38. AIR NETWORKS – INDIA
143
223 BROADCASTING MEDIUM
CENTRES FREQUENCY
54
161 FM HIGH
TRANSMITTERS FREQUENCY
Total of 91.42% serving
99.13% of the population
43. EVENTS DURING WORLD
WAR II
• First News broadcast was in 1936.
• 27 bulletins were broadcast each day
effectively.
• The External Services acted as a
Monitoring Service, were this set up
was a part of the Millitary Intelligence
Wing.
44. • AIR was transferred to the Department
of Information and Broadcasting in
1946.
• It remained with that Dept/Ministry
• Until September 1997 when Prasar
Bharti an autonomous statutory was
consituted under the Prasar Bharati Act
1990.
47. • ONLY ALTERNATIVE IS TO ESTABLISH A
UNDERGROUND RADIO USING A
DISMANTLED TRANSMITTER.
• A GROUP OF YOUNG LIVED FREEDOM
FIGHTERS LAUNCHED THIS SHORT LIVED
• “CONGRESS RADIO” ON SEPTEMBER 3rd
1942 in 41.78 FREQUENCY
• FROM SOMEWHERE IN INDIA.
50. TRULY A NATIONAL
NETWORK
ONLY WITH STATIONS @ DELHI,
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, MADRAS,
LUCKNOW AND THIRUCHIRAPALLI
51. CAPABLE OF BUILDING 18
TRANSMITTERS
RECIEVER SET INCREASED TO
2,50,000 IN 325 MILLION.
AIR CAME UP WITH PILOT
STATIONS WITH LOW POWER
“TRANSMITTERS”.
52. • REGIONALWISE AND LINGUISTICS
AREAS.
• 25 STATIONS HOOKED UP WITH
HIGH SALES IN CITIES AND
TOWNS.
• “VIVIDH BHARATI” INCREASED THE
INTEREST AND POPULARITY OF
RADIO AS A MASS
53. COMMERCIALS IN “VIVIDH BHARATI.
YUVVANI OR VOICE OF YOUTH WENT
ON AIR
SUITED OTHER INDIAN LANGUAGES.
