Sad news from India. It looks as if we are about to lose another shortwave broadcaster...
The Hindustan Times reports there are questions over future of All India Radio (AIR) shortwave external service
The external services division of All India
Radio (AIR) is caught in a turf war between the ministry of information
and broadcasting (MIB), which runs it and the ministry of external
affairs (MEA), which is expected to fund it.
While the MIB wants the service to continue and
even expand; MEA has been suggesting shutting down the programmes,
pointing out that the service offered through short wave transmission
has outlived its utility and does not attract listeners abroad, said an
MIB official aware of the developments.
According to this MIB official, the service,
which was started soon after the outbreak of World War II has emerged as
a bone of contention between the two ministries, as the cost of running
the shows is high and the MEA has been unwilling to pick the tab.
Read the full story at
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-b-ministry-and-mea-at-odds-over-all-india-radio-external-service/story-k8CDvm9gmYSJ4gDzuYrHiK.html
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