COMMUNITY RADIO
VIT Community Radio 90.8 MHz, is an initiative by VIT for the empowerment of the Vellore community.
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Our vision is to provide an opportunity for the community and our students, to help them get to know their basic rights, duties and responsibilities as citizens in order to be successful in life through our programmes, interactions, events and activities.
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Our mission is to build an effective, vibrant and sustainable community, to support development in health, education, environment, agriculture, rural and all other aspects.
VIT CR’s first test transmission was done on 1st September, 2013 and officially inaugurated on 9th January, 2014 at Dr. Channa Reddy Auditorium. It was inaugurated by Shri. R. Sarath Kumar, MLA of TamilNadu in the presence of Dr. G. Viswanathan, Founder and Chancellor, VIT. The inauguration was broadcasted live and was followed by an interview with the Shri Sarath Kumar. The full Time Transmission (11 Hours per Day) was started with a Fixed Point Chart on 14th April, 2014. VIT CR has a full-fledged acoustic studio for recording and live programmes. The station is situated in Silver Jubilee Tower (SJT) and is facilitated with a recording studio with talkback, transmission booth for transmission control and editing section for post-production.
