Before the forceful take over of Goa in 1961, Goa's Broadcasting Station was
called Emissora de Goa. It was started by amateurs somewhere in 1946. Via bill
dated Feb 5, 1959 it had its own autonomy and previously was under the umbrella
of Posts and Telegraphs.
New development proposals in 1960 meant that the station would have
installations which would consist of a 300 seat auditorium for radio shows, a
large recording library, offices for administration and technical services.
(One wonders if these plans were achieved with the invasion of Goa?).
It is believed that the Emissora would broadcast for 17 hours a day and in 7
different languages namely Portuguese, Concanim, English, Marathi (for Jose
Colaco), Gujerati, Hindi and Urdu.
In Concanim there were three programs directed to the listeners in Goa, Damao,
Diu, Bombay, and north India. Broadcasts could even be heard in the Gulf.
The programs included news bulletins, musical varieties, cultural and
educational themes.
To make its broadcast heard as far as possible the station was equipped with 5
transmitters for medium and short wave. (In 1961 the bharats bombed the Emissor
and stole some of these transmitters).
Plans were in place to extend its activities around the world with agreements
signed that the broadcasts would reach the Far East, Africa, Europe.
Text taken from Boletim Informativo - Junta de Comercio Externo - April 61.
BC
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