NEW DELHI: The live telecast of the republic Day parade will commence on Doordarshan’s national channel DD 1 from 9.25 am.

However, the channel will also telecast Republic Day messages from Governments and Chief Ministers of different states at 8.30 am.

DD Urdu, DD News, DD Bharati and even DD Sports will telecast live the commencement of the parade.

All India Radio will also broadcast live the commentary on the parade on its national channel as well as FM Gold.

Meanwhile, President Pranab Mukherjee will address the nation on the eve of the 64th Republic Day today from 7.00 pm in English, followed by its Hindi translation. The address will be telecast over all channels of Doordarshan.

The address will also be broadcast over all Channels of All India Radio (AIR) in English and Hindi from 7.00 pm onwards. AIR will broadcast the regional language versions of the address over its regional channels from 9.30 pm onwards.