AIR's National Channel to be shut down to cut costs
Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has decided to close All India Radioâs National Channel as part of its âcost-cutting measuresâ and to ârationaliseâ services. Regional training academies located at Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Shillong and Thiruvananthapuram will also be closed with immediate effect. Programmes of archival value of the National Channel will be sent to central archives in Delhi.