With effect from 15th Jan, 2021, trial transmissions of All India Radio external service will be back on three platforms - shortwave, DTH & Live streaming. AIR external services broadcasts were suspended due to Covid pandemic from 24th March 2020. There will be 4 services, two neighborhood services ( NS I, NS II ) and two world services (WS I, WS II) round the clock in different languages. Regular transmission will commence from 26th Jan, 2021. Schedule for AIR External Services trial broadcasts : In Pure DRM mode UTC        IST      LANGUAGE SERVICE FREQ  TXER SITE ----------------------------------------------------- 0945-1045 1515-1615 RUSSIAN  WS II  17830  BENGALURU 1930-2030 0100-0200 FRENCH   WS II  9620   BENGALURU In Analogue mode UTC        IST      LANGUAGE SERVICE FREQ       TXER SITE ------------------------------------------------------------- 2345-0115 0515-0645 CHINESE    WS I  13695       BENGALURU 0130-0230 0700-0800 INDONESIAN WS I  13695       BENGALURU 0300-0400 0830-0930 BALUCHI    NS I  9950        KINGSWAY,DELHI 0245-0330 0815-0900 THAI       WS I  13645       BENGALURU 0245-0345 0815-0915 BURMESE    NS II 15030       BENGALURU 0400-0500 0930-1030 NEPALI(1)  NS II 11740,15030 KINGSWAY/BENGALURU 0500-0600 1030-1130 ARABIC(1)  WS I  15030       BENGALURU 0615-0645 1145-1215 SINHALA(1) NS II 11560       KINGSWAY,DELHI 0800-0830 1330-1400 PERSIAN(1) WS I  15030       BENGALURU 0745-0845 1315-1415 DARI(1)    NS I  11560       KINGSWAY,DELHI 0845-0930 1415-1500 PASHTU(1)  NS I  11560,17830 KINGSWAY/BENGALURU 0900-1000 1430-1530 NEPALI(2)  NS II 9950        KINGSWAY,DELHI 1045-1200 1615-1730 TIBETAN    WS I  11560       KINGSWAY,DELHI 1215-1315 1745-1845 SWAHILI    WS I  15030       BENGALURU 1430-1545 2000-2015 PASHTU(2)  NS I  9950,11560  KINGSWAY/BENGALURU 1300-1500 1830-2030 SINHALA(2) NS I  15030       BENGALURU 1330-1430 1900-2000 DARI(2)    NS I  9950,11560  KINGSWAY/BENGALURU 1615-1730 2145-2300 PERSIAN(2) WS I  9620        BENGALURU 1730-1930 2300-0100 ARABIC(2)  WS I  9620        BENGALURU ---- Alokesh Gupta New Delhi, India