Special programmes for women are broadcast from all stations of AIR. These programmes are directed to housewives and working women. Though these programmes provide items of information and of educational nature, as also entertainment. Programmes on health, family welfare, household chores, nutrition and problem of working women are broadcast.

The programmes for children are broadcast for tiny tots and also children up to the age of 14 years.

Educational programmes of AIR cover a wide spectrum, primary, secondary, tertiary and university levels. Enrichment programmes are also broadcast for teachers.

Programmes on sports are very popular with the listeners and these constitute an important feature of AIR's programmes. All the important sports events of international, national, regional and local levels are given due coverage through running commentaries, despatches and radio reports. Apart from two 5-minute daily news bulletins, AIR also broadcasts two half-hour sports magazine programmes.

Yuva Vani caters to the needs and tastes of the youth in the age group of 15-30 years. These programmes are in different formats such as talks, discussions, interviews, plays, features, music etc., and are produced and presented by the youth and for the youth. Delhi, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Jammu & Srinagar Stations have separate Yuva Vani Channels.

Programmes for the senior citizens (aged people) are being broadcast from number of AIR stations for a duration of 30 minutes every week.

Programmes for industrial workers are being broadcast from AIR Stations in regional languages for a duration ranging from 20 to 30 minutes, two to seven days a week.

Interactive broadcasts like the Phone-in-Programme, Radio Bridge and Voice Mail, apart from people's forum programmes, are recent innovations in broadcasting. In the Phone-in-Programme, people telephone to the broadcasting station on a given telephone number at the time of broadcast and ask questions and the experts at the broadcasting station reply to their queries immediately. The entire communication is simultaneous.

Voice Mail is another service facility, where people can telephone and record their requests, complaints, suggestions and appreciation, etc. These messages are later retrieved and played back in a special Voice Mail programme with suitable replies to their queries.

'Radio Bridge' is a programme on special occasions and is broadcast live by uplinking AIR stations through satellite. It presents a live interaction among the participants including listeners in different parts of the country. Presently 20 AIR stations have uplinking facility.

Using the satellite facility AIR has made provision for 20 radio channels for cable distribution. The system became operational on April 1, 1994 to enable the subscribers to receive the Sky Radio Channel on their domestic FM receivers.