- Gyan Vani
Gyan Vani is an educational FM radio station in several cities of
India .Description
Gyan Vani is an educational FM radio station in several cities of
India . Gyan Vani stations operate as ‘media cooperative’ with the day-to-day programmes being contributed by various educational institutions, NGOs, government and semi-government organizations, UN agencies, Ministries such as Agriculture, Environment, Health, Women and Child Welfare, Science & Technology, etc. besides National level Institutions such as NCERT, NIOS and State Open Universities. Each Gyan Vani Station has a range of about 60 km and covers an entire city including the adjoining rural areas. The medium of broadcast is English, Hindi or language of the region. Gyan Vani FM radio uses stereophonic FM transmitters, and professionals operate the radio stations. Each nodal centre is provided with media fromIndira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)'s Electronic Media Production Centre. The centre serves purposes of production, dissemination and transmission of educational material. The facilities available at the media production centre are shared with various educational and training institutions, state open universities, central and state government ministries or departments, non governmental organizations, corporate bodies and other sectors. [ News Article from The Hindu October 8th 2007 [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/2007/10/08/stories/2007100851430900.htm Making waves with an FM radio channel] ]History
In March 2000, when FM frequency licenses were auctioned, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) had been given a frequency for educational broadcasting in each of the 40 cities. The ministry handed the task to IGNOU as it already had some experience telecasting education on
Gyan Darshan . [ News Article from The Hindu September 4rth 2000 [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/09/04/stories/0204000n.htm IGNOU to launch FM channel] ] [ News Article from The Hindu June 30th 2001 [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/06/30/stories/02300003.htm 'Gyan Vani' on FM in 3 cities soon] ] IGNOU started broadcasting inCoimbatore ,Lucknow andVishakhapatnam . This was to expand to 40 other cities in two years. [ News Article from The Hindu July 30th 2001 [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/07/30/stories/14302187.htm Gyan Vani to be expanded] ] .References
External links
* [http://www.ignou.ac.in/divisions/empc/index.htm Electronic Media Production Centre] at IGNOU
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