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'''[[Deccan]] Radio''' is a first radio station of [[Hyderabad State]] (now [[Hyderabad]], India) went live on air on 3 February 1935, initially it was launched as a private broadcasting station with transmitting power of 200 [[Watt]]s. The programs were broadcast in [[Urdu]]. It was located at [[Abids|chirag ali lane, Abids]], [[Hyderabad State]].<ref name="Wavescan">{{cite web| title=The Long and Interesting Story of All India Radio, Hyderabad – Part 1|url=http://www.ontheshortwaves.com/Wavescan/wavescan100815.html| date=15 August 2010| accessdate=20 January 2012}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Nizam Radio.jpg|thumb|right|320px|Performers in Opening seccion]]<br />
[[Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII|Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII]] took over The Deccan Radio and nationalized it on 3 February 1935. A new radio station was set up at [[Khairatabad]], and a new transmitter of 500 [[Watt]]s with 730 [[Hertz|kHz]] was installed which was purchased from [[Marconi Company]], [[England]]. During [[Second World War]] a special broadcast studio was set up at [[Saroornagar]] to live updated news programs.<ref name="Wavescan" /> In the same year the new radio station was started at [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] (then the [[Nizam]]s domain) where the previous 200 Watt transmitter was shifted from Hyderabad. It was a district level radio station to broadcast the programs in [[Urdu]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] as most of the population speak [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<br />
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On 1 December 1948, the [[Nizam]]s inaugurated an upgraded 800 [[Watt]]s unit, a [[shortwave]] transmitter which was installed with the [[Medium wave|mediumwave]] station and operated with 3335 and 6210&nbsp;kHz. The [[World Radio TV Handbook|World Radio Handbook]] had consecutively listed the editions of this station.<ref name="Wavescan" /> Though, in the early 1919 the [[United Kingdom|British]] cantonment of [[Secunderabad]] established the early communication station in the [[Hyderabad State]] and in 1924 an unknown spark station was operated from same region to which the Australian radio magazine in the same year named as VWT station.<ref name="Wavescan" /><br />
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It serves as an official broadcaster of erstwhile Nizams's of Hyderabad,<ref name="Wavescan"/> on 1 April 1950 Deccan Radio was taken over by Indian Government and in 1956 it was merged with [[All India Radio]] (AIR) and since then it is known as AIR-Hyderabad (100&nbsp;kW).<ref name="Wavescan2">{{cite web|title=The Long and Interesting Story of All India Radio, Hyderabad–Part 2|url=http://yimber-gaviria.blogspot.com/2010/08/wavescan-nws78-dx-program.html|work=Wavescan-NWS78|date=15 August 2010|accessdate=10 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Radio stations in Hyderabad]]<br />
[[Category:Urdu-language mass media]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct radio stations]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct mass media in India]]<br />
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1935]]<br />
[[Category:Radio stations disestablished in 1956]]</div>>Dawnseeker2000