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| Launched | September 15, 1959 |
| Owned by | Doordarshan |
| Country |  India |
| Sister channel(s) | DD News DD Sports |
| Website | http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Analogue | VHF band |
| Satellite | |
| Tata Sky | Channel 101 |
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History
The Early Years
The channel began broadcast on an experimental basis on September 15, 1959 from a makeshift studio at Akashvani Bhavan in New Delhi as part of All India Radio. New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. All India Radio (abbreviated as AIR) officially known as Akashvani ( Devanagari: आकाशवाणी ākāshavānī ( Urdu: اکاشوانی It started with 20 TV receivers in and around Delhi and transmitted one hour educational and developmental programs twice a week. Regular daily transmission started in 1965.
In 1976, the Indian government constituted Doordarshan, the public television broadcaster, as a separate Department under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is a branch of the Government of India is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws
Growth in the 80s
In 1982, all of Doordarshan's regional stations were networked using INSAT 1A and a national feed called National Programme was introduced. Later that year, Delhi played host to Asian Games which were covered by the channel. The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a Multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. To increase the channel's reach, the government launched a program to set up low and high power transmitters that would pick-up the satellite distributed signals and re-transmit them to surrounding areas. By 1983, television signals were available to 28% of the Indian population. Fueled by the success of the channel's commercialization and increased revenue from advertising, the channel's reach and popularity continued to grow and in 1990, the channel reached more than 90% of the Indian population. [2]
Programming
For further information: List of programs broadcast by DD National
For the first few years after its inception, the channel only aired educational and informative programs with news being one of the biggest draw. This is a list of television programs currently or formerly broadcast by DD National. Once the national feed started in 1982, the channel started airing regional and local shows on time-sharing basis. For most Indian states, this meant one national and one local news telecast. The channel soon started airing entertainment shows and popularity of some of the earliest series such as Hum Log, film-based shows such as Chitrahaar and Bollywood movies resulted in a gradual increase in entertainment and commercial programming. Hum Log may refer to Hum Log (TV series Hum Log (film - a 1951 Bollywood film Chitrahaar is a widely watched television program on DD National, the national television channel of India Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India
Till mid-80s, channel transmission was limited to evenings only. On February 11, 1987, the channel introduced morning transmission with a two hour telecast. This included ten minute news bulletins in Hindi and English apart from other short shows. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States On January 1,1989, afternoon transmission, aimed at housewives and children, was launched. [3]
The channel's educational programming includes distance learning shows for UGC and IGNOU as well as learning shows for kids sponsored by NCERT. The University Grants Commission of India is a Union government body that provides funds for government-recognised universities and Colleges It The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU Hindi: इन्दिरा गांधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्वविद्यालय The National Council of Educational Research and Training ( NCERT) is an apex resource organisation set up by the Government of India, with headquarters at New
Since late-90s, the channel broadcasts from 5:30am IST till midnight terrestrially while the satellite feed is available 24 hours a day. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530.
References
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- ^ DD National - early years. Museum. tv. Retrieved on 2007-07-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of
- ^ DD National - evoltution of programming. Tribune India. Retrieved on 2007-07-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler
See also
List of Indian Satellite Television Channels Hindi Entertainment General DD NATIONAL ZEE TV STARDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic