India is celebrating its 74th Independence Day on 15 August 2020. Details of special programs by All India Radio for the occasion is as follows: 14th August 2020 (Friday)  1330 UTC (7.00 pm IST) onwards “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English by  Shri.Ram Nath Kovind, Honble President of India. All stations of All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW & FM. Look out on the following Home Service SW frequencies : kHz     kW       Station 4760    7          Leh               4800    50        Hyderabad               4810    50        Bhopal         4835    10        Gangtok                   4910    50        Jaipur 4920    50        Chennai         4950    30        Srinagar         5010    50        Thiruvananthapuram             5040    50        Jeypore                     5050    10        Aizawl ? 6030    250      Delhi             9380    250      Aligarh 9865    500      Bengaluru ? MW Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/mw/freq.htm FM Frequencies : http://www.qsl.net/vu2jos/fm/airfreq.htm Also on DTH Channels/ airlivenews 24x7 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 15th August 2020 (Saturday) 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) All India Radio will live broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minister's address to the nation to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UTC (0705-0810 hrs IST) on 15th August, 2020 on the following SW frequencies. English: 15030 Bengaluru 500 kW Hindi: 9380  Aligarh 250 kW 9950  New Delhi 250 kW 11620 Bengaluru 500 kW The following External Services stands cancelled for that day: 11560: Pushtu 0215-0300, Dari  0300-0345 The Regional SW Stations will start using their day time frequencies about 1 hour or more earlier than usual on 15th August as follows to relay the Commentary. This may provide enhanced reception of stations than on normal days. The sign on schedule for that day is as follows with normal sign on timings in brackets. 1. Bhopal - 0130 UTC (Ex 0225) 7430 2. Chennai  - 0130 UTC (Ex 0300) 7380 3. Hyderabad - 0130 UTC (Ex 0225) 7420 5. Srinagar  -0130 UTC (ex 0225) 6110 6. Thiruvanathapuram - 0130 UTC (Ex 0230) 7290 Other frequencies operating as usual at that time but carrying the commentary is as follows                            kHz     kW       Station 4760    7          Leh               4800    50        Hyderabad               4810    50        Bhopal         4835    10        Gangtok                   4910    50        Jaipur 4920    50        Chennai         4950    30        Srinagar         5010    50        Thiruvananthapuram             5040    50        Jeypore                     5050    10        Aizawl ? 6030    250      Delhi        7270    50       Chennai       9380    250      Aligarh 9865    500      Bengaluru ?  All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary. Live streaming of the above programs is available in: http://allindiaradio.gov.in/  https://mib.gov.in/media/all-india-radio   Reception Reports to : Please send your reception reports on line at: http://pbinfo.air.org.in/feedback/ or by email to: spectrum-manager@air.org.in or spectrum-manager@prasarbharati.gov.in   or  Director ( Spectrum Management & Synergy) All India Radio, Room No. 204, Akashvani Bhawan, Parliament Street New Delhi110001, India Watch the events live on Doordarshan TV  on all their channels .Try the following links: DD National:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3RhpgO2ItQ DD News: http://webcast.gov.in/ Happy Independence Day to all DX_India members ! 73, Jose Jacob & Alokesh Gupta Join DX India email list at : https://groups.io/g/dxindia Join dx_india facebook group at : http://www.facebook.com/groups/dxindia/