DD-Girnar previously known as DD-10 GUJARATI is the

Gujarati language Gujarati ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian state of Gujarat and spoken predominantly by the Gujarati people. Gujarati is descended from Old Western Rājasthāni, Old Gujarati (). In India, it is one of the 22 Languages with ...

channel of India's national broadcaster,

Doordarshan Doordarshan (), abbreviated as DD, is India's State-owned enterprise, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster. Established by the Government of India on 15 September 1959, it is owned by the Ministry of Information and B ...

. It is broadcast out of studios at Doordarshan Kendra (Center) in

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ), also spelled Amdavad (), is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 ...

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State.

History

Doordarshan Kendra, Ahmedabad was set up on 15 March 1976, as a part of the

Satellite Instructional Television Experiment Satellite Instructional Television Experiment or SITE was an experimental satellite communications project launched in India in 1975, designed jointly by NASA and the ISRO, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The project made available inf ...

SITE Project of

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and the 1 KW transmitter was based in PIJ,

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District. The studio used to function from the ISRO, Ahmedabad premises, while the administrative office was located in the Polytechnic compound in Ahmedabad. Few years later, a plot of land was identified and a low power LPT was set up in Ahmedabad at Thaltej Tekra on 19 November 1983. The studio was commissioned on 2 October 1987 while the regional language uplinking was started on 30 December 1992.

DD Metro DD Metro also known as DD 2 was an Indian free-to-air television channel. It was launched in 1984 as DD2 in Delhi as an alternative to DD National. Later, it increased its coverage area by expanding to Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. In 1993, the ...

channel was set up on 1 May 1994 while the Regional languages Satellite Channels (RLSC), DD GIRNAR 24 Hour on 1 October 1993.

List of programmes currently broadcast

Telecast schedule * ''Rasoi ni Rangat'' (રસોઈ ની રંગત) * ''Ek Dal na Pankhi'' (એક ડાળ ના પંખી) (re-run) * ''One Minute'' (એક મિનિટ) * ''Gram Jagat'' (ગ્રામ જગત) * ''Filmi Sargam'' (ફિલ્મી સરગમ) * ''Kaka ni Kamal'' (કાકા ની કમાલ) * ''Kuvara Corporation'' (કુંવારા કોર્પોરેશન) * ''Gammat Gulal'' (ગમ્મત ગુલાલ)

List of programmes formerly broadcast

*''Aa Mama Nu Ghar Ketle'' (2014–2017) *''Ek Daal Na Pankhi'' (2015–2013)

Technology

It uses SRLS transmissions from 3pm to 8pm as it cuts DD National from the terrestrial network and the same 8pm to 3pm it runs satellite transmission.

DD Girnar's sister channels

* DD Ahmadabad Metro – Hindi news program channel Gujarat and Diu Daman Island * DD Andaman and Nicobar * DD Andhra Pradesh *

DD Arunprabha Doordarshan Arunprabha (DD Arun Prabha) is an Indian satellite television channel, which was launched on 9 February 2019 by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. It is Doordarshan's second channel for North East and first for Arunachal Pradesh ...

DD Assam DD Assam is a state-owned Indian TV channel operated by Doordarshan. It telecasts from Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati, Assam. DD Assam is available on DD Free dish DTH, at channel 52. Doordarshan Assam can reach almost 83% of the population and a ...

* DD Bangalore Metro – Hindi news channel Karnataka state *

DD Bangla DD Bangla is an Indian Bengali-language free-to-air state-owned television network owned by state-owned broadcaster Doordarshan, established on 20 August 1992. It is the successor of Doordarshan Kendra Kolkata, established on 9 August 1975. It ...

DD Bharati DD Bharati is an Indian state-owned art and culture television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan was launched on 26 January 2002, by c ...

* DD Bihar *

DD Chandana DD Chandana is a Kannada TV channel owned and operated by Prasar Bharati under Doordarshan, supported by Doordarshan studios in Bengaluru and Kalburgi. Launched in 1994 DD Chandana has entertainment serials, infotainment programmes, news and ...

* DD Chandigarh *

DD Chennai DD Tamil (formerly DD Podhigai) is an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language State media, state-owned public broadcasting, public television broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by Doordarshan. It is broadcast both terrestrial ...

* DD Chhattisgarh * DD Coimbatore * DD Dadra and Nagar Haveli Gujarati channel news Broadcast Gujarat and Diu and Dadra nagar and Haveli * DD Daman and Diu Gujarati channel Broadcast Gujarat Diu & Daman and Dadra nagar Hawali * DD Delhi Metro * DD Direct+ * DD Goa * DD Haryana *

DD HD DD National (formerly DD1) is an Indian state-owned entertainment television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan, launched on 15 Septem ...

* DD Himachal Pradesh *

DD Hyderabad Metro DD, dd, or other variants may refer to: Arts and entertainment *"D.D.", track from the mixtape ''Echoes of Silence'' by the Weeknd * DD (character), a character in ''The Saga of Seven Suns'' novels by Kevin J. Anderson *DD National or DD1, an ...

– Hindi news channel Telangana state *

DD India DD India, is an Indian state-owned international English language news and current affairs channel from India. The service is also aimed at the overseas market, similar to WION, CNN International, BBC News, DW, VOA, France24, NHK World-Ja ...

* DD Jaipur Metro * DD Jharkhand * DD Karnataka * DD Kashir * DD Kolkata Metro Hindi news channel West Bangel state * DD Kutchi *

DD Lakshadweep DD, dd, or other variants may refer to: Arts and entertainment *"D.D.", track from the mixtape ''Echoes of Silence'' by the Weeknd * DD (character), a character in ''The Saga of Seven Suns'' novels by Kevin J. Anderson *DD National or DD1, an ...

* DD Ladakh * DD Madhya Pradesh *

DD Madurai DD Tamil (formerly DD Podhigai) is an Indian Tamil-language state-owned public television broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by Doordarshan. It is broadcast both terrestrially and via satellite. It was established on 15 Aug ...

DD Malayalam DD Malayalam is an Indian Malayalam-language free to air television channel operated by Doordarshan, India's national broadcaster. Originally known as DD4, the channel was rebranded as DD Malayalam after 1995. It serves as one of the 11 regi ...

* DD Manipur * DD Marathi * DD Meghalaya * DD Mizoram * DD Mumbai Metro – Hindi news channel * DD Nagaland *

DD National DD National (formerly DD1) is an Indian state-owned entertainment television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagshi ...

DD News DD News is an Indian state-owned Hindi news television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagship channel of Doordarshan. India's only 24-hour terrestrial TV news ...

* DD North-East *

DD Odia DD Odia is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan, Bhubaneshwar. History DD Odia is a satellite channel broadcasting in Odia, launched in 1994. DD Odia broadcasts serials, cultural programmes, infotainment programmes, news and ...

* DD Panaji *

DD Podhigai DD Tamil (formerly DD Podhigai) is an Indian Tamil-language state-owned public television broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by Doordarshan. It is broadcast both terrestrially and via satellite. It was established on 15 Aug ...

* DD Port Blair * DD Pudhucherry * DD Punjabi * DD Rajasthan *

DD Sahyadri DD Sahyadri is a Marathi TV channel. It is a regional channel dedicated to Maharashtra. It shows Marathi serials, news, films infotainment and educational programs about agriculture, healthcare, and other subjects. It is part of Doordarshan ne ...

DD Saptagiri DD Saptagiri, previously known as DD-8, is state-owned Indian television channel operated by Doordarshan, catering to Telugu-speaking audiences in Andhra Pradesh. Originally launched in 1993 as DD-8, the channel was renamed in 2003 after the Sa ...

* DD Sikkim * DD Sindhi *

DD Sports DD Sports is an Indian state-owned sports television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It telecasting from Central Production Centre in Delhi, India. It is a part of the Doorda ...

* DD Tamil Nadu *

DD Tripura DD Tripura is a state-owned television channel owned by Doordarshan, serving the Indian state of Tripura. It was formerly known as Doordarshan Kendra Agartala until 21 January 2021, when it was renamed to its current name. It also commenced ful ...

DD Urdu DD Urdu is an Indian free-to-air television channel broadcasting from the Doordarshan Studios in New Delhi. It broadcasts entertainment, cultural, news and infotainment programming in the Urdu standard of the Hindustani language Hind ...

* DD Uttar Pradesh *

DD Uttrakhand DD Uttarakhand is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Uttarakhand, India. It was inaugurated by Venkaiah Naidu. The first news bulletin of DD Uttarakhand was read by Ms. Shikha Tyagi. Doordarshan started broadcastin ...

* DD1 * DD2 *

Metro Gold Metro Gold, also known as 9 Gold, was a Hindi-language terrestrial television channel in India. The channel was a joint venture of both DD Metro and Nine Gold of Kerry Packer and Vinay Maloo of HFCL – Nine Broadcasting India; hence known as Me ...

References

External links

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Doordarshan news site

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