Additional air news bulletins

All India Radio (AIR) is introducing 49 additional news-bulletins from 06.07.2008 in addition to its existing 511 bulletins. But time-scheduled of existing bulletins should also be revised to be audience-friendly. Main evening Hindi news-bulletin should be at 8 pm instead of present 8.45 pm to give ‘Samayaki’ an important time-place at 8.15 pm just after the main news-bulletin in a manner ‘Spotlight’ is placed after main English news-bulletin of 9 pm. Other programmes presented by AIR News Services Division like ‘Today in Parliament’/ ‘Sansad Sameeksha’, ‘Radio Newsreel’/ ‘Samachar Darshan’ etc can be placed between 8.30 pm and 9 pm. This time-slot can be utilised to revive weekly ‘News-Sameeksha’ on Sundays to get important feedback from listeners. News-bulletins in regional languages can be broadcast simultaneously from different AIR stations at 7.30 and 7.45 pm. Morning main news-bulletins can be at 7.45 am in Hindi and 8 am in English each to be followed by comments from newspapers. Bulletins in regional languages can be at 7.30 am and 8.15 am. Regional news can be at 7 pm in regional languages simultaneously from all AIR stations. A special bulletin may be designed for rural areas to be broadcast simultaneously in regional languages at 7 am. At remaining clock-hours, nine 5-minutes’ bulletins each in Hindi and English can be alternately relayed instead of giving both Hindi and English bulletins at a particular hour. Format and timings of AIR news-bulletins require such and other drastic changes in view of dominating visual media of TV news-channels.