Air should follow internet radio protocol. however, poadcasts of AIR are
available of their selected programmes specially from news services
division.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kotian, H P
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 4:31 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] A Request Worth Making: Seeking Broadening of the Scope of
the AIR Programmes' Content
Hi
I too had mailed AIR to put out all their channels including regional
Vividhbharati channel live on internet on M3u format which will enable any
internet radio application to receive it.
I too had asked AIR to adopt the BBC model as a reference.
On DTH platform the channels you have mentioned, Lucknow, Bhopal, Jaipur,
Hyderabad are streamed live. I suppose, the infra structure is therefore in
place, it is only they have to take a little more efforts to stream on M3u
format.
This is what we should focus our efforts.
Harish.
-----Original Message-----
From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Saaqib Mahmuud
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 2:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AI] A Request Worth Making: Seeking Broadening of the Scope of the
AIR Programmes' Content
Hi AccessIndia mates? Hope you're having a good time.
I've got something important to discuss with you here.
I've been a listener of the All India Radio (AIR) through the medium and
short wave radio since my school days in the late 1980s, and nowadays I've
been listening to the AIR broadcasts through their live mobile app on my
Android phone.
There's one thing that often pinches me about the AIR programmes. There is
simply too much music, especially the Bollywood variety. Of the four or five
Hindi / Urdu channels available through the AIR Live mobile app (i.e. the
AIR FM Gold, Delhi; the AIR FM Rainbow, Delhi; the AIR Vividh Bharati,
Mumbai; the AIR Urdu Service; etc.), I've often noticed that Bollywood music
is playing concurrently on all of them. And, the same goes for the regional
language AIR stations available through the app.
Even the live running commentary of the cricket matches broadcast by the AIR
is not available through the app outside India; nor are stations like the
General Overseas Service of the AIR. And, there is simply no station from
either Utttar Pradesh (UP) or Madhiya Pradesh (MP) available through the
live app, at least outside India.
Nobody can dispute the worth of the Bollywood and its music, and the
contribution it has made to India's repute and prestige abroad. Bollywood
music is simply beautiful!
But the point is that the Bollywood music is available through CDs / DVDs
and several Internet websites nowadays even for free ( e.g., through
http://www.webmusic.in ). So perhaps the air time of the AIR could be better
utilised if AIR adopts an approach similar to the BBC. (Visit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/ for listening to all the radio stations of the
BBC online.). Just like the BBC radio, there should be specialised AIR
channels for each of (Bollywood) music, sports, documentaries & currennt
affairs, science & tech, awareness & education, and so on.
On the BBC radio, especially on the Radio 4 and the World Service channels,
there are several programmes devoted to review and reading of books, and
even audio podcasts of those programmes are available for free download from
the BBC website. (Visit the following link for listening to and downloading
the BBC audio podcasts. http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts )
The gist of my argument is this: we the blind and visually impaired persons
should approach the management of the AIR and request them to come up with
programmes featuring the readings in sweet voices and proper accents of
books in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, and other languages of India, especially the
classics of the literatures of these languages.
And, we should also request the AIR management for programmmes on science &
tech, including the access technology for the blind!
This, I think, would be a much better utilisation of the air time and the
resources paid for with money of the public of India!
These programmes could also be made available for download from the AIR
website as audio podcasts.
And, I personally would also like to be able to listen to the AIR channels
from Lucknow, Bhopal, and Hyderabad.
Hope the AccessIndia community would find this message worth considering.
Regards.
Sincerely,
Saaqib Mahmood, a visually impaired personEmail: [email protected]
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