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station located in

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, operated by

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. It broadcasts programs varying from

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to entertainment and its broadcast area covers the

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district, major parts of

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, some areas of

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and the Nilgiris district of

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. According to the statistics of All India Radio, there are approximately 80 lakh listeners.

History

It was inaugurated on 28.1.2006 by the former Minister of State for External Affairs, E. Ahammed. At the time, when it launched, the station was named as ''Dreamz FM'' and it functioned as a relay station of All India Radio, Kozhikode. D. Pradeep Kumar was the first Programme Executive. The first transmission executive was Mathew Joseph and the first announcer was R. Kanakambaran.

Broadcast timings

The station broadcasts programs without break from 05.53 AM to 11.22 PM Till 25 January 2017, transmission was restricted from 3.55 PM to 10 PM. On 26 January 2017, as part of celebrating the 11th anniversary of the launch, the station started morning broadcast from 6.30 AM to 1.20 PM. In 2019, it was announced that station will start a 17-hour continuous transmission from 5.53 AM to 11.06 PM without break. Thus, from 2 June onwards, it became the first and only AIR station in Kerala to have continuous transmission.

See more

* List of Malayalam-language radio stations * Vividh Bharati

References

External links

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