Facilitating Prasar Bharati Infrastructure to Private FM Broadcasters under Phase- II Scheme of MIB Govt. of India, Ministry of I & B vide their notification dt. 13.07.2005 has approved the co-location of Common Transmission Infrastructure (CTI), consisting of antenna, cable, combiners, buildings, power supply, water supply etc., at a common place in each city using Prasar Bharatis Infrastructure for setting up of FM transmission facilities for Private FM Broadcasters, the licenses for which are being issued by the Government under Phase-II scheme for 91 cities.
At 85 places the existing AIR/TV Towers shall be shared with Pvt. Broadcasters through AIR Resources, DG: AIR and at remaining 6 places Ministry of I & B is erecting new FM Towers under separate scheme. As per the licensing contract proposed to be entered with private broadcasters the infrastructure of Prasar Bharati such as Tower, Building and Land will be shared among all Private FM Broadcasters on license fee basis. It has also been decided by the Government that the CTI consisting of antenna, cable, combiners, buildings, power supply, water supply etc., for the private FM broadcasters will be integrated by Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Ltd. (BECIL) under Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. ++++++++++++++++++++++ No.of Pvt. Channels No. of Channesl qualified after bidding Selec-ted Tower Selec-ted Tower Height ( mtr.) S. No. City Category 1 Chennai A+ 6 6 New ^ 2 Delhi A+ 6 5 New ^ 3 Kolkata A+ 5 5 New ^ 4 Mumbai A+ 5 3 DD 300 5 Ahmedabad A 5 4 DD 150 6 Bangalore A 7 6 DD 150 7 Hyderabad A 7 4 New ^ 8 Jaipur A 5 5 New ^ 9 Kanpur A 3 3 AIR 100 10 Lucknow A 2 2 DD 175 11 Nagpur A 6 4 DD 110 12 Pune A 3 3 DD 45 13 Surat A 4 4 AIR 100 14 Agra B 3 3 DD 150 15 Allahabad B 4 3 AIR 100 16 Amritsar B 4 4 DD 100 17 Asansol B 2 2 AIR 115 18 Bhopal B 4 4 DD 110 19 Cochin B 3 3 DD 135 20 Coimbatore B 3 3 AIR 150 21 Indore B 3 3 DD 150 22 Jabalpur B 4 4 DD 220 23 Jamshedpur B 4 3 DD 68 24 Madurai B 3 3 AIR 100 25 Patna B 4 1 DD 150 26 Rajkot B 3 3 DD 150 27 Vadodra B 4 4 AIR 95 28 Varanasi B 4 4 AIR 100 29 Vijayawada B 2 2 DD 150 30 Vishakhapatnam B 3 3 AIR 100 31 Ahmed Nagar C 3 3 AIR 100 32 Ajmer C 4 3 DD 150 33 Akola C 4 4 AIR 100 34 Aligarh C 2 2 AIR 100 35 Aurangabad C 3 2 AIR 100* 36 Bareilly C 4 3 DD 150 37 Bhubneshhwar C 4 3 DD 150 38 Bikaner C 4 2 AIR 100* 39 Bilaspur C 4 4 AIR 100 40 Chandigarh C 2 1 AIR 50 41 Dhule C 2 2 AIR 100 42 Gorakhpur C 4 3 AIR 100 ** 43 Gulbarga C 4 4 AIR 100 44 Guwahati C 4 4 DD 150 45 Gwalior C 4 4 DD 100 46 Jalandhar C 4 3 DD 200 47 Jalgaon C 4 4 DD 150* 48 Jammu C 3 1 AIR 65 49 Jhansi C 4 4 AIR 100 50 Jodhpur C 4 3 DD 150 51 Kannur C 4 4 AIR 100 52 Kolhapur C 2 2 AIR 100 53 Kota C 4 4 AIR 75 54 Kozhikode C 2 2 AIR 100 55 Mangalore C 4 4 AIR 100 56 Muzzafarpur C 4 3 DD 107.2 57 Mysore C 4 4 AIR 100 58 Nanded C 4 3 AIR 100 59 Nasik C 2 2 AIR 100 60 Patiala C 4 4 AIR 100 61 Pondicherry C 3 3 AIR 50 62 Raipur C 4 4 AIR 100 63 Rajamundry C 4 4 DD 115 64 Ranchi C 4 4 DD 150 65 Rourkela C 4 3 AIR 52 66 Sagar C 4 1 AIR 100 67 Sangli C 2 2 AIR 50 68 Sholapur C 3 3 AIR 100 ** 69 Siliguri C 4 4 AIR 100 70 Srinagar C 4 4 AIR 100 71 Thrissur C 4 4 AIR 50 72 Tirunelveli C 3 3 AIR 100 * 73 Tirupati C 2 2 AIR 50 74 Trichy C 4 4 AIR 85 75 Trivandrum C 4 4 DD 126 76 Tuticorin C 4 4 AIR 40 77 Udaipur C 4 4 AIR 60 78 Warrangal C 4 4 AIR 100 79 Agartala D 4 3 DD 135 80 Aizwal D 4 2 AIR 50 81 Daman D 2 2 AIR 45 82 Gangtok D 4 2 DD 100 83 Hissar D 4 4 AIR 100 84 Imphal D 4 2 DD 100 85 Itanagar D 4 3 AIR 50 86 Karnal D 2 2 DD 100 87 Kohima D 4 2 DD 100 88 Panaji D 3 3 DD 110 89 Port Blair D 4 2 AIR 50 90 Shillong D 4 3 DD 40 91 Simla D 4 3 DD 100 +++++++++++++++++++++ Category wise License fee approved by Gov.of India(For One Broadcaster Category Annual License Fee for Open Space Annual License Fee for Covered space License Fee for Tower per annum License Fee for Common facilities A+ Rs 6400 per Sq. mtr Rs 7600 per Sq. mtr Rs. 13.20 lakhs Rs. 1.0 lakhs A Rs 5200 per Sq. mtr Rs 6400 per Sq. mtr Rs. 8.25 lakhs Rs. 1.0 lakhs B Rs 3000 per Sq. mtr Rs 3900 per Sq. mtr Rs. 4.25 lakhs Rs. 1.0 lakhs C Rs 1680 per Sq. mtr Rs 2580 per Sq. mtr Rs. 3. 0lakhs Rs. 1.0 lakhs D Rs 1260 per Sq. mtr Rs 2160 per Sq. mtr Rs. 1.75 lakhs Rs. 1.0 lakhs ++++++++++++++++++ Jaisakthivel, Chennai ++++++++++++++++++ __________________________________________________________ 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