AIR FM restored after emergency work at Delhi TV Tower affected by major fire

NEW DELHI: The transmission of All India Radio FM channels in the capital which was disrupted following a fire at the Pitampura Tower over the weekend has been normalised.

AIR Director General L D Mandloi said that two new transmitters which had begun functioning had helped in fully restoring the services of AIR FM Gold (106.4) and AIR Rainbow (102.6) channels.

AIR sources said that Gyan Vani FM and the services of three private FM channels Radio City, Red FM and Radio Mirchi will be fully restored by late this evening.

Other private FM channels like Big FM and Oye FM operate from a different transmitter and their services have continued uninterrupted, the sources added.

The fire broke out at 200 meter high television tower in Pitampura area of North - West Delhi on Saturday night. It was brought under control after about two hours with the help of fifteen fire tenders.

However, the cables which connect the transmitters to the aerials were badly damaged affecting the transmission services.

Terrestrial transmission of Doordarshan is also expected to be fully restored by this evening, though DD engineering in chief R K Sinha said that it has been partly restored by yesterday.