AIR SERVICES UPGRADATION IN BIHAR
The Minister of Information
and Broadcasting, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad has announced that
Patna FM station of All India Radio (AIR) is being upgraded from
6 KW to 10 KW. He told newsmen here today that three more FM stations
would be set up at Motihari, Gaya and Banka during the 10th
Plan.
The Minister said
that projects worth Rs. 16.5 crores are being implemented by Prasar
Bharati in Bihar during the 10th Plan to strength a
AIR transmission in the State. These include the digital uplinking
facility at Patna and upgradation of station at Darbanga. At present,
in Bihar, there are four stations – Patna 100KW Medium Wave and
a 6 KW FM, Bhagalpur 20 KW Medium Wave, Sasaram 6 KW FM and Purnea
6 KW FM stations. The Minister said that the upgradation of AIR
set up would not only provide healthy entertainment to the people
but also extend it to the border and far-flung areas of the State,
he said.
