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Bangalore: AIR goes off air, first in 55 years
Bangalore, 23 November 2010: For the first time in 55 years radio waves fell silent across the State with the All India Radio going off air on Tuesday, when all the employees of AIR went on a strike seeking a repeal of the Prasar Bharathi Act, 1990. As many as five radio channels, Akashvani Bangalore, Direct-to-Home (DTH), Vividh Bharathi and Amruthavarshini, a musical channel went off the air from 9 am. In Bangalore, the usually bustling premises of the AIR witnessed a few employees discussing the future of India’s first radio channel that provided infotainment to citizens across the country. »»»
AIR grows in coverage
NEW DELHI: All India Radio covers 24.55 per cent area of the country with a presence in 172 places through FM broadcasting. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting S Jagathrakshakan told Parliament that while a total of 251 private FM channels were broadcasting in 26 states and union territories in the country, no study had been carried out about the area they covered. The government had approved schemes for installing AIR FM transmitters at 195 more places during the tenth plan. Dr Jagathrakshakan said the Phase III Policy for expansion of FM Radio by private broadcasters had not yet »»»
