National Broadcasting Day is celebrated on 23rd July of every year across the country to commemorate the first ever radio broadcast aired in India on 23rd July 1927 from the Bombay Station of a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company.
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Key-Points
On this day in 1927, the first ever radio broadcast in the country went on the air from the Bombay Station under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company.
On 8th of June, 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio (AIR). Currently, AIR is one of the largest public broadcasting organisations in the world.
Since 1927, radio has been an important part in people’s life in India.
All India Radio (AIR)
All India Radio (AIR) serves as a medium of mass communication to inform, educate and entertain.
AIR came under the Department of Information and Arts, which later changed to Department of Information and Broadcasting.
The AIR has a three tier system of broadcasting, these three levels of programmes are National, Regional and Local targeted for different audiences.
All India Radio adopted the name “AKASHVANI” for the National Broadcast in 1956.
With 470 broadcasting stations across India, AIR is one of the largest media organisations, which is accessible to the entire population of the country, covering around 92% of the total area.
The programmes of AIR are broadcasted in around 23 languages and 179 dialects.
