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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Shift medium wave channels on FM and take them around the country: Jawhar Sircar

Source: Radioandmusic.com | RnM Team  
23 Jul 13 18:22 IST


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NEW DELHI: In a scenario where the receiver sets for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) are out of the reach of the common man owing to the cost factor, the best alternative for All India Radio is to take the national channel across the country through a network of FM stations, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar said today.

Addressing a meet on Radio in a Digital Age to mark 86 years of broadcasting in India, Sircar said that this could be achieved by transmitters set up at regular intervals of seventy to eighty kilometers since the FM channels being terrestrial had a limited spectrum and range. This would result in vacating the Medium Wave spectrum and thus lower the costs for - what he called - 'FM-isation of the country'.

He said there was urgent need to take a call on this issue at a time when broadcasting was poised for a.................

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