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- Station: All India Radio (AIR) in Bengaluru, India
Band: 7380 kHz Shortwave
Date: January 13, 2023
About: All India Radio (AIR), officially known since 1957 as Akashvani (literary meaning "Voice from the Sky"), is the national public radio broadcaster of India and is a division of Prasar Bharati. It was established in 1936.
It is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, an Indian television broadcaster. Headquartered in the Akashvani Bhavan building in New Delhi, it houses the Drama Section, the FM Section, the National Service, and is also home to the Indian television station Doordarshan Kendra, (Delhi).
All India Radio is the largest radio network in the world, and one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world in terms of the number of languages broadcast and the spectrum of socio-economic and cultural diversity it serves. AIR's home service comprises 420 stations located across the country, reaching nearly 92% of the country's area and 99.19% of the total population. AIR originates programming in 23 languages and 179 dialects.
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Notes: I tuned into All India's Sindhi language broadcast from their 500 kilowatt transmitter in Bengaluru, India. The signal was surprisingly clear. Most of the 30 minute show was traditional music. I recorded the voice ID at the end of the show and emailed it along with a reception report to: spectrum-manager@air.org.in . If I receive a QSL I will post it here.