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MUMBAI:
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni hopes the
cabinet would approve phase III of FM radio that will also
include first-ever broadcast of news bulletins on private
radio channels.
“The
cabinet approval should happen before year-end,” Soni
said when she was asked about the timeline for rollout of
FM-III radio policy.
Soni
was speaking at an interactive discussion on media, organised
by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Under
the new phase of FM radio expansion, around 700 FM radio stations,
mostly in districts and small towns, are likely to be rolled
out.
Private
FM channels can only source news from public broadcaster All
India Radio and Doordarshan, Soni clarified.
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