Rairangpur, Jan 11: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday inaugurated a new All India Radio (AIR) station at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district.
With this, Odisha now has 14 AIR stations.
Director of Cuttack AIR station Subhas Chandra Mohanty said initially all programmes of Rairangpur AIR station would be relayed through the Cuttack AIR station on the 102 megahertz frequency.
“There are a number of Jhumar artists from Mayurbhanj district presently working at Cuttack AIR station, who frequently go to Rairangpur to record their programmes. We will relay these programmes for the people of Rairangpur locality through Cuttack AIR station,” he said.
He said the all programmes of Rairangpur AIR station would be available in 106 and 102 on the FM band from 5 AM to 11 PM every day.
