{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox radio station | country = IN | name = All India Radio Srinagar | logo = File:Jitendra Singh inaugurating the 10KW transmitter of All India Radio, at Patnitop, Ramban Distt., in Jammu & Kashmir.JPG | city = Srinagar | area = India | branding = AIR Srinagar | frequency = {{Frequency|1116|KHz}} MW <br/>{{Frequency|102.6|MHz}} FM <br/> {{Frequency|103.5|MHz}} FM | translator = | repeater = | airdate = | last_airdate = <!-- for defunct stations --> | format = | language = Kashmiri<br/>Urdu<br/>Hindi | power = | erp = | haat = | class = | facility_id = | coordinates = {{coord|34.072639|74.829381|format=dms|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}} | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = | former_frequencies = | affiliations = | operator = All India Radio | owner = Prasar Bharati | licensee = | sister_stations = AIR Jammu<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR Jammu |url=http://prasarbharati.gov.in/playersource.php?channel=174}}</ref> | webcast = [http://prasarbharati.gov.in/playersource.php?channel=174 AIR Srinagar Live] | website = [http://allindiaradio.gov.in/ allindiaradio.gov.in] | former_names = Radio Kashmir Srinagar }}
'''All India Radio Srinagar''' ('''AIR Srinagar''' also cashed '''Akashvani Srinagar''') is a public radio station operating in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India solely owned by Government of India's Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati<ref>{{cite web |title=AIR Srinagar |url=http://prasarbharati.gov.in/playersource.php?channel=174 |website=Prasar Bharati |accessdate=13 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Radio Kashmir becomes AIR From Today: A Short History of Radio Kashmir | website=India.com | date=2019-10-31 | url=https://www.india.com/news/india/radio-kashmir-becomes-air-from-today-a-short-history-of-radio-kashmir-3826220/ | access-date=2020-07-13}}</ref> All India Radio Srinagar broadcasts in Kashmiri, Urdu and Hindi languages. Formerly known as Radio Kashmir Srinagar,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/website-of-radio-kashmir-jammu-launched-645564-2016-07-22 | title=Website of Radio Kashmir Jammu launched : PTI feed, News - India Today | author=Press Trust of India | date=22 July 2016 | access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> it was renamed as AIR Srinagar following the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. It is one of public stations in the union territory alongside ''AIR Jammu'' and ''AIR Leh''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Radio Kashmir renamed All India Radio | website=The Tribune | date=2019-10-20 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/archive/radio-kashmir-renamed-all-india-radio-854438 | access-date=2020-07-13 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Radio Kashmir renamed All India Radio | website=Outlook India | date=2019-10-31 | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/radio-kashmir-renamed-all-india-radio/1652166 | access-date=2020-07-13}}</ref> All India Radio Jammu broadcasts in Dogri, Urdu and Hindi.
==History== It was established on 1 July 1948 when Sheikh Abdullah, the then Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, inaugurated the Radio Kashmir Srinagar station<ref name="Sheikh Abdullah inaugurated the radio kashmir">{{cite web|title=Sheikh Abdullah inaugurated the radio kashmir|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2009/Nov/8/yeh-radio-kashmir-hai-1.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302014206/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2009/Nov/8/yeh-radio-kashmir-hai-1.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> near the Tourist Reception Centre in Srinagar. Its broadcasting station is still located in Srinagar near Zero or Abdullah Bridge.<ref name="Radio Kashmir Location">{{cite web|title=Radio Kashmir Srinagar - Srinagar|url=http://wikimapia.org/168024/Radio-Kashmir-Srinagar|access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> J.N. Zutshi was the first Director General of Radio Kashmir. He was also the Secretary to Information & Broadcasting to J&K Government. Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din was the first head of the station. Radio Kashmir Srinagar became most popular when Pushkar Bhan's ''Zoon Dab'' was aired for more than nineteen years from the Radio Kashmir station,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kecss.org/prominent+kashmiris+people+pbhan.html |title=Prominent Kashmiris: Pushkar Bhan |work=The Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society |year=2013 |accessdate=11 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229014129/http://www.kecss.org/prominent+kashmiris+people+pbhan.html |archive-date=29 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and became a usual medium of entertainment for the people who used to listen the Radio Kashmir 24/7.
==Crisis== After 1953 when Kashmir's political power began to change, observers{{Who|date=September 2016}} say that Radio Kashmir Srinagar, shortly after its establishment, came under the control of All India Radio to counter the Radio Azad Kashmir. Observers also say that both these stations were used to counter programmes aired by each other. When the Azad Radio Kashmir used to air ''{{lang|ar-Latn|Zarb e qaleem}}'', it was countered by Srinagar station's ''{{lang|ar-Latn|Jawabi hamla}}''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Strategic Importance of Radio Kashmir in Countering Pakistan's War of Words against India |url=http://www.idsa.in/strategicanalysis/37_2/StrategicImportanceofRadioKashmir |accessdate=14 May 2013 |newspaper=I.D.S.A.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ye radio kashmir hai |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2009/Nov/8/yeh-radio-kashmir-hai-1.asp |publisher=Greater Kashmir |accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref>
==Contribution== All India Radio Srinagar has contributed a lot towards the traditional music of Kashmir. It became home of people like Ghulam Hassan Sofi, who used to sing Kashmir's traditional songs which provided relief to the disturbed minds of Kashmiri people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melody, meditation and melancholy: A tribute to Hasan Suif|url=http://koshur.org/music/ghsofi/index.html|publisher=Koshur|accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref> All India Radio Srinagar also aired Kailash Mehra's collection<ref name="Kailash Mehra's Collection">{{cite web|title=Kailash Mehra's. Another very melodious voice was that of Nirmala Chattoo around 1968 (who also sang in the first Kashmiri movie Maenj Raat). Nirmala Chattoo sang "Raah Baakshtam Sare Parwardigaro- which became a great collection on Vividhbharati station. Collection|url=http://vipjatt.com/album/17815/Best_Of_Kailash_Mehra-By-Kailash_Mehra.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013202134/http://vipjatt.com/album/17815/Best_Of_Kailash_Mehra-By-Kailash_Mehra.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-10-13}}</ref> which people liked most. Janbaaz Kishtwari (Ghulam Nabi Doolwal) was one of the noted artist who showed his talent through All India Radio Srinagar. Nowadays his daughter Jahan Ara Janbaz reaches her fans through All India Radio Srinagar. All India Radio Srinagar is believed to be the only medium which is broadcasting the audio of Kashmiri traditional songs, thus keeping Kashmiri musical tradition alive and contributing towards the Kashmiri society.<ref>{{cite web|title=Radio Kashmir's contribution towards Kashmiri music|url=http://www.koausa.org/KoshSam/music.html|publisher=Koausa|accessdate=14 May 2013|archive-date=28 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028052856/http://www.koausa.org/KoshSam/music.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Floods of 2014 === During floods in Srinagar in September 2014 All India Radio Srinagar (then Radio Kashmir Srinagar) station was only medium of communication between flood affected victims and the then Chief Minister of State Omar Abdullah led government who also reached to affected through Radio Kashmir. Even after the flood wiped the Doordarshan Kendra Srinagar which led to wind up its broadcast, just next door to it, Radio Kashmir Station survived much more than any other radio or Internet service. Radio station in floods started Short Message Service so affected people could be rescued while its building was itself submerged. Finally the flood reached the first floor where in studios were affected and radio too closed its broadcast and announcer promised to restore the service as soon as possible. Later news and interaction programmes were aired from makeshift transmitting station on Shankaracharya Hill. RKS started a Helpline on 4 September 2014 when south kashmir started submerging. It was initiated and started by Mr Shamshad Kralawari, Head Commercial Broadcasting Service. Once RKS itself was under water the program staff climbed on to Shankracharya Hill and continued Helpline with bare minimum resources.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/jammu-floods-radio-link-shankaracharya-hill-air-radio-kashmir-42255.html|title=Jammu floods: Radio link connects people in Valley, inform about well being|date=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://khabarsouthasia.com/en_GB/articles/apwi/articles/features/2014/10/16/feature-01|title = Huawei-4234821_1280 – Khabar South Asia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-radio-link-connects-people-in-flooded-jammu-and-kashmir-2020364|title=Radio link connects people in flooded Jammu and Kashmir - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|author=|date=21 September 2014|publisher=|access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref>
==News== Radio Kashmir's news section holds a responsibility whenever political crisis appear, or some other violences appeared during Kashmir conflict. ''Shehar Been'' is among top of the news program broadcast by Radio Kashmir Srinagar.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shehar Been gets the axe, duration slashed to 10 minutes|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2008/Sep/2/shehar-been-gets-the-axe-duration-slashed-to-10-minutes-27.asp|accessdate=17 May 2013|newspaper=Greater Kashmir}}</ref> However, at peak of militancy inside Kashmir, the officials and newscasters of sister department of Prasar Bharti newsroom reportedly received death threats so for some time news was aired from Delhi for Radio Kashmir, it was like this "ye radio kashmir hai ab ap sunye nayi delhi se khabrein".<ref>{{cite web|title=Suspension of broadcast from radio kashmir station|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2009/Nov/8/yeh-radio-kashmir-hai-1.asp|publisher=Greater Kashmir|accessdate=14 May 2013}}</ref>
==Religious contribution== AIR Srinagar also serves in the holy months of Muslims by producing such programs related to particular holy months like Muharram and for Ramadan. AIR Srinagar aired in 1980's the voice of Mirza Abdul Ghani Beigh,<ref name="Mirza Sakhi Wilayat Beigh">{{cite web|title=:: Nauha Room of Beighs :: Gateway of Kashmiri Nauhas: Mirza Abdul Ghani Beigh|url=http://www.nauharoomofbeighs.blogspot.in/p/abdul-ghani-beigh.html | author= | date= | access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref> the prominent Kashmiri Noha reciter and writer. The audience belonging to Shia community thronged at public spots or wherever radios found, across the valley to wait for the programme of such religious Nauhakhan. AIR Srinagar broadcasts necessary announcements related to different sects living in Kashmir, including special updates for Shri Amarnathji Yatra.
== See also == *Radio Sharda *AIR FM Gold *BIG FM 92.7 *Red FM *Vividh Bharati *All India Radio *DD Kashir *DD Urdu
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