra Delhi. Etymologyeditkavni is a Sanskrit word meaning celestial announcement, or voice from the skyheaven. In Hindu, Jain and Buddhist holy traditions, Akashvanis often featured in stories as a medium of communication from the heavens to mankind. Akashvani was first used in the context of radio by M. V. Gopalaswamy after setting up the nations first private radio station in his residence, Vittal Vihar about 2. AIRs current location in Mysore in 1. Akashvani seemed to be an appropriate name for a radio broadcaster and was later adopted as All India Radios on air name in 1. HistoryeditDuring the British Raj, broadcasting began in July 1. Sharad-Ponkshe-Madhura-Deshpande-Ase-He-Kanyadan.jpg' alt='Indian History Marathi Mp3' title='Indian History Marathi Mp3' />Bombay Presidency Radio Club and other radio clubs. According to an agreement of 2. July 1. 92. 7, the private Indian Broadcasting Company LTD IBC was authorized to operate two radio stations the Bombay station began on 2. India comprises of 28 states and seven union territories. There are several changes have occurred in the state boundaries since 1947, which provides the present. July 1. 92. 7, and the Calcutta station followed on 2. August 1. 92. 7. However, on 1 March 1. The government took over the broadcasting facilities, beginning the Indian State Broadcasting Service ISBS on 1 April 1. May 1. 93. 2. On 8 June 1. ISBS was renamed All India Radio. On 1 October 1. External Service began with a broadcast in Pushtu it was intended to counter radio propaganda from Germany directed to Afghanistan, Iran and the Arab nations. When India became independent in 1. AIR network had only six stations in Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Lucknow, and Tiruchirappalli three radio stations at Lahore, Peshawar and Karachi fell in the share of Pakistan. The total number of radio sets at that time was about 2. India. On 3 October 1. Vividh Bharati Service was launched, to compete with Radio Ceylon. EBe1u_-c_2M/Tdt6-7boaFI/AAAAAAAAYZo/C9v6SXFmy6o/s640/Asha-Shaini-Hot--South-Indian-actress.jpg' alt='Indian History Marathi Mp3' title='Indian History Marathi Mp3' />Indepth articles about the worlds oldest religion, with particular focus on Hinduisms history, culture, beliefs, practices, festivals, holidays, and more. Television broadcasting began in Delhi in 1. AIR, but was split off from the radio network as Doordarshan on 1 April 1. FM broadcasting began on 2. July 1. 97. 7 in Chennai, and was expanded during the 1. Domestic serviceseditAIR has many services in a number of languages, each serving different regions across India. Vividh BharatieditVividh Bharati is one of the best known services of AIR. Its name roughly translates as Diverse Indian, and it is also known as the Commercial Broadcasting Service CBS. It is the commercially most accessible of the AIR networks and is popular in Mumbai and other large cities. Vividh Bharati offers a wide range of programmes including news, film music and comedy programs. It operates on different medium wave band frequencies for each city. Some programs broadcast on Vividh Bharati are Baluchi Programme on AIReditAIR is planning to produce programmes in the Baluchi language, sources claim. Other services includeeditPrimary Channel 1National Channel7Regional serviceseditThe headquarters of the Regional Deputy Directors General are located at Delhi and Chandigarh NR, Lucknow and Bhopal CR, Guwahati NER, Kolkata ER, Mumbai and Ahmedabad WR, Chennai and Bangalore SR. All frequencies are in k. Hz, unless otherwise noted. Northern regional service. City. Frequency. City. Frequency. City. Frequency. Agra. 15. 30. Ajmer. Allahabad. 10. 26. Almora. 99. 9Barmer. Bikaner. 13. 95chairharabudgam1. Delhi C Vividh Bharti 1. Delhi D Yuv vani 1. Delhi National Channel1. Diskit. 16. 02. Faizabad. Gorakhpur. 90. 9Jaipur A1. Jalandhar A8. 37. Jalandhar B7. 02. Jammu A9. 90. Jodhpur A5. Rainbow Six Rogue Spear Full Game. Kalpa Kinnaur1. Kargil A6. Kargil B1. Khalsi. Kota. Kupwara. 13. Leh. Lucknow A7. 47. Lucknow C1. Mathura. Najibabad. Naushera. Nyoma. 14. 85. Padam. Pauri. 16. 02. Pithoragarh. Rampur. 89. 5Rohtak. Shimla. 77. 4budgam. A1. 22. 4srinagar C9. Tiesuru. 16. 02. Udaipur. Uttarkashi. 16. 02. Varanasi A1. 24. 2Sawai Madhopur. Raebareli. 10. 2. Northeast regional service. City. Frequency. City. Frequency. Agartala. Guwahati A7. 29. Shillong. Imphal. 82. 2Eastern regional service. City. Frequency. City. Frequency. Bhagalpur. Chinsurah Kolkata A, 1 MW5. Akashvani Maitree. Cuttack A9. 72. Darbhanga. Hp Deskjet 1040 Driver Download. Jamshedpur. 15. 44. Kolkata A6. 57. Kolkata B1. Kolkata C Vividh Bharati1. Patna A6. 21. Ranchi A5. Muzaffarpur A1. 00. MHz. Muzaffarpur B1. MHz. Kolkata FM Rainbow1. Kolkata FM Gold1. Western regional service. City. Frequency. City. Frequency. Ahmedabad A8. Aurangabad. 15. 21. Bhopal A1. 59. 3Chhindwara. MHz. Chhatarpur. 67. Gwalior. 13. 86. Indore A6. Jalgaon. 96. 3Mumbai A1. Mumbai B Asmita Marathi Programme5. Mumbai C Vividh Bharati1. Nagpur A5. 85. Nagpur B National Channel, 1 MW1. Panaji A1. 28. 7Panaji B Vividh Bharati8. Pune A7. 92. Rajkot A8. Ratnagiri. 11. 43. Solapur. 16. 02. Sangli. Parbhani A1. 02. 0. External serviceseditThe external services of All India Radio broadcast in 2. Indiaprimarily via high power shortwave band broadcasts, although medium wave is also used to reach neighbouring countries. In addition to broadcasts targeted at specific countries by language, there is a General Overseas Service broadcasting in English with 8 hours of programming each day aimed at a general international audience. The external broadcasts were begun on 1 October 1. British government to counter the propaganda of the Nazis directed at the Afghan people. The first broadcasts were in Pushto, beamed to Afghanistan and the North West Frontier Province. Soon broadcasts began in other languages including Dari, Persian, Arabic, English, Burmese, Japanese, Chinese, Malay and French. The external services broadcast in sixteen foreign and eleven Indian languages, with a total programme output of 7. External service transmitter sites. Location. Number of transmittersk. WFrequency. DRM  Aligarh HPT4. Bengaluru SPT6. WChennai Madras1. Hz. MWGorakhpur. 15. Guwahati. 15. 0Jalandhar Goraya1. Hz. MWKhampur Delhi HPT7. Khampur Delhi SPT2. Kingsway Delhi. 35. Kingsway Delhi. 21. Kolkata ChinsurahMogra SPT1. Hz and 5. 94 k. HzKolkata A1. KHZMWMumbai Malad1. Nagpur SPT1. 10. Hz. MWPanaji HPT2. Rajkot SPT1. Hz AIR URDU1. 08. Hz2 Mega. WattVividha Bharti. Tuticorin. 12. 00. Hz. MWTwo high powered FM stations of All India Radio are under installation in Amritsar and Fazilka in Punjab to supplement the programs put out from transmitters operating from Jalandhar, New Delhi, Chandigarh and Mumbai and to improve the broadcast services during disturbed weather conditions in the border regions of Punjab. Today, the External Services Division of All India Radio broadcasts daily in 5. Java 1.5 0 For Windows 7 32 Bit'>Java 1.5 0 For Windows 7 32 Bit. Indian. The foreign languages are Arabic, Baluchi, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, French, Indonesian, Persian, Pushtu, Russian, Sinhala, Swahili, Thai, Tibetan and English General Overseas Service. The Indian languages are Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Kokani, Kashmiri, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali, Punjabi, Saraiki, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.