NEW DELHI: All India Radio and Doordarshan will beam the message of President Pranab Mukherjee to the nation on the eve of Independence Day on 14 August.

The flag hoisting ceremony and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's message to the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort will also be beamed live on 15 August.

While the President's address will be from 7:00 pm on 14 August in English followed by a Hindi translation, the Independence Day programme will commence from 06:25 am.

AIR will broadcast both the events on all its medium wave channels including the Indraprastha channel and Vividh Bharati, and also on the two FM channels, FM Gold and FM Rainbow, apart from all regional kendras.

The regional channels will broadcast translations in regional language of the President's broadcast. Doordarshan will telecast the events on DD National, DD News, DD Bharati, and DD Sports.

Both AIR and DD will also beam a round-up of the events all over the country later in the evening on 15 August.