R9 TV

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R9 TV
Country India
Broadcast area Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, India
Headquarters Uttar Pradesh, India
Programming
Language(s) Hindi
Picture format 16:9 (576i, SDTV)
History
Launched12 September 2019
Links
Website Official Website

R9 TV is a Hindi-language regional news channel that is broadcast in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It was launched on Sept 12, 2019 and is available on Tata Sky, [1] Airtel, [2] Dish TV [3] and other platforms. Amitabh Agnihotri serves as the editor-in-chief for the channel. [4] On 22 September 2020, Umesh Kumar joined R9 TV as the news director and chief executive officer. [5]

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Founders

With a motto of Rashtradharm Sarvapratham [6] [7] and a mission to become the voice of the nation, [8] this channel was started by 4 entrepreneurs: [6]

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