The first entry of Doordarshan into the state of Orissa was during 1973 with functioning of a Base Production Centre (BPC) at Cuttack. The Upagraha Doordarshan Kendra(UDK) at Cuttack came into existence in August,1974 to feed programmes for Satellite Instructional
Television Experiment(SITE) which started on 01.08.1975 and ended on 31.07.1976 Cuttack came into existence in August,1974 to feed programmes for Satellite Instructional Television ExperimentSITE) which started on 01.08.1975.