All India Radio (AIR), Puducherry, stepped into the golden
jubilee year on Friday September 23rd 2016. It was commissioned on September 23, 1967 on the Beach
Road (now called Goubert Avenue) by the then Information and Broadcasting
Minister Nandini Satpathi.
(Image Credits: The Hindu)
Having its unique broadcast in Tamil, French, Hindi and
Sanskrit languages, AIR, Puducherry, has a listenership base of nearly 76 lakh
covering the Union Territory of Puducherry and districts of Cuddalore,
Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. It is broadcast in the frequency
of 1215 Khz.
AIR, Puducherry, broadcasts programmes on literature,
agriculture, women, children, youth, science, sports, industrial workers, drama
and music.
Many eminent personalities from different fields of
literature, science, drama and medicine have shared their information to the
general public through this public broadcaster.
P.Prabhakaran, Assistant Director (P) and Programme Head, in
a press statement said: “On this occasion, a mention must be made that AIR,
Puducherry, is broadcasting regular programmes on health education inviting the
doctors from JIPMER every Fridays at 8.30 am and every Thursdays on FM Rainbow
with frequency of 102.8 mtrs at 6.45 a.m. This programme is broadcast even on
AIR, Karaikal, every Fridays at 1.30 pm.”
(Story published in The Hindu, 24th September 2016)
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