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KK4GMU

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Re: All India Radio Transmitter To Be Shut Down After December 31
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2021, 12:09:39 PM »

Is there any indication whether the root cause(s) are:

* Funding
* Listenership
* Other technologies providing superior coverage
* Politics
* Some combination of above
* Other
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N7EKU

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Re: All India Radio Transmitter To Be Shut Down After December 31
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2021, 01:31:13 PM »

From the news article,

This is only the shutdown of service on six AM transmitters, caused by the increase in charges for use of the antennas.  The service will continue to operate all of its FM stations, and apparently DRM shortwave as well as streaming services.  They say the main affect will be on rural Indians who are not within reach of FM transmitters and don't have digital service. 

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N8YX

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Re: All India Radio Transmitter To Be Shut Down After December 31
« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2021, 03:21:05 AM »

...increase in charges for use of the antennas...
Heckuva business model they got there.
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VK6IS

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Re: All India Radio Transmitter To Be Shut Down After December 31
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2021, 02:53:25 AM »

...increase in charges for use of the antennas...
Heckuva business model they got there.

Thus - - the Australian Broadcasting Corporation did the same thing, some years ago.
so.. they Don't own their own Broadcast Towers .. anymore ..
 
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RENTON481

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Re: All India Radio Transmitter To Be Shut Down After December 31
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2022, 09:20:26 PM »

No more Vividh Bharati on SW, I guess. Last time I heard that was just before the sunspots dived in late 2016 / early 2017 or so.

End of an era. I remember being able to hear AIR broadcasting behind Chinese national broadcasters on 49 and 31 meters.

Those were the days.
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