Akashvani Bhuj

AIR Bhuj is part of All India Radio broadcasting live from Bhuj, Gujarat, broadcasting at 1314 kHz (Mediumwave). Transmissions run in two daily parts on 1314 kHz — the first from morning 5:55 to 15:00 hours (Monday to Saturday, extending to 16:00 on Sundays), and the second from evening 17:00 to 23:10 hours, though timings can vary on national days and festivals. All India Radio Bhuj plays Akashvani news, talk programmes, current affairs, world news, and classical, folk, and Gujarati songs alongside Gujarati talk programmes. Listen to Akashvani Bhuj radio station online.
Akashvani Bhuj broadcasts from Bhuj, the historic capital of the Kutch region in western Gujarat, a district known for its unique desert and salt-marsh landscape (the Rann of Kutch), its resilience after the devastating 2001 earthquake, and its rich handicraft, textile, and pastoral traditions. The station’s primary language of broadcast is Gujarati, with additional programming in Kutchi, Sindhi, Hindi, Sanskrit, and English, reflecting Kutch’s unusually diverse linguistic mix shaped by its border location and historic trade links with Sindh. This multilingual approach makes Akashvani Bhuj distinctive among Gujarat’s AIR stations, serving communities that speak Kutchi and Sindhi alongside standard Gujarati.
As part of the Gujarat AIR network alongside sister stations in Rajkot, Vadodara, and Ahmedabad, Akashvani Bhuj plays an important role for Kutch’s pastoral, agricultural, and handicraft-based communities, often carrying content on desert farming, animal husbandry, water conservation, and border-area civic affairs alongside regular news coverage. The station also supports local folk-music traditions of Kutch, from Sindhi and Kutchi folk songs to devotional bhajans, giving it a cultural role beyond news and information. For listeners across Bhuj and the wider Kutch district, Akashvani offers a dependable mix of multilingual news, talk, and folk-classical music suited to daily life in this distinctive border region.