Do you know the history of radio broadcasting in India (Akashavani)? There is a hundred years of history to tell. Aakashvani is a real media that has touched Indian hearts. Information, music and news reach every nook and corner of India.
Radio broadcasting started in India in June 1923. India's radio broadcasting apparatus has the distinction of being the largest radio network in the world. Radio broadcasting began in India in June 1923. It was first broadcast in India by the Bombay Presidency Radio Club. Bombay Radio Station was inaugurated on 23 July 1927 by Viceroy Lord Irwin under the Indian Broadcasting Company, which was started in the private sector. On August 23 of the same year, a radio station was established in Kolkata under the leadership of the company.
The first radio broadcast in South India began on 31 July 1924 with the inception of the Madras Presidency Radio Club. The Indian Broadcasting Company went into liquidation in March 1930 due to heavy financial obligations. It was then that the government decided to take over the organization's broadcasting systems. On 1 April 1930, the Indian Broadcasting Service (IBS) was launched under the Department of Industries and Labor and started radio broadcasting in the government sectors of India.
Indian radio reached another milestone in 1935 when Lionel Field, a veteran BBC producer, was appointed Controller of Broadcasting. India's first news bulletin was broadcast on 19 January 1936 from a radio station in Delhi. On 8 June 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio (AIR). In 1949, Rabindranath Tagore first described Akashvani as Akashvani. It is included in a poem he wrote as part of the inauguration of the Calcutta Short Wave Service.
In 1936, M.V. Gopalaswami established India's first private radio station at his residence "Vithal Vihar" (about two hundred meters from AIR's present day Mysore radio station) he named the radio station 'Akashavani'. Akashavani later got the on-air name of All India Radio in 1957. Its meaning is given in Sanskrit. Akashavani is a Sanskrit word meaning 'heavenly announcement' or 'voice from the sky/heaven'. Prasarbharati then issued an order on May 3 that its radio network would drop the name All India Radio and be known only as 'Akashavani'.
At the time of India's independence in 1947, Indian Radio had 6 broadcasting stations. Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Lucknow and Tiruchirappalli. In 1957, Aakashvani started a channel named 'Vivid Bharati' to broadcast entertainment programs. Television broadcasting started in 1959 as a part of Aakashvani. On 1 April 1976, the TV division became Doordarshan.
FM broadcasting started in India in July 1977. Currently, there are 470 broadcasting stations in 23 languages. Outside India, it is broadcast in over 100 countries in 11 Indian languages and 16 foreign languages. There are more than six news-based programs. All India Radio is definitely one of the largest radio networks in the world.
Aakashvani Bhavan is the main office of Akashvani which is adjacent to the Parliament of India. Adjacent Broadcasting House has a theater branch, F.M. Station and National Broadcasting Division. It is a neutral framework under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Aakashvani and Doordarshan operate under Prasarbharati. Aakashvani is the most popular media that can reach even remote areas of India.
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