Media In Delhi
(Ankur Bhadauria)
As the capital of India, New Delhi is the focus of political reportage, including regular television broadcasts of Indian parliament sessions. Many country-wide media agencies, among them the state-owned Press Trust of India and Doordarshan, are based in the city. Television programming in the city includes two free terrestrial television channels offered by Doordarshan, and several Hindi, English and regional-languages cable channels offered by Multi system operators. Satellite television, in contrast, is yet to gain large-scale subscribership in the city.<72>
Print journalism remains a popular news medium in Delhi. During the year 2004?05, 1029 newspapers?in thirteen languages?were published from the city. Of these, 492 were Hindi language newspapers, and included Navbharat Times, Dainik Hindustan, Punjab Kesri, Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar.<73> Among the English language newspapers, The Hindustan Times, with over a million copies in circulation, was the single largest daily.<73> Other major English newspapers included Indian Express, Times of India, The Hindu, The Pioneer and Asian Age.
Radio is a less popular mass medium in Delhi, although FM radio has been gaining ground<74> since the inauguration of several new FM channels in 2006.<75> A number of state-owned and private radio stations broadcast from Delhi, including All India Radio (AIR), one of the world''s largest radio service providers, which offers six radio channels in ten languages. Other city-based radio stations include Radio Mirchi (98.3 FM), Red FM (93.5 FM) and Radio City (91.1 FM).
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