Diya TV

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Diya TV
Type Broadcast television network (South Asian broadcasting)
Country
AvailabilityNationwide (available on OTA digital television, Cable TV and LPTV
(covering 21.48% of U.S. households); [1]
Founded2009;15 years ago (2009)
Headquarters San Francisco, California
Key people
Ravi Kapur (founder)
Launch date
2009
Affiliates List of affiliates
Official website
www.diyatvusa.com

Diya TV is an American broadcast television network that was founded in 2009 by Ravi Kapur, an award-winning journalist, and is based in San Francisco, California. It is the widest distributed Asian American owned and themed television network in the United States, reaching in excess of 75 million people over the air.

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Diya TV provides programming geared toward Indian American and South Asian interests in the United States, with programming rooted in news and investigative journalism in English, Hindi and Punjabi. [2]

Ravi Kapur was the former owner of KAXT-CD in San Francisco, which was formerly affiliated with Diya TV. [3] Diya TV is referred to as "America’s first and only South Asian broadcast television network". [4]

List of affiliates

Former affiliates

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stations for Network - Diya TV". www.rabbitears.info.
  2. https://www.linkedin.com/company/diyatv/ [ self-published source ]
  3. "Ravi Kapur". indiaspora.org. Biography.
  4. 1 2 "Where and how can you watch Diya TV 24/7 Free Local". diyatvusa.com.