{"id":13072,"date":"2015-04-28T20:02:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T00:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13072"},"modified":"2015-04-28T20:02:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T00:02:11","slug":"air-and-bbc-design-programming-for-post-earthquake-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/air-and-bbc-design-programming-for-post-earthquake-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"AIR and BBC design programming for post-earthquake Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9503\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg\" alt=\"SX-99-Dial\" width=\"640\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-100x18.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radioandmusic.com\/biz\/radio\/programming\/all-india-radio-and-bbc-world-services-design-special-programming-earthquake-affected-nepal-150428\" target=\"_blank\">RMbiz<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">MUMBAI: In the wake of recent earthquake that affected Nepal and India, All India Radio (AIR) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have designed special programming for affected areas of Indo-Nepal border and Nepal respectively. AIR is also transmitting services through their External Services Division (ESD).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">AIR stations in Patna, Darbhanga, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Gangtok, Siliguri, Guwahati, Delhi and others put out suitable programmes to generate awareness among the masses, particularly informing them how to tackle such situations.[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radioandmusic.com\/biz\/radio\/programming\/all-india-radio-and-bbc-world-services-design-special-programming-earthquake-affected-nepal-150428\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: RMbiz) MUMBAI: In the wake of recent earthquake that affected Nepal and India, All India Radio (AIR) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) have designed special programming for affected areas of Indo-Nepal border and Nepal respectively. AIR is also transmitting services through their External Services Division (ESD). AIR stations in Patna, Darbhanga, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Gangtok, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56,3,43,1167],"tags":[52,53,104,3798],"class_list":["post-13072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-air","tag-all-india-radio","tag-bbc","tag-nepal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3oQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13077,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/bbc-shortwave-frequencies-and-schedule-for-nepal-earthquake-relief\/","url_meta":{"origin":13072,"position":0},"title":"BBC shortwave frequencies and schedule for Nepal earthquake relief","author":"Thomas","date":"April 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC Media Centre press release) BBC World Service broadcasts Lifeline programmes in Nepal In response to the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal, the BBC World Service is now broadcasting additional programming on shortwave in both Nepalese and in English. BBC Media Action - the BBC's international development charity\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nepal-Earthquake-Map","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-Map.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-Map.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-Map.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13354,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/community-stations-provide-lifeline-of-info-in-post-quake-nepal\/","url_meta":{"origin":13072,"position":1},"title":"Community stations provide lifeline of info in post-quake Nepal","author":"Thomas","date":"May 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: BBC Monitoring) Community radio stations in earthquake-hit Nepal have become a crucial provider of information \u2013 in fact, the only source in places where newspapers do not reach and internet service does not exist. 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