I had heard about it informally from one of my school teacher 2 years back when it had just started. Her mother works in that radio station.
On 8/19/14, payal <payal.thereside...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wonder too. Never found any mention of it when I researched for an > article > I was writing either. Strange.. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of avinash shahi > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 10:37 PM > To: jnuvision; accessindia; sayeverything > Subject: [AI] 'Hello Doon'! FM station for visually-impaired seeks to > expandreach > > I wonder why nobody has evver discussed about this FM channel so far? > Does Anybody has first hand experience of listening this FM Station? > An ambitious FM channel which was launched in Dehradun to showcase the > broadcasting talents of visually-impaired people may soon spread its > wings to Himachal Pradesh or Tamil Nadu. > http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/fm-station-for-visually > -impaired-seeks-to-expand-reach-114081700061_1.html > An initiative of the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped > (NIVH), the FM channel, 'Hello Doon', became operational about two > years ago. > > The institute, which functions under the Ministry of Social Justice > and Empowerment, is now mulling an expansion of its services in the > rest of the country as part of efforts to open the doors of the world > of broadcasting to more visually- impaired persons. > > "My first priority would be to set up something similar in either > Tamil Nadu or Himachal Pradesh, where we have our regional centres, so > that the message goes out about the excellent broadcasting talents of > blind people," NIVH Director Anuradha Mohit told PTI here. > > Noting that the Dehradun-based 'Hello Doon' channel was an experiment > to showcase the talents of visually-impaired people, she said there > are plans to launch new FM channels in 2015-16. > > "That will be some time in 2015-16... It takes a long time to start a > radio station. There are so many formalities to be completed... I have > included it in my programme for 2015-16," she added. > > 'Hello Doon', available on 91.2 MHZ, has completed two years. > Programmes on this station are largely created by visually-impaired > students. > > That apart, the institute is also offering a one-year training course > in radio journalism for visually-impaired persons. > > "Our morning transmission is looked after by a visually impaired > candidate who qualified for the one-year course. Two of our programmes > are completely made by visually-impaired artistes. One of the > programmes, 'Sangeet Shiksha', has completed almost 300 episodes on > Hindustani Classical Music," Mohit said. > > She stated that steps are being taken to make the FM channel > self-sustainable by getting sponsors. > > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. 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