AIR Dibrugarh not to be closed down, confirms Prasar Bharati

NEW DELHI: Prasar Bharati has clarified that the All India Radio stations in North East Zone will remain open. This comes amid rumours that the Prasar Bharati is planning to reassign the AIR Dibrugarh station to a relay center.

In the wake of rumours, misinformation and fake news being spread through print and social media regarding the status of All India Radio, Akashvani, stations in Assam and across the North East Zone, Prasar Bharati issued the following official clarifications:

No AIR Station is being closed anywhere in Assam or in the Northeast Zone.

No AIR Station is being downgraded anywhere in Assam or in the Northeast Zone, c) No AIR Station is being converted into a relay station anywhere in Assam or in the Northeast Zone.

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All AIR Stations in Assam and in the North East Zone will maintain status quo in their local programming and will continue to produce local content in line with linquistic, socio-cultural and demographic diversity furthering the mission of AIR to nurture local talent and to give voice to local/regional aspirations.It is further explicitly stated that no directive were issued by Prasar Bharati to reassign DD or AIR Dibrugarh or any other AIR station in Assam as had been reported by certain sections of the media.

"All Stations and Regional News Units may take necessary steps to dispel such rumors by widely publicizing above clarifications a) to d)," Prasad Bharati stated in a release.

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