Doordarshan Haryana | |
Branding: | DD Haryana |
Country: | India |
Headquarters: | Hisar, Haryana, India, |
Broadcast Area: | Haryana |
Area: | North India |
Nation: | India |
Regions: | Haryana |
Owner: | Prasar Bharati |
Parent: | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India) |
Launch Date: | (as Doordarshan Kendra Haryana) |
Founder: | Govt. of India |
Past Names: | Hisar Doordarshan Kendra |
Network Type: | Public broadcasting television network |
DD Haryana, is a state-owned TV channel, and only government-owned television production center in Haryana, telecasting from the Hisar Doordarshan Kendra in sector-13 of Hisar of Haryana state in India.[1] [2] DD Haryana TV Channel is now available on DD FreeDish Channel Number 98. [3]
Hisar Doordershan Kendra and TV Studio with Satellite Earth Station and DD-2 transmitter, was officially inaugurated on 1 Nov 2002 in Hisar (city) by the Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj who was then Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting, though programs were not telecast daily and it began only with the production of 75 minute long news program in Hindi language. It was upgraded to a regional channel as DD Haryana, by the new Bharatiya Janata Party government under prime minister Narendra Modi, with daily telecast from 1 Nov 2015 covering the whole of Haryana with 19 relay centers.[4] It telecasts from 04.30 pm to 07-00 pm Monday to Friday and from 06.45 pm to 07.00 pm from Saturday & Sunday.[1]
DD Hisar telecasts the following Television programs:[5]
It is the only state-owned Television studio in Haryana, equipped with Satellite earth station and transmission tower.[5]