India’s Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh inaugurated a 300 kilowatt DRM transmitter of ‘Radio Kashmir’ in Jammu on Tuesday.

The new Transmitter will cover an aerial radius of 90 to 100 kilometers and transmit All India Radio (AIR) programming in the state and beyond the border.

Speaking on the occasion, Singh said that the government is committed to the empowerment of radio broadcast and had initiated the revival of AIR.

Future plans for Radio Kashmir, Jammu, include replacement of an old 10 kW transmitter by a new transmitter towards the end of next year.

Director General of AIR, Fiyaz Shehriyar said: “As a part of migration to Digital Radio, it has been decided that by the year 2017, a complete switch over to digital mode will be made. All India Radio started with small leaps in this direction way back in 2013.”

DRM radio broadcasts will have many additional value added services such as improved audio quality, stereo capability, single frequency operation, transmitting up to four services or channels simultaneously from the same transmitter, vehicular, portable and fixed reception, less susceptibility to fading effects and improved reception reliability.