Doordarshan Kendra Coimbatore was inaugurated on 14 April 1975. The service has been extended to the entire state in phased manner by installing Terrestrial Transmitters of different capacities ( HPTs , LPTs, VLPTs ) at different parts of the state.

DD Coimbatore is in western Tamil Nadu and also used for narrowcasting The TNAU

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University came into being on June 1, 1971. However, it had its genesis from establishment of an agricultural school at Saidapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in 1868 and was later relocated at Marudamalai Road in Coimbatore....

 in collaboration with Doordarshan Kendra, Coimbatore has recently Started the "Narrow casting of agricultural programmes through LPT" for the benefit of Farmers and general public in and around Coimbatore district.

The local (DD Coimbatore) service caters to the needs of the populace living in the areas falling within the reach of a particular transmitter through area specific programmes in the local languages and dialects.

See also DD Coimbatore's Sister Channels

• Podhigai TV
  Podhigai TV
  DD Podhigai is Doordarshan's Tamil language regional channel. It is broadcast both terrestrially and via satellite.-History:Doordarshan Kendra Chennai's Regional satellite Network, DD-5, was launched on 15 April 1993. This service is viewed in India and some parts of the world...
  
  
• DD1,2
• DD Andhra Pradesh
• DD Arunachal Pradesh
• DD Andaman and Nicobar
• DD Ahmadabad Metro
• DD Agartala
• DD Assam
• DD Bangalore Metro
• DD Bihar
  DD Bihar
  DD Bihar is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Bihar.- See also DD Sister Channels:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Bengla
• DD Bharati
  DD Bharati
  DD Bharati is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Delhi.-History:DD-Bharati Channel was launched on 26 January 2002...
  
  
• DD CHENNAI
  DD Chennai
  DD Chennai formerly known as DD Madras is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Chennai.-History:Doordarshan Kendra Chennai was inaugurated on August 15, 1975...
  
  
• DD Chandana
  DD Chandana
  DD Chandana is a Kannada TV channel owned and operated by Prasar Bharati under Doordarshan, supported by Doordarshan studios in Bangalore and Gulbarga. Launched in 1994 DD Chandana has entertainment serials, infotainment programmes, news and current affairs, social programmes and film programmes...
  
  
• DD Chandigarh
• DD Chhattisgarh
  DD Chhattisgarh
  DD Chhattisgarh is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Chhattisgarh.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Coimbatore
• DD Cricket
• DD Dadra and Nagar Haveli
• DD Daman and Diu
• DD Delhi Metro
• DD Direct+
• DD English
• DD Girnar
• DD Gujarati
• DD Goa
• DD HD
• DD Himachal Pradesh
  DD Himachal Pradesh
  DD Himachal Pradesh is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Himachal Pradesh.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Haryana
  DD Haryana
  DD Haryana is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Haryana, India.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Hyderabad Metro
• DD India
  DD India
  DD India is an Indian satellite television channel which is marketed towards Indian audiences living abroad, and offers an update on the social, cultural, and political aspects of India. The channel was launched on March 14, 1995, and is available in 146 countries throughout the world...
  
  
• DD Jharkhand
  DD Jharkhand
  DD Jharkhand is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Jharkhand, India.-See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Jaipur Metro
• DD Karnataka
• DD Kashir
  DD Kashir
  DD Kashir is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar, Jammu and Leh.-History:DD Kashir is the Kashmiri language satellite channel supported by Doordarshan studios in Srinagar, Jammu and Leh...
  
  
• DD Kerala
• DD Kolkata Metro
• DD Lakshadweep
• DD Madurai
  DD Madurai
  Doordarshan Kendra Madurai was inaugurated on 14 April 1976. The service has been extended to the entire state in phased manner by installing Terrestrial Transmitters of different capacities at different parts of the state....
  
  
• DD Madhya Pradesh
  DD Madhya Pradesh
  DD Madhya Pradesh is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Madhya Pradesh.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Manipur
• DD Meghalaya
• DD Malayalam
  DD Malayalam
  DD Malayalam is a Malayalam language television channel operated by India's national broadcaster Doordarshan. It is one of the 11 Indian regional language channels operated by Doordarshan. DD Malayalam is broadcast from Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala....
  
  
• DD Marathi
• DD Mizoram
  DD Mizoram
  DD Mizoram is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Mizoram.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Mumbai Metro
• DD National
  DD National
  DD National or DD1 is Doordarshan's flagship channel and the most widely available terrestrial television channel in India.-The Early Years:...
  
  
• DD News
  DD News
  The Doordarshan News, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "DD News", is a state-owned TV news channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Delhi. The Prasar Bharati Board approved the proposal to start a 24-hours news channel in place of DD Metro. This was subsequently approved by the...
  
  
• DD North-East
  DD North-East
  DD North-East is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar and Shillong.-History:...
  
  
• DD Nagaland
• DD Orissa
• DD Oriya
  DD Oriya
  DD Oriya is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Bhubaneshwar.-History:DD Oriya is a leading round the clock satellite channel broadcasting in Oriya language. It was launched in 1994. DD Oriya broadcasts serials, cultural programmes, infotainment programmes, news and current...
  
  
• DD Pudhucherry
  DD Pudhucherry
  Doordarshan Kendra Puducherry was inaugurated on 14th MAY,1976. The service has been extended to the entire state in phased manner by installing Terrestrial Transmitters of different capacities at different parts of the state....
  
  
• DD Punjabi
  DD Punjabi
  DD Punjabi is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Jalandhar, India.-History:DD Punjabi Channel was launched in 1998, and it became a 24-hour service within two years...
  
  
• DD Rajasthan
  DD Rajasthan
  DD Rajasthan is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Rajasthan.-History:On 1st August 1975, the first television broadcast was viewed by the people of Rajasthan under the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment targeting the districts of Kota, Sawai Madhopur and...
  
  
• DD Podhigai TV
  Podhigai TV
  DD Podhigai is Doordarshan's Tamil language regional channel. It is broadcast both terrestrially and via satellite.-History:Doordarshan Kendra Chennai's Regional satellite Network, DD-5, was launched on 15 April 1993. This service is viewed in India and some parts of the world...
  
  
• DD Sahyadri
  DD Sahyadri
  DD Sahyadri is an Indian Channel displayed on TV in the state of Maharashtra. It shows serials meant for older women and programs such as Gotya for children's Entertaintment....
  
  
• DD Saptagiri
  DD Saptagiri
  DD Saptagiri is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Hyderabad.Doordarshan Kendra Hyderabad was inaugurated by the then President of India, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy on 23 October,1977...
  
  
• DD Sikkim
• DD Sports
  DD Sports
  DD Sports is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Delhi. -History:DD Sports remains the country's only free-to-air sports channel...
  
  
• DD Tripura
  DD Tripura
  DD Tripura is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Agartala in Tripura.-See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Uttar Pradesh
  DD Uttar Pradesh
  DD Uttar Pradesh is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Uttar Pradesh.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Uttrakhand
  DD Uttrakhand
  DD Uttrakhand is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Uttrakhand, India.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD Urdu
  DD Urdu
  DD Urdu is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in Delhi.- See also:* List of programs broadcast by DD National* All India Radio* Ministry of Information and Broadcasting* DD Direct Plus...
  
  
• DD West Bengal
• List of programs broadcast by DD National
• All India Radio
  All India Radio
  All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
  
  
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
  Prasar Bharati
  Prasar Bharati is India's largest public broadcaster. It is an autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises Doordarshan television network and All India Radio which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.Prasar Bharati was...
  
  
• DD Direct Plus
  DD Direct Plus
  DD Direct+ is an Indian free-to-air digital satellite television owned by Doordarshan. Which provides digital video and audio programming to households and businesses in India. It offers a satellite alternative to the free-view service on digital terrestrial television, with a broadly similar...
  
  
• List of South Asian television channels by country
• Media in Chennai
  Media in Chennai
  -Print media:Newspaper publishing started in Chennai with the launch of a weekly, The Madras Courier, in 1785. It was followed by the weeklies The Madras Gazzette and The Government Gazzette in 1795. The Spectator, founded in 1836, was the first English newspaper in Chennai to be owned by an Indian...
  
  
• List of programs broadcast by DD National
• All India Radio
  All India Radio
  All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
  
  
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
  Prasar Bharati
  Prasar Bharati is India's largest public broadcaster. It is an autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises Doordarshan television network and All India Radio which were earlier media units of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.Prasar Bharati was...
  
  
• DD Direct Plus
  DD Direct Plus
  DD Direct+ is an Indian free-to-air digital satellite television owned by Doordarshan. Which provides digital video and audio programming to households and businesses in India. It offers a satellite alternative to the free-view service on digital terrestrial television, with a broadly similar...
  
  
• List of South Asian television channels by country
• Media in Chennai
  Media in Chennai
  -Print media:Newspaper publishing started in Chennai with the launch of a weekly, The Madras Courier, in 1785. It was followed by the weeklies The Madras Gazzette and The Government Gazzette in 1795. The Spectator, founded in 1836, was the first English newspaper in Chennai to be owned by an Indian...
  
  

External links

• Official website
• Doordarshan Official Internet site
• Doordarshan news site
• An article at PFC
• Media World Asia