About This Station

**FM Rainbow Tirunelveli (AIR FM Rainbow)** is a music-driven radio station from **All India Radio**, broadcasting live from Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, on **102.6 FM**. Part of the wider AIR Rainbow network, it first went on air on **1 February 1993** and complements the city’s primary Akashvani Tirunelveli news service on 1197 AM with a lighter, entertainment-first format. The station plays a mix of **Tamil and Hindi film songs, pop, and classic hits**, alongside Akashvani news, talk programmes, current affairs, and community-interest shows. Its programming is primarily in **Tamil**, with Hindi content also featured, and is aimed at urban and younger listeners in the Tirunelveli region. Known locally as *Nellai Panpalai*, the station blends regional-language music with mainstream Bollywood and Kollywood hits, serving daily commuters and leisure listeners across the Thamirabarani river basin.