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Unidentified stations from
India and Pakistan
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If
you know Hindi, Urdu or other Indian or Pakistani
languages, I would greatly appreciate your help. I
have heard interesting radio stations from these countries,
but I haven't been able to identify them. This page
contains recordings of those stations.
The latest sound
files are in MP3 format, and older ones in Real
Media format (and some in Windows Mediaplayer format).
If you don't have the Real Player, you can download
the basic version for free from here.
Then just listen to the soundfiles, compare your
observations with others and please email
me what you hear.
(Updated with comments
in February 2006)
Many of the unidentified stations are from 1584
and 1602 kHz, and these are the stations which (according
to the World Radio TV Handbook) operate on those
frequencies. Some of them may not have local programming
or may relay some other Indian stations. "VB"
indicates the national "Vividh Bharati"
channel. If you can recognize those stations, that
would also be very helpful.
For reference, here
are the stations listed (in WRTH 2005) for the two
very interesting Indian frequencies:
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1584
kHz:
Jamshedpur
Kalpa
Kargil
Kavaratti
Keonjhar (relaying Cuttack)
Kota
Mathura
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1602 kHz:
Oottacamund
Pauri
Pithoragarh
Sholapur (not
VB according to Jose Jacob)
Tuensang
Uttarkashi
Varanasi (VB)
William Nagar
Zero
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| 756 |
25.11.2002 |
1546 |
wav-file |
this
should be AIR Jagdalpur, and there is a local station
identification "Akashvani ... he", but can
you distinguish Jagdalpur mentioned?
VijayaKumar Veeragandham: Yes, it is Jagdalpur
MW station which broadcats on 756Khz. Here is the
transcrit: "ye akashavani ka jagadalpur kendra
hi, raathri ki now bajkar solah minute huye hai ...."
Mika: Thanks for solving this one! |
| 1215 |
13.1.2005 |
1440 |
AIR,
but is this the National Channel or Pudducherri? Akashvani
mentioned at 0'15
Manosij Guha: Sounds like the National Channel
relay from Delhi with a program on astronomy in Hindi.
This transmitter is normally for the the External
Service to Nepal, but carries the National Service
at other times usually late night. This is not part
of the domestic setup, hence not listed.
R.M. Shanmugasuntaram: One station i could
identify heardat the background is All India Radio
Pondicherry which is using a 10KW TX and the station
from North India to be identified (Ihope our DX India
friends can identify it).
Alokesh Gupta: Didn't find any id in this clipping,
however there are 2 stn's one with talk on astronomy
& other with hindi songs in the background.
d.prabakaran: This is AIR national channel
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| 1584 |
5.12.2000 |
1416 |
1584f.rm |
female
ID, rather weak |
| 1584 |
5.12.2000 |
1422 |
1584g.rm |
another
weak by a female voice "Akashavani ...bad"
(?)
Teemu Juurinen: sounds like "Akashvani Kasmagabad"
or something like that |
| 1584 |
5.12.2000 |
1429 |
1584h.rm |
relatively
clear, by a male voice "Akashvani ..."
Teemu Juurinen: I would guess Jamshedpur |
| 1584 |
5.12.2000 |
1459 |
1584i.rm |
probably
the same as before, "Akashvani ...". The
same programme was heard on 1602 kHz, so perhaps this
could be Vividh Bharati programming? In that case
the transmitter location would be Indore?
Jose Jacob: probably Indore
Teemu Juurinen: I would guess Jamshedpur again |
| 1584 |
5.12.2000 |
1514 |
1584j.rm |
two
AIR stations, first a female ID: "Ye Akashvani
...", later the other station with a male announcer
Jose Jacob: probably Indore |
| 1584 |
12.1.2005 |
1544 |
ID
by a male announcer |
| 1584 |
12.1.2005 |
1600 |
ID
by a female announcer |
| 1602 |
29.11.2002 |
1529 |
wav-file |
a
local station identification, perhaps Sholapur?
Kanwar Sandhu: Yes. |
| 1602 |
5.12.2000 |
1430 |
1602a.rm |
the
first station is of course Pauri, but there are two
other Indians as well. The talking male was especially
interesting. There's probably an ID at the end of
the sound bite by a female voice, but this may be
Pauri again.
Jose Jacob: is Sholapur YL. The second one
is unid. By the way Sholapur is not VB station. |
| 1602 |
12.11.1998 |
1558 |
1602b.rm |
an
announcement by a female announcer, probably no ID |
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| 1152 |
5.12.2001 |
1343 |
lem158_42.rm |
Mika:
this has to be PBC Rawalpindi, but is this announcement
of locally produced programming?
Sarmad Gilani: The female announcer first finishes
a news headline, and then is saying (translated):
"You're listening to the news from Radio Pakistan."
The male announcer, finishing the clip, begins reading
a news story. I'm not entirely sure, but I think the
evening radio news is simulcasted throughout Pakistan
and would not necessarily be local stuff.
Mika: OK, consider this one solved |
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