Kolkata media provides both information and entertainment to the residents of the city. The media of Kolkata comprises the electronic media and print media. There are both government sponsored and private channels available in Kolkata. Bengali and English dailies are published and circulated in the city. The inhabitants of Calcutta can listen to different radio channels that are government and privately owned.
Doordarshan Kendra is the government owned television station in Calcutta. Prasar Bharati is also maintained by the government. There are many other television channels in Kolkata that broadcast entertainment based programs along with informative programs. There are channels that air only news programs throughout 24 hours. Other channels provide only entertainment programs. Some of the Bengali channels of Kolkata are Akash Bangla, Tara News, Star Ananda and many others. These channels offer programs on current affairs and news.
Some other Bengali television channels mostly viewed in Calcutta are:
- ATN World
- Bangla Ekhon
- Channel Vision
- Alpha Bangla
- Akash Barta
- Sonar Bangla
- ETV
- CTVN
While residing in Calcutta, you can view a number of private channels aired in different languages. Most of them are local television channels of different regions. Some of the popular Hindi channels are Aajtak, NDTV, Sony, Sahara and Zee TV.
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Print media is one of the popular Kolkata media. Sanmarg and The Vishwamitra are two popular newspapers in Hindi that are widely read by Hindi speaking people in the city. The newspapers of Kolkata cater the up-to-date news on politics, sports, business, fashion and entertainment. The English newspapers available in the city are
- The Telegraph
- The Statesman
- Business Economics
- The Times of India
- The Hindustan Times
- The Asian Age
- The Economics Times
The Bengali newspapers circulated in Kolkata are
- Ananda Bazar Patrika
- Aajkal
- Ganashakti
- Sanbad Pratidin
- Bartaman
The residents of Calcutta or Kolkata can listen to a number of radio stations. Some of the favorite radio stations of Kolkata that have huge number of listeners are
- Friends FM (91.9 MHz)
- All India Radio (657 Khz, 107 Mhz, 95 Mhz, 102 Mhz, 104 Mhz, 97 MHz)
- Gyan Vani (105.4 MHz)
- Amar 106.2 FM (106.2 MHz)
- Big FM (92.7 MHz)
- Radio Mirchi (98.3 MHz)
- Red FM (93.5 MHz)
- Radio Meow (104.8 MHz)
- Power FM (107.8 MHz)
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