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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Doordarshan TV channel in Uttar Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox broadcasting network<br />
| network_name = Doordarshan Uttar Pradesh<br />
| network_logo = DD Uttar Pradesh.gif<br />
| country = India<br />
| network_type = [[Terrestrial and satellite television|Broadcast]] [[television network]]<br />
| owner = [[Prasar Bharati]]<br />
| launch_date = 1975 (as Doordarshan Kendra Lucknow)<br />
| founder = [[Govt. of India]]<br />
| past_names = Doordarshan Kendra Lucknow, DD-16 Uttar Pradesh<br />
| website = [https://ddnews.gov.in/en/states-category/uttar-pradesh/ DD News official website]<br />
| language = Hindi, Bhojpuri<br />
}}<br />
'''Doordarshan Uttar Pradesh''' often abbreviated as '''DD Uttar Pradesh''' (Hindi: '''दूरदर्शन उत्तर प्रदेश''') is a 24-hour regional satellite Government TV channel primarily telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra Lucknow (DDK Lucknow) and is a part of the state-owned [[Doordarshan]] TV Network. Previously, it was known as '''DD-16 Uttar Pradesh'''.<br />
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==History==<br />
Lucknow Doordarshan started functioning on 27 Nov. 1975 on channel 4<ref name=tvfactbook>{{cite web |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977-TV-Factbook/1977-TV-Factbook.pdf |title=Television Factbook |date=1977 |accessdate=31 March 2021 |page=1109-b }}</ref> with an interim setup at 22, Ashok Marg, Lucknow. The colour transmission service of National Channel (only with Transmitter) started from 15-8-82. The news operation was criticised in 1983 for having two presenters, being compared to an acted [[nautanki]]. Viewers wanted it to be discontinued.<ref>{{cite news|title=When Indians see red |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19830824-1.2.127.5|access-date=21 January 2025|newspaper=The Straits Times|date=24 August 1983}}</ref> While the regular colour transmission service from studio was started in 1984 with ENG gadgets.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of programs broadcast by DD National]]<br />
* [[All India Radio]]<br />
* [[Prasar Bharati|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]<br />
* [[DD Direct Plus]]<br />
* [[List of South Asian television channels by country]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130726051932/https://prasarbharati.gov.in/dd-uttar-praesh-homepage/ Doordarshan Uttar Pradesh Official Internet site]<br />
* [https://ddnews.gov.in/ Doordarshan news site]<br />
* [https://prasarbharati.gov.in/ Prasar Bharati Website]<br />
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{{Terrestrial television channels of India}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Doordarshan]]<br />
[[Category:Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1975]]<br />
[[Category:Indian direct broadcast satellite services]]<br />
[[Category:Mass media in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels based in Lucknow]]</div>PQRS1