DD to launch exclusive Telugu channel for residuary Andhra Pradesh

 Doordarshan's regional language channel for residuary Andhra Pradesh would be launched in Vijayawada, the proposed capital region of the State, on September 27.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu would launch the channel, Doordarshan Saptagiri, in the presence of Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar (Information & Broadcasting) and M Venkaiah Naidu (Urban Development), an official release said today.

The channel is being launched in the wake of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. The newly-formed Telangana would have its own channel.

The release quoted Doordarshan Deputy Director General Sailaja Suman as saying the channel would have programmes blending cultural, political, economic, science and technology issues and aim at attracting the substantial population of youth.