Wish to enjoy ‘crystal clear’ sound? Govt to bring Digital Radio in 2024
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New Delhi, December 25: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar yesterday announced that the NDA government is bringing Digital Radio in 2024. Addressing the annual Akashvani awards function in New Delhi yesterday, Javadekar said, the audio of digital radio will be more clear and its reach will be higher.
The Minister said, All India Radio is an institution which is a part of people's lives, be it music, news or entertainment. Prasar Bharati Chairman Dr. A. Surya Prakash said, AIR news commands huge credibility and Akashvani has one of the largest news gathering and dissemination apparatus in the world.
News Services Division’s Editors, Correspondents and Newsreaders received awards in their respective categories. The awardees are: Anand Prakash Soni and Sushmita Mondal (Editors), Kanak Lata (Hindi newsreader) and Laxmi, S Joy, Nitin Kelkar, Vikalp Shukla and Nishith Joshi (correspondents).
In all, 51 professionals from all over the country received awards for 2016 and 2017. The award ceremony also featured a musical presentation by renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Vidushi Padmaja Joglekar and popular Kashmiri sufi folk artist Abha Hanjura.
The Akashvani awards were instituted in 1974 to promote professional excellence and bring out the best from the staff working at various radio stations and installations.
“Prasar Bharti is looking forward to a change in the format of these awards so that it brings out the hidden talent of the people,” said Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati.