DD Assam

DD Assam is a state-owned Indian TV channel operated by Doordarshan. It telecasts from Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati, Assam.^[1] DD Assam is available on DD Free dish DTH, at channel 52.^[2] Doordarshan Assam can reach almost 83% of the population and almost 79% the area.

DD Assam

Country	India
Headquarters	Guwahati, Assam India
Programming
Language(s)	Assamese and English
Ownership
Owner	Prasar Bharati
Key people	RNU Head : Maruf Alam
History
Launched	1985 (as Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati)
Founder	Govt. of India
Replaced	DD North-East
Former names	Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati, DD North-East
Links
Website	prasarbharati.gov.in/dd-assam-playlist/

History

The Doordarshan Kednra Guwahati was commissioned on March 24, 1985. DD Assam 24 x 7 satellite channel was launched on 4 August 2020 by the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar.^[3] It was done through video conferencing from New Delhi.^[4]

Regional News Unit (RNU)

DD News has 31 functional Regional News Units / Bureaus which are broadcasting over 140 news bulletins in 22 languages/dialects with a consolidated more than 49 hours of daily telecast of bulletins and programmes. RNUs besides producing regional news also cater to DD News in Reporting, Visual feeds & Special Programming. All the States have a Regional News Unit (RNU), except Sikkim. Jammu and Kashmir has 2 RNUs, while there is one in Leh for Ladakh UT. Over 900 stringers are working for the DD News Network, across the country in all districts.^[5] RNU are headed by an Indian Information Service Officer (IIS) officer. He or she is responsible for functioning of the RNU including bulletins, budget / finance, coordination and other administrative issues. News Editors are posted in RNU to mount the news bulletins / programmes, assignment coordination, social media handling, and to assist Head of RNU in the financial and administrative works.^{[citation needed]}

RNU also engages the services of Reporters, Stringers, Camerapersons, Copy Editors, Assistant News Editors, Video Editors, Graphics Editors, News Readers, Website Assistants on casual assignments to mount the News Bulletins / Programmes.

Programming

• Batori (News)
• Xu Prabhat Axom (Good Morning Show)
• Borgeet
• Chah Gashar Maje Maje (Tea Garden Programme)
• Geetmala
• Krishi Darshan
• Rupali Dhow

RNU Head and News Editor

1. Maruf Alam, IIS RNU Head^[6] and News Editor
2. Santanu Rowmuria, IIS News Editor

See also

• List of programs broadcast by DD National
• All India Radio
• Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• DD Direct Plus
• List of South Asian television channels by country