Bhubaneswar: Orissa's first campus-based community radio station (CRS) at the prestigious Ravenshaw University in Cuttack city will go on air next week, a senior university official said on Friday.

The radio station, which has successfully completed over six months of dry run for around 12 hours a day, was originally scheduled to start its broadcast from April 1 on the occasion of Utkal Divas -- the state's formation day.

"But it had to be deferred due to unavoidable circumstances. It will go on air from April 14, coinciding with the Oriya New Year or the auspicious Bisuv Sankranti," Netajee Abhinandan, chairman of Ravenshaw Radio 90.4 MHz, said.

The regular broadcast will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on all days and the repeat broadcast from 10 a.m. to 12 noon the following day, he said.

The community radio station has a coverage zone of 8-10 km with its own production and transmission studio, he said.

It would air a mix of information, education and entertainment, providing a platform to the students for giving expression to their thoughts, talents and creativity, he said. IANS