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Community radio at AMU soon

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Posted: Feb 01, 2008 at 0018 hrs IST

Lucknow, January 31 The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will soon set up a community radio and a TV station to broadcast educational and social-awareness programmes. The university has already built a studio worth Rs 1 crore on its campus for relaying the programmes on radio and TV.

“Regular updates on competitive exams, important developments taking place in higher-education domain, career opportunities in various subjects, career counselling and students’ guidance programmes will be one of the regular features of our radio programmes. Moreover, programmes on social issues like polio eradication, women’s empowerment will also be aired,” said Shafey Kidwai, chairman of Journalism and Mass Communication department.

The upcoming community radio and TV stations will function under the university's Journalism and Mass Communication department.

Officials said the programmes will be aired from the next academic session. “We have learnt that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is likely to give us the nod for relaying the programmes in the next academic session,” said a senior official. The broadcast range of the programmes relayed by the will initially be restricted to a radius of 10 km.

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