TRICHY: The additional director general of Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR), Southern Zone, G Jayalal on Thursday assured in Trichy that a 100W FM radio station of AIR at Pudukkottai would be commissioned in the near future. Jayalal was taking part in the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Trichy unit of AIR and set in motion the year-long celebrations.
Jayalal said that work on the new project in Pudukkottai was going on swiftly, and as soon as the five acre land was made available by the State government, the project would go on air. In fact, the local MP P Kumar made a plea to the doordarshan director to precipitate the Pudukottai FM Station, and once commissioned it would be 10th FM Station in the State under the control of the Union Government. Jayalal also assured that a 1000 KW digital radio Mondale would be commissioned in Trichy by 2014 in keeping pace with the changing times.
Meanwhile, the first episode of pavazha malli, a re-run of the voice cut of famous Indian legends that was to go on air from Thursday, was postponed by a day.
Pudukkottai AIR FM radio station soon - The Times of India
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Jayalal said that work on the new project in Pudukkottai was going on swiftly, and as soon as the five acre land was made available by the State government, the project would go on air. In fact, the local MP P Kumar made a plea to the doordarshan director to precipitate the Pudukottai FM Station, and once commissioned it would be 10th FM Station in the State under the control of the Union Government. Jayalal also assured that a 1000 KW digital radio Mondale would be commissioned in Trichy by 2014 in keeping pace with the changing times.
Meanwhile, the first episode of pavazha malli, a re-run of the voice cut of famous Indian legends that was to go on air from Thursday, was postponed by a day.
Pudukkottai AIR FM radio station soon - The Times of India
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