DD Assam
{{short description|Doordarshan TV channel in Assam, India}}{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox television channel
|name = DD Assam
|logo = DD_Assam_logo.jpeg
|logo_size = 180px
|country = India
|owner = Prasar Bharati
|language = Assamese and English
|launch_date = 1985 (as Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati)
|founder = Govt. of India
|former_names = Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati, DD North-East
|headquarters = Guwahati, Assam India
|replaced = DD North-East
|website = {{url|https://prasarbharati.gov.in/dd-assam-playlist/}}
|key_people=RNU Head : Maruf Alam}}
DD Assam is a state-owned Indian TV channel operated by Doordarshan. It telecasts from Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati, Assam.{{Cite news |last=The Hindu Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2024-08-12 |title=Documentary on Ahom warrior Bir Lachit Borphukan on the anvil |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/documentary-on-ahom-warrior-bir-lachit-borphukan-on-the-anvil/article68517252.ece |access-date=2024-11-02 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}} DD Assam is available on DD Free dish DTH, at channel 52.{{Cite news|url=https://www.freedish.in/2020/08/dd-assam-exclusive-first-tv-channel.html|title=DD Assam an Exclusive first TV channel launched for the state|date=2020-08-05|work=DD FreeDish Blog|access-date=2020-08-05}} Doordarshan Assam can reach almost 83% of the population and almost 79% the area.
History
The Doordarshan Kednra Guwahati was commissioned on March 24, 1985. DD Assam 24 x 7 satellite channel was launched on 4 August 2020 by the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar.{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=The Assam |date=2010-09-15 |title=Turn DDK, Guwahati into 24x7 State channel |url=https://assamtribune.com/turn-ddk-guwahati-into-24x7-state-channel?infinitescroll=1 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=assamtribune.com |language=en}} It was done through video conferencing from New Delhi.{{Cite web |title=Assam gets own 24/7 Doordarshan Channel |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=214387 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=pib.gov.in}}
Regional News Unit (RNU)
DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 140 news bulletins in 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 49 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All the States have a Regional News Unit (RNU), except Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir has 2 RNUs, while there is one in Leh for Ladakh UT. Over 900 stringers are working for the DD News Network, across the country in all districts.{{Cite web |title=MIB Report |url=https://prasarbharati.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/final-book-English.pdf}} RNU are headed by an Indian Information Service Officer (IIS) officer. He or she is responsible for functioning of the RNU including bulletins, budget / finance, coordination and other administrative issues. News Editors are posted in RNU to mount the news bulletins / programmes, assignment coordination, social media handling, and to assist Head of RNU in the financial and administrative works.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024|reason=source needed to verify}}
RNU also engages the services of Reporters, Stringers, Camerapersons, Copy Editors, Assistant News Editors, Video Editors, Graphics Editors, News Readers, Website Assistants on casual assignments to mount the News Bulletins / Programmes.
Programming
- Batori (News)
- Xu Prabhat Axom (Good Morning Show)
- Borgeet
- Chah Gashar Maje Maje (Tea Garden Programme)
- Geetmala
- Krishi Darshan
- Rupali Dhow
RNU Head and News Editor
- Maruf Alam, IIS RNU Head{{Cite web |title=DD News. {{!}} Prasar Bharati |url=https://prasarbharati.gov.in/dd-news-2/#1594443776898-5b195c3d-6eb7 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=prasarbharati.gov.in}} and News Editor
- Santanu Rowmuria, IIS News Editor
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.ddinews.gov.in/ Doordarshan news site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120414015108/http://passionforcinema.com/doordarshan-down-memory-lane An article at PFC]
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