Gyan Vani
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Branding | Gyan Vani |
Ownership | |
Owner | Indira Gandhi National Open University |
History | |
First air date | March 2000 |
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Website | http://www.ignou.ac.in/ignou/aboutignou/broadcast/3 |
Gyan Vani is an educational
Description
Gyan Vani is an educational FM
The medium of broadcast is English, Hindi or language of the region. Each nodal centre is provided with media from Indira Gandhi National Open University's (IGNOU) 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. Once the Government of India through a cabinet decision decided to allot one frequency for Education with IGNOU as the nodal agency, Dr R Sreedher, then the director of EMPC designed the network by organising a series of brain storming sessions. His idea was to use the audio video studios available with the educational institutions for producing the programmes and use the AIR or the Doordarshan, public broadcasters' towers and technical facilities for transmission. He wanted to hire these facilities instead of creating his own infrastructure and appointing technical persons. A memorandum of understanding was signed between IGNOU and Prasar Bharati to share the towers. But as of 2013 there are 37 stations functioning. But the original concept of localised broadcasts have been given a go by and most of them are relaying the Delhi programmes. The second phase of radio privatisation even though reserved one frequency for education, neither the MHRD, the nodal ministry nor IGNOU, has taken any interest in pursuing the network. Change of governments and the party in power at the centre, resulted in step-motherly treatment of the network. Dr Sreedher left IGNOU in 2003 and thereafter the EMPC centre is not having any other dynamic director. The regular director, VK Arora was able to complete the task of installing 37 transmitters but was responsible for deviating from original programmes to a relay concept. After Arora left, a new regular full-time director has not been appointed and also the autonomous status of EMPC has been withdrawn making the centre really helpless in expanding the network[1]
History
In March 2000, when FM frequency licenses were auctioned, the
References
- ^ The Hindu, 8 October 2007, Making waves with an FM radio channel
- ^ The Hindu, 4 September 2000, IGNOU to launch FM channel[usurped]
- ^ The Hindu, 30 June 2001, 'Gyan Vani' on FM in 9 cities soon[usurped]
- ^ "40 FM STATIONS FOR EDUCATION SECTOR IN 2 YEARS". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ The Hindu, 30 July 2001, Gyan Vani to be expanded[usurped]
External links
- Electronic Media Production Centre at IGNOU