DD Rajasthan
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DD Rajasthan is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Rajasthan
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, Sawai Madhopur
and Jaipur
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Doordarshan Kendra in Jaipur
was set up on 1st June 1987 at Jhalana Doongri and transmission started on 6th July 1987. Initially only 30 minutes of programming produced by this Kendra and this was gradually increased. Presently the Kendra originates about four hours of programming daily.
The channel covers 79% by population and 72% by area of Rajasthan.
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
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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 KotaKota, Rajasthan
Kota , formerly known as Kotah, is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located south of state capital, Jaipur. Situated on the banks of Chambal River, the city is the trade centre for an area in which millet, wheat, rice, pulses, coriander and oilseeds are grown; industries...
, Sawai Madhopur
Sawai Madhopur
Sawai Madhopur is a city and a municipality in Sawai Madhopur District in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Sawai Madhopur District....
and Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
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Doordarshan Kendra in Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
was set up on 1st June 1987 at Jhalana Doongri and transmission started on 6th July 1987. Initially only 30 minutes of programming produced by this Kendra and this was gradually increased. Presently the Kendra originates about four hours of programming daily.
The channel covers 79% by population and 72% by area of Rajasthan.
Programmes
KARM YATRA, PKE SITARON KI PASAND, CHOUPAL, SAMAYIKI, AAS - PASS, BATAN MARUDHARA RI, GORBANDH NAKHARALO, BOLLYWOOD HALCHAL, NAVANKUR, BHARTAYAN-4, CHIRMI, SANSKRITI SANCHAY, DEKHO RAJASTHAN, DHARTI DHORAN RI etc.See also
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