NEW DELHI: The transmission of All India Radio and other private
FM channels in the capital which were disrupted following a fire at the
Pitampura Tower is expected to be restored by late this evening.
AIR sources told Radioandmusic.com that while services of AIR FM
Gold (106.4) was immediately shifted to another tower those of Gyan Vani
FM as well as FM Rainbow (102.6) have remained disrupted. Similarly,
disturbances at Radio City, Red FM and Radio Mirchi have been affected.
Other Private FM channels like Big FM and Oye FM operate from a
different transmitter and their services have continued uninterrupted,
the sources said.
The fire broke out at 200 meter high television tower in
Pitampura area of North - West Delhi on Saturday night. It was brought
under control after about two hours. However, the cables which connect
the transmitters to the aerials were badly damaged affecting the
transmission services.
Radio Mirchi sr vice-president Sachin Tagra said, "We are taking
all necessary steps to restore the services to the listeners as soon as
possible. We are hoping that our station would be live on-air within
next few days."
Terrestrial transmission of Doordarshan has also been affected
and is expected to be fully restored by this evening, though DD
engineering in chief RK Sinha said that it has been partly restored by
yesterday.
(Source : Radioandmusic.com)
No comments:
Post a Comment