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Maharashtra: All India Radio to launch FM Sainagar Shirdi tomorrow

In Maharashtra, All India Radio will launch a special FM radio station – Sainagar Shirdi at Shirdi, District Ahmadnagar tomorrow. It will cover an area of around 25 km from the Sai Baba temple. Chief executive officer of Prasar Bharati Suresh Chandra Panda will officially launch the radio service, 103.7 MHz 'FM Shirdi Sai', at 9.30 am tomorrow. <br/><br/>All India Radio director general F Shahariyar and Additional director general M S Thomas will also be present at the launch of the FM Station.<br/><br/> The transmission timings will be from 5 to 10 in the morning and 11.15 am to 5pm in the evening, and again from 6 pm to 11 pm. The programmes will be broadcast in Marathi, Hindi and English languages. A single multi-purpose studio and broadcast machinery has installed at Shirdi.<br/><br/>This is the first-of-its-kind radio station in Maharashtra and second in India after Tirupati radio station personalized for Titupati temple. Residents of Shirdi and neighbouring villages, as well as thousands of Saibaba devotees visiting Shirdi throughout the year, will get to hear "aartis", "bhajans" and other musical events held at the temple daily on their cellphones through FM radio.

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