Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday inaugurated a new All India Radio (AIR) station at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district. This is the 14 AIR stations in the State. According to Cuttack AIR Station Director Subhas Chandra Mohanty, initially all programmes of the Rairangpur station would be relayed through the Cuttack 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. later the programmes would be relayed from the Rairangpur AIR station after it becomes fully operational,” he added.
He said the all programmes of the Rairangpur station would be available in 106 and 102 on the FM band from 5 am to 11 pm daily.