Radio

After the invention of television, radio had become an outdated thing. But very recently it has become a rage with young generation. You can find youngsters hearing to radio even on the streets in their mobiles. AIR is one of the first radio stations of India. There are many AIR radio stations in West Bengal. Following are the AIR radio stations of West Bengal with their frequencies:

All India Radio Asansol 100.3 MHz

All India Radio Chinsurah 594 kHz, 1134 kHz

All India Radio Kolkata 657 kHz, 1323 kHz, 97.0 MHz, 103.0 MHz, 1008 kHz, 4820 kHz, 7210 kHz, 95.0 MHz, 100.2 MHz, 102.4 MHz, 104.0 MHz, 107.0 MHz

All India Radio Kurseong 102.3 MHz

All India Radio Murshidabad 102.2 MHz

All India Radio Siliguri 711 kHz

Since Bengali is the chief regional language in West Bengal, the number of radio stations that broadcast in Bengali language are more. But this doesn’t mean that there are no radio stations for non-bangla speaking people. Many AIR radio stations also broadcast in the national language Hindi, international language English and other languages.

Many FM radio stations have been established recently in West Bengal. Some of the FM radio stations of Kolkata are Friends FM broadcasted at the frequency of 91.9 MHz, Big 92.7 FM at 92.7 MHz, Red FM at 93.5 MHz, Radio Mirchi at 98.3 MHz, Aamar 106.2 FM at 106.2 MHz. These FM radio stations mostly broadcast film songs and music.