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Radio in Chennai (Madras) |
Radio in Chennai (Madras) is a favorable medium providing news, entertainment and a number of value-added services to the people of Chennai. Radio broadcasting initiated from the radio station in the Rippon Buildings complex in 1930 and afterwards it was shifted to All India Radio in 1938. Radio in Chennai (Madras) includes ten FM and two AM radio stations operated by All India Radio, Anna University and other private broadcasters.
All India Radio (AIR), officially known as Akashvani is the radio broadcaster of India. All India Radio is among the largest radio networks in the world. It has its headquarters in New Delhi. The south regional service of All India Radio in Chennai (Madras) is at 720 kHz.
Experiments with radio in India began in 1915. Radio Club of Bombay built the first commercial radio station in 1923. Then two private transmitters at Mumbai and Calcutta were established in 1927. The British Raj nationalized them in 1930 and was put under Indian Broadcasting Service. In 1936, it was renamed All India Radio.
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There are two AM radio stations in Chennai. Amplitude modulation (AM) is a process used in electronic communication, mostly for the transmission of information through radio career wave. The mid-1870 witnessed the use of “undulatory currents” which was the first method to produce quality audio over telephone lines. AM is also referred to the mediumwave broadcast band.
Radio in Chennai (Madras) provides a suitable source of information and entertainment to the local people. There are ten FM radio stations in entire Chennai. In the field of telecommunication, frequency modulation (FM) carries information over a wave by changing its frequency. FM is generally used at VHF radio frequencies for high-quality broadcasts of speech and music. The normal sound of TV is also broadcast using FM.
Thus, Radio in Chennai (Madras) includes 10 FM and 2 AM radio stations which are efficiently run by All India Radio, Anna University and other private broadcasters.
To know more aboutRadio in Chennai (Madras) click on the following links:
Radio Mirchi
Big FM
FM Rainbow
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