All India Radio, Agartala is the main station of the state of Tripura located in the heart of the city. The station was commissioned on 26.01.67 as an auxiliary station become full fledged on 19.04.74. with 20 kw (2×10kw) power of transmitter. This station has been broadcasting various types of programmes in three transmission daily. The programs are mainly in Bengali and Kokborok (Tripuri) dialect. Of course Hindi, English and other tribal dialects are also broadcast from this station.
For the last 4 decades, from the time when watching TV was considered as a luxury, AKASHVANI AGARTALA has been providing us all sorts of entertainment, news, weather forecast and other public utility programmes with the motto of “Bahujan hitaya- Bahujan sukhaya”.
