All India Radio (AIR) has started a radio conferencing facility which will help its Director General connect with officials at its stations across the country and address them on professional and administrative issues simultaneously at a fixed time.
The first such radio conferencing was successfully done on September 18 where the AIR Director General addressed all stations and interacted with programme and engineering heads of stations on matters of professional and administrative importance.
“AIR has started radio conferencing from its headquarters covering all stations of AIR network throughout the country including Indian Islands.
“This enables the AIR Director General and other senior officers to address all AIR stations simultaneously at a fixed time on any day from their chambers,” an official statement said.
In future, this facility is proposed to be utilized extensively by the Director General for speedy implementation of time-bound schemes, the statement said.
The facility has been extended simultaneously to all stations using AIR’s in-house networking facility at captive earth station New Broadcasting House in New Delhi.
“Distribution is through satellite INSAT- 3C and/or GSAT 10 which are being used by AIR for its radio networking all over the country through 32 earth stations and over 200 receive stations spread over length and breadth of India including Andaman and Lakshadweep Islands,” the statement said.
Facilities of interactions have also been created in state capitals and some other important cities. Officials of these stations can interact with the DG using any device like landline telephone, mobile phone or AIR’s own dedicated captive distribution chain, the statement added.
