Lakshwadeep islands to be connected by Ham radio
* Radio* â¢Lakshadweep
Three islands in Lakshwadeep will be connected by ham
radio for the
first
time on January 15. Ham radio operators will set up a
base in Magatti,
Bangaram and Kadmat islands as part of a ten-day
international ham
fest.
In 1947 when India became independent, there were just
six radio stations all under the AIR banner.
Now every city has an average of six channels and
every day in some part of the country there are 3-4
stations arriving on the airwaves.
India is a country of trends. Here many times
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 48th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 10 December
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment listners letters from around the
world.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of
NEWINGTON, CT, Nov 28, 2006 -- The first of two
planned DXpeditions to rare Lakshadweep Islands (VU7)
is set to start December 1. A team sponsored by the
Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) -- the
International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
member-society for India -- plans to operate as VU7LD
from
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 46th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 26 November
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment listners letters from around the
world.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 45th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 19 November
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment listeners letters from around
the world.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of
Dear Dxers,
All India Radio Chennais 44th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 12 November
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment listners letters from around the
world.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 42nd week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 29 October
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment listners letters from around the
world and the details of Shortwave frequency guide
2007 deatils.
In
Bulgaria's media watchdog intends to strip BBC from
its broadcasting license in Sofia.
In the words of Raycho Raykov, chairman of the Council
for Electronic Media (CEM), the move is prompted as
the British media has stopped broadcasting in
Bulgarian language - a key prerequisite for the
license.
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 41th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 22 October
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment details about the new edition of
Passport to world band radio - 2007.
In the second part, Radio
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 39th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 08 October
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment details about the Eter-aktuellt
and DSWIC's SWN.
In the second part, Radio History contains
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 38th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 01 October
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment listners letters from around the
world.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of HCJB
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 36th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 17 September
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment some How to handled the SW
radios Part 2.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of
Dev Anand guest-edits the first bbchindi.com magazine
BBC Hindi services website, bbchindi.com has launched
its first internet magazine, BBC Patrika, with a very
special guest editor the legendary actor and
film-maker Dev Anand. Incorporating all the regular
features that used to be part of
The latest radio technology, `Worldspace Satellite
Radio', has seen a wide acceptance among Indian radio
listeners and an increase of 50 per cent in the
subscription of this satellite radio service.
Worldspace had 21,000 subscribers in March 05, which
saw a five fold increase to 74,574 in the
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 35th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 10 September
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment some details about the Bandwidth
Control Part III.
In the second part, Radio History contains
Dear Dxers,
Today I received 70th year Commemorate laminated
Cerificate from Radio Prague.
The certificate posted on 29-08-2006.
The subject of the cerificate like this..
TO COMMEMORATE 70 YEARS OF SHORTWAVE BROADCASTING,
LAUNCHED IN CHECHOLOVAKIA ON 31ST AUGUST 1936, RADIO
PRAGUE TAKES
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 34th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 03 September
2006 (Sunday). The Content of the program is like
this
In the First, segment some details about the Bandwidth
Control Part I.
In the second part, Radio History contains
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 32nd week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 20 August 2006
(Sunday). The Content of the program is like this
In the First, segment some details about the SSB Part
I.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of radio in
The second phase of FM privatization in India has
begun with the installation of three Broadcast
Electronics (BE) transmission systems.
BE representative Technomedia Solutions of India
installed BE FM 10S turnkey transmission systems on
Radio Mirchi 105 FM (Jaipur), Radio Mirchi 93.3 FM
Two FM channels of AIR called FM Rainbow and FM Gold
are functioning. There are 16 stations, which are
originating programmes as FM Rainbow channel, and four
stations originating FM Gold type programmes. In
addition, there are 70 local radio stations, 16
non-local radio stations, 25 Vividh Bharati
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 30th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 07 August 2006
(Sunday). The Content of the program is like this
In the First, segment some details about the Cross
Modulation Part II.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
All India Radio (AIR) is charging tower rentals
(including maintenance charges) for the
infrastructures being offered to private broadcasters
during Phase-II FM service. The rentals for category
A+, A, B, C D are Rs. 13.20 lakhs, Rs. 8.25 lakhs,
Rs. 4.25 lakhs, Rs. 3 lakhs and Rs. 1.75 lakhs
International Amateur Radio Union Region 3 conference
August 7-11 in Bangalore, India
This is the first time that these bi-annual meets are
being held in India.
The Amateur Radio Society of India will be hosting
these meets and also the connected IARU R3 Financial
Committee and the IARU Region 3
India to join exclusive club of nations with over
1,000 FM stations
Even as the second round of FM radio rollout across
the country is nearing closure, information and
broadcasting (IB) ministry is readying the blueprint
for FM III that will offer over 700 frequencies - the
largest offering ever
Listen to the radio, and you will hear the songs you
know. For sales executive Rohit Shetty, this 2005
Robbie Williams song conjures up an all-too familiar
image of FM radio in India.
All the channels sound the same, laments the avid
listener who has the radio crackling in the background
Facilitating Prasar Bharati Infrastructure to Private
FM Broadcasters under Phase- II Scheme of MIB
Govt. of India, Ministry of I B vide their
notification dt. 13.07.2005 has approved the
co-location of Common Transmission Infrastructure
(CTI), consisting of antenna, cable, combiners,
S.No. City Categ org
1 Agartala D Positive Radio
2 Agra B Shri Puran Multimedia Ltd.
3 Agra B Adlabs Films Ltd.
4 Agra B Pan India
5 Ahmed Nagar C BAG Infotainment Infotainment Ltd.
6 Ahmed Nagar C Music Broadcast Pvt. Ltd.
7 Ahmedabad A South Asia FM
8 Ahmedabad A Synergy Media
9 Ahmedabad A
Grand prize (digital camera): L P. Parvathi Ramana Rao
(India).
First prize (digital all-band radio): Madan Gopal
Mukherjee (India).
Second prize (T-shirt): Nahid Navidd, Ejaz Yasminn
(Pakistan); Tandra Ashraf (Bangladesh); Thomas Wang
(USA); Shiela Marie Monceda (the Philippines); G.
Kavtha
Enter the latest Groove Zone competition!
Topic: In 50 words or less, tell us about yourself 20
years from now -- where will you be, what will you be
like, what will you be doing, etc.
Deadline: Send us your entry by Monday, July 10.
Winning entries will be read on the Saturday, July 15
PRESS RELEASE
BBC talks to Indias Burmese community
BBC Burmese is to record one of its Question Time
radio programmes from New Delhis Taj Palace on
Saturday 8 July. Dedicated to the anniversary of
Burmas uprising of 1988, the debate will involve
around 50 people. It features two panels
PRESS RELEASE
bbcurdu.com puts the spotlight on the disappeared in
Pakistan
BBC Urdu explored the sensitive issue of missing or
disappeared people in Pakistan in a special debate in
Islamabad on Monday, 3 July. The discussion was
webcast live on the website and also broadcast in the
flagship
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennais 26th week of Vanoli Ulagam
(Radio World) program will broadcast on 09 July 2006
(Sunday). The Content of the program is like this
In the First, segment some details about the Auroral
Zone Part II.
In the second part, Radio History contains History
of
Community radio on wheel
SAJAN VENNIYOOR
05 July 2006
UP in the hills of Kothmale, about 25 kilometres
southwest of Kandy in the central province of Sri
Lanka, a strange vehicle can be seen sputtering along
the dirt tracks of the villages. At first glance, it
is an autorickshaw or tuktuk, a
Navin Kumar, Director-General, Doordarshan is tipped
to take over as CEO of public broadcaster Prasar
Bharati, as an interim arrangement. A 1975-batch Bihar
cadre officer, he takes over from K S Sarma, who
demitted his office from today.
Kumar has been Director-General at DD since February
2004
In a bid to strengthen its foothold in India, the
German pubcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has enterted into
an agreement with DD Direct+, the pubcaster Prasar
Bharti managed direct-to-home service to emit its
programmes via a DD satellite transponder in India.
In a statement issued today, DW will
Dear Dxers.
All India Radio Chennai celebrate the 25th week of
Vanoli Ulagam(Radio World). This special program will
broadcast on 02 July 2006 (Sunday). In addition, AIR
published the special limited edition QSL:3 and
Pennant. Those who are wanted to get it dont miss to
listen the 25th program.
The Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma, who is credited with
an aggressive strategy on TV rights and giving a
commercial orientation to the running of Doordarshan
and All-India Radio, feels the Government needs to
adopt a middle path approach on operational and
editorial matters in the running of the
BBC Worldwide, its commercial arm, is planning to
expand its international activities by starting six
new channels in the India and US.
There is scope for five BBC branded channels in
addition to news in any major market offering a mix
of content from the BBC and other British
broadcasters, BBC
Radio One FM92.5 is making a habit of winning its
advertisers awards for creatively executed ideas on
its radio station. In the recently concluded EMVIES,
Radio One FM 92.5 was the hero in the media innovation
(radio) category with two of the nominated brands for
creatively using radio, being
The government is working on an elaborate plan to
provide publicity to the right to information (RTI)
Act with the information and broadcasting ministry
asked to formulate a detailed media plan for the
purpose.
Billed one of the most important legislations of
post-independent India, the Act came
AIR FM comes to Kanpur town
GOOD NEWS for Kanpurites. From Wednesday they would
have All India Radio FM radio channel bringing to them
a good collection of songs throughout the day.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Priya
Ranjan Das Munshi, is likely to dedicate the channel
to the
RTIs English service is looking for more monitors
around the world. If you are interested in becoming
one of our official monitors and are committed to
sending reception reports on a regular basis, please
send us a postcard, letter or email with the phrase I
want to be an RTI monitor.
Send
Prasar Bharti would soon become financially
independent as its revenue has been growing
substantially every year, CEO of the public
broadcaster K S Sarma said on Saturday.
Speaking after launching the Rainbow Krishnaveni FM
channel, aimed at attracting the youth, Sarma said All
India Radio has
Dear Sir,
Still AIR Chennai broadcast in 4920 7160 Khz only.
But you mention that AIR Chennai change their frquency
to 7270KHz in DXLD. Please change it.
Jaisakthivel,
Chennai
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Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you
Dear Dxers.
22-nd part of (11-06-2006 Sunday) Tamil DX program
Vanoli Ulagam (Radio World) going to Cover like this.
In the First, segment some technical tips about the
Out door Antenna.
In the second, segment History of radio in Alaska with
their Signature Tunes.
In the third part, Worldspace
Dear Dxers,
Does anybody know the correct email id for Voice of
Africa? Here I send a mail to this
ID[EMAIL PROTECTED], but it was return with
this message.
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Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your
Radio One, the Mid-Day Multimedia and BBC Worldwide
venture, has hit the airwaves in Mumbai, with the
perishing of Go 92.5 FM brand image. Radio One has
licenses to operate FM stations in Mumbai, Delhi,
Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Pune and
will become soon operational in Bangalore,
Dear Dxers,
If any one know the correct email ID for Minivan
Radio. I send report to this id
[EMAIL PROTECTED] but it is returned.
73's,
Jaisakthivel
Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com
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From May 1 2006 our partner network WRN is launching a
weekly pilot podcast service of selected Radio Polonia
programmes in English.
Question: As you know, Radio Polonia broadcasts in 7
languages, including Polish. If you want to win one of
a bagful of our FM pocket radios, listen (by clicking
on
Dear listeners;
The topic of this year's essay contest is;
Can religions play a guiding and constructive role in
dialogue between
civlizations?
We look forward to hearing from you until June the
15th, which is the
deadline. You can also send in your entires via
e-mail. They should not
Its been some
time since the second phase of bidding for FM
licences, which included 338 FM stations for 90
cities, ended. But it seems that theres still time
before these radio stations become operational,
especially in the smaller towns.
As per government regulations, private FM players are
The coming of private FM channels has not affected the
popularity of All India Radio (AIR).
A survey conducted in 2005 revealed that listenership
had gone up by 30 per cent, and that Akashvani was
most popular among Kolkatans with a 59 per cent share
of the audience.
Last year itself, it
FM radio licences for 100 cities will soon be up for
grabs. The Centre will initiate the process of
distribution of licences in the next two months.
Sources in the information and broadcasting (IB)
ministry said: The government did not receive bids
for 57 licences in the second phase, which
The US government broadcaster Voice of America (VOA)
has decided to shut down its daily 90-minute
short-wave radio capsule in Hindi citing budgetary
cutbacks, and the emergence of TV and the Internet in
India as the leading media to disseminate news.
Private FM radio stations have also affected
PRESS RELEASE
Have Your Say on the World Cup with the BBC
See the match then chat
The referee has booked your favourite player, your
team has lost a crucial match and a star player has
shaved off his famous locks. Let off steam with World
Cup Have Your Say, the BBC radio and online forum
BBC Hindi reporter Manak Gupta is travelling to
Germany to bring special reports on all 32 teams and
their fans. BBC Hindi World Cup reports will be heard
for six weeks on India's main national broadcaster All
India Radio's Gold 106.4 FM and Rajdhani 666 MW.
These reports will also be relayed by
Dear Dxers.
20th part of (28-05-2006 Sunday) Tamil DX program
Vanoli Ulagam (Radio World) going to Cover like this.
In the First, segment some technical tips about the
Antenna.
In the second, segment History of radio in Israel with
their Signature Tunes.
In the third part, Radio Netherlands
PRESS RELEASE
BBC World Service audiences hit all-time record levels
BBC World Service now attracts 163 million weekly
radio listeners to its 33 language services a record
audience for the worlds best-known and most respected
international broadcaster, according to figures
announced today
PRESS RELEASE
12 May 2006
BBC Swahili brings UEFA Champions League Final in
Kiswahili Arsenal Vs Barcelona
BBC Swahili continues to bring the best football to
fans across East and Central Africa with coverage of
the final of the UEFA Champions League in Kiswahili
on Wednesday, 17 May 2006.
Dear Dxers.
This week (14-05-2006 Sunday) Tamil DX program Vanoli
Ulagam (Radio World) going to Cover the Interfirecnce,
Radio Thailand history, Radio Six International:
Dxtra, VOA Kavala details, AIR Chennai feq. Change,
and some more DX Logings of Int. Radios.
In the third part of the
BBC Tamil service has planned extra transmissions on
Thursday, May 11 and Friday, May 12 to provide
extensive coverage of Tamil Nadu assembly election
results.
The plans include a special 15 minute transmission
between 06.30 and 06.45 GMT (12 noon to 12.15 Indian
Standard Time) on Thursday, May
Dear Dxers.
This week (30-04-2006 Sunday) Tamil DX program Vanoli
Ulagam (Radio World) going to Cover the History of
Radio Taipei International, BBC World Service Over to
you details, CRI competition details, Radio Singapore
International Podcasting details, Radio Netherlands
Media network
Manipur is likely to have its first ever private FM
station shortly. Sun TV is planning to start FM
stations in 14 towns in the eastern region spread over
11 states including Imphal, an informed source from
Kolkata said today.
The group has already acquired the licences to start
FM stations in
Dear Dxers,
Worlds First Tamil language DX program Vaanoli
Ulagam (Radio World) going to celebrate the Marconis
Birth Day. For that purpose, they are going to
broadcast a special program on 23-04-2006 (Sunday). On
that day program Marconi, voice cuts will be broadcast
in English. So do not
FM players object to WorldSpace terrestrial repeater
licence
FM radio broadcasters have opposed the satellite radio
company WorldSpaces proposal to offer terrestrial
radio broadcast. They have written to the ministry of
information and broadcasting against issuing
terrestrial repeater licence
Fifteen months after their heroic exploits in the
aftermath of the tsunami that claimed several hundred
lives and wreaked unprecedented havoc in the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, a team of amateur radio operators
is back in Port Blair.
Recognising the critical role played by the Hams in
the
MRU-29006
Weekly Media Scene in India.
Published by Ardic DX Club, India.
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IIMC community radio comes of age
Plans to acquire 54-seater OB van with latest software
Building up on the positive response to its launch in
September last year, community radio of the Indian
Institute of
Dxers Guide28406
Weekly Media Scene in India.
Published by Ardic DX Club, India.
FM radio to fill the air across the country soon
Radio listeners across the country never had it so
good with about 280 new FM channels in the offing to
air their choices tunes, signalling a revival of the
Radio Taiwan International is hiring Program Hosts
for the English, Spanish, Vietnamese Language Services
Applicants must:
l be fluent in spoken and written English,
Spanish and Vietnamese (depending on target language)
and all must be proficient in speaking and reading
Chinese, and have
The WorldDAB Forum will stage a series of events in
India in February, demonstrating the latest Digital
Audio Broadcasting (DAB) and multimedia technology to
broadcasters, network providers and manufacturers.
This is the first time the international promotional
and lobbying body for DAB will be
Radio Mirchi marches into south India
Radio Mirchi marched into the southern states of
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala on
Friday as the curtain came down on the second phase of
bidding for private FM radio.
With the final round of bidding, government has sold
about 280 radio
Deutsche Welle's World Cup Competition
What do you associate with Germany? Win a trip to
Germany for two people!
Germany is hosting the soccer World Cup this summer.
For this reason Deutsche Welle is offering its
listeners a chance to win a trip to this country for
two people!
All you have to
New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) has floated a four-year tender for media rights
to international cricket matches in India. The tender
includes bids for private FM radio, even as news and
current affairs is not allowed in this segment.
A senior official in the
At a time when the Indian media industry is again
buzzing with activities, information and broadcasting
minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who took over from
Jaipal Reddy in October 2005, speaks to BBC Radio's
Hindi service on a host of issues related to his
ministry, but primarily focussing on
At a time when the Indian media industry is again
buzzing with activities, information and broadcasting
minister Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, who took over from
Jaipal Reddy in October 2005, speaks to BBC Radio's
Hindi service on a host of issues related to his
ministry, but primarily focussing on
Prasar Bharati may launch four Doordarshan Channels
and two radio channels from the States in the United
States. According to sources, if everything goes well,
the channels will start beaming by May end this year.
The channels to be launched are DD news, DD India, DD
Bengali and DD Punjabi. The
Amidst increasing number of private radio stations and
their popularity, Prasar Bharati CEO K S Sarma on
Thursday said these stations should be allowed to
broadcast news and current affairs programmes.
The government must allow private radio stations to
broadcast news and current affairs
Dxers Guide283
Weekly Media Scene in India.
Published by Ardic DX Club, India.
Radio Mirchi plans presence across India
Entertainment Network (India) Limited, (ENIL), a Times
Group company, which owns the country's leading radio
broadcasting brand 'Radio Mirchi', will further
The Government has said that it expects to garner over
Rs 20.7 crore as entry fee from private players (in
the second phase) bidding for FM radio in the Eastern
Zone.
The bidding for the second phase of private FM radio
in 17 cities in the Eastern Zone took place here on
Friday, said a
NEW DELHI: In an effort to upgrade infrastructure, the
information and broadcasting ministry's standing
finance committee on Monday cleared a project for
setting up towers in seven cities.
The estimated cost of the project is above Rs 18 crore
and towers will be set up in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
CRI is now recruiting monitors for 2006. Those of you
who provide a years worth of service (January through
December) will receive a gift at the end of the year.
Below are the details:
1) We would like you to send us program reports two
times per month by e-mail. These reports should
consist of
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Weekly Media Scene in India.
Published by Ardic DX Club, India.
AIR to launch two 24-hour channels
All India Radio has decided to launch two 24-hour
music channels exclusively for Carnatic and Hindustani
Classical music from July, its Director General
Brijeshwar Singh
Dxers Guide-282
Weekly Media Scene in India.
Published by Ardic DX Club, India.
Why foreign players are keen on FM radio in India?
Despite a slow and bad start thanks to
enthusiasm-killing high licence fees during the first
round of bidding in 2000, the private FM radio segment
is finally
79 and still making waves: AIR Chennai.
All India Radio, Chennai is turning 79 this July.
GEETA PADMANABHAN talks about how it has reached out
to scores of people, bringing them hours of listening
pleasure through its varied programmes.
THE YEAR 1987. The height of the IPKF operations
Weekly Media Scene in India.
Published by Ardic DX Club, India.
Flowers wilt as FM, TV channels bloom this New Year
Florists here are ruing the loss of business with an
increasing number of people preferring to send their
greetings over the ubiquitous FM radio and TV
channels, instead of
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