AIR FM comes to Kanpur town GOOD NEWS for Kanpurites. From Wednesday they would have All India Radio FM radio channel bringing to them a good collection of songs throughout the day.
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Priya Ranjan Das Munshi, is likely to dedicate the channel to the citizens on Thursday. The AIR FM could be accessed even at Bilhaur, Ghatampur, Unnao and Shuklaganj areas. The demand for FM channel was raised by the citizens about four years back but to no avail. Later, Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal, took up the matter with the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and succeeded to get the channel for the city. Beside providing round the clock entertainment to the people, the channel would also assist in raising the revenue for the ministry. It would also give an opportunity to the local people to participate in frequently sponsored radio programmes. Meanwhile, all necessary arrangements were made at the Akashwani Centre here for the formal dedication of the channel to the citizens. Several young and old citizens expressed they happiness over introducing the channel. ++++++++++++++ Source:http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5922_1729912,0015002500030000.htm ++++++++++++++ Jaisakthivel, Chennai www.dxersguide.blogspot.com __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2006 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823059367/hardcoredxcom/ ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list Hard-Core-DX@hard-core-dx.com http://arizona.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html