July 23 is observed as National Broadcasting day every year.
On this day in 1927, Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) began organized radio
broadcasting from Bombay station.
Radio Broadcasting in India began during the British rule in
1923 under the imitative of the Radio Club of Bombay. Later in 1927, IBC which
was a private entity was granted permission by British Government to operate
two radio stations in Mumbai and Kolkata. Since then it has gained immense
popularity and had changed the socio-economic life of people.In 1930, British
Government took over radio broadcasting and started the Indian State
Broadcasting Service (ISBS). Later it was changed to All India Radio (AIR) in
1936 and Akashwani in 1957.
Currently, AIR is one of the largest
public broadcasting organisations in the world. It is largest in terms of the
spectrum of socio-economic, the number of languages of broadcasts and cultural
diversity it serves. AIR service now comprises around 414 stations located
across the country with reach to the 99.19 per cent of the total population and
92 per cent of the country’s area in 23 languages and 146 dialects.
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