FM RADIO BROADCASTING IN INDIA BY PRIVATE RADIO STATIONS

 Comments by Hon Chairman of the India Chapter, Yogendra Pal, on the recommendation to allow News and Current affairs programs on private stations and to ensure that FM reception facility is provided in Mobile Phones:

In India, private radio stations are only licensed to broadcast in FM band. 388 private FM channels are already operational in over 100 cities and this number is likely to increase soon. These are in addition to the broadcasts of by All India Radio (AIR)/Prasar Bharati, the public service broadcaster, who is providing terrestrial radio services in MW, SW as well as FM bands) and broadcasting by the Community Radio Stations, which are allowed on air transmission in FM band for non-commercial use

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