July 1923 - Broadcasting in India began
in July 1923 with programmes by the Radio Club of Mumbai and
other radio clubs.
July 23, 1927 - The Bombay Station of
the Indian Broadcasting Company (now All India Radio
since 1936 and officially known as AAKASHVANI
since 1956), located in a building called the 'RADIO
HOUSE' was inaugurated by Lord Irwin, the
Viceroy of India.
August 26, 1927 - Calcutta Station of
the Indian Broadcasting Company (now All India Radio
since 1936 and officially known as AAKASHVANI
since 1956), was started on this day.
March 01, 1930 - The Indian
Broadcasting Company went into liquidation.
April 01, 1930 - Government of
India took over the existing private broadcasting
facilities, starting the Indian State Broadcasting
Service (ISBS) (It was on experimental basis
for two years, but continued even after 2 years)
June 08, 1936 – Renamed
India State Broadcasting Service as ‘All India Radio’.
October 01, 1939 - External Service
began on this day with a broadcast in Pushtu;
it was intended to counter radio propaganda from Germany
directed to Afghanistan, Iran and the Arab nations.
October 03, 1957 - Vividh Bharati
Service was launched, to compete with Radio Ceylon. It
presents a mix of film music, skits, short plays and
interactive programmes, Some of the old popular programmes
of Vividh Bharati are 'Sangeet Sarita', 'Bhule Bisre Geet',
Hawa Mahal, 'Jaimala', 'Inse Miliye', 'Chhaya Geet' etc.
April 01, 1976 - Television broadcasting began in Delhi in 1959 as part
of AIR, but was separated from radio as Doordarshan on
this day.
July 23, 1977 - FM broadcasting
commenced on this day
in Madras and was expanded in the 1990s.
July 05, 2017: Narendra Modi, while in
Israel, informed that the immortal Signature Tune of All
India Radio was composed by a Jewish.
But the moot question is "When, Why and by whom this
tune (most popular in India) was done away with?" Listen
to it:
Objective
The basic objectives of AIR are:
Uphold the
unity of the country and the democratic values
enshrined in the constitution.
Present a fair and balanced
flow of information of national,
regional, local and international interest, including
contrasting views, without advocating any opinion or ideology of
its own.
Promote the interest and concerns of the entire nation, being
mindful of the need for harmonyand understanding within the country and ensuring that
the programmes reflect the varied elements which make the
composite culture of India.
Produce and transmit varied programmes designed to
awaken,
inform, enlighten, educate, entertain and enrich all sections of
the people.
Produce and transmit programmes relating to developmental
activities in all their facetsincluding extension work in agriculture, education,
health and family welfare and science & technology.
Serve the rural, illiterate and under-privileged population,
keeping in the mind the special needs and interest of the young,
social and cultural minorities, the tribal population and those
residing in border regions, backward or remote areas.
Promote social justice and combat exploitation, inequality and
such evils as untouchability andnarrow parochial loyalties.
Serve the rural population, minority communities, women,
children, illiterate as well as other weaker and vulnerable
sections of the society.
Promote
national integration.
Description
AIR originates programmes in 23 languages
and 146 dialects Reaching over
92% of the country’s area and 99.2
% of the total population.
A Division of ‘PRASAR BHARATI’
When India became independent in 1947, the AIR
network had only six stations: Delhi,
Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Lucknow, and Tiruchi; the total
number of radio sets at that time was about 275,000.
Presently it is one of the largest broadcasting
organisations in the world in terms of the number
of languages of broadcast, the spectrum of socio-economic
and cultural diversity it serves.
AIR’s home service comprises 418 broadcasting
centres and 199 relay centres today located across
the country.
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