Said to be the first of its kind in the Kumaon region, an FM radio station will soon be set up in Haldwani city which will be accessible for those living within a 70 kilometre range.
Providing this information, the Nainital district magistrate Deependra Kumar Chaudhari said that the way for establishing the FM radio station has been cleared due to the efforts of MP and former chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari. For the purpose of setting up the FM radio station, about 1560 square metre land of the Doordarshan relay tower at Haldwani Tehsil compound has been transferred to the Information and Broadcasting ministry’s Doordarshan and Akashvani unit.
The district magistrate said that an FM radio station will prove quite useful in the Haldwani region.
The medium of FM radio has become quite popular in the changing times with a special role in providing infotainment too.
He recently held a talk with the Information and Broadcasting ministry programme officer Mohammed Shakil and inspected the site in Haldwani. He said that the FM radio station which will run 24 hours will have programmes in regional language.
Twenty five local announcers will also be kept for the radio station.