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All India Radio(AIR), officially known since 1956 as 'Akashvani' is the national public radio broadcaster of India.It was established in 1936. All India Radio is the largest radio network in the world, and one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world in terms of the number of languages broadcast and the spectrum of socio-economic and cultural diversity it serves.
All India Radio is the largest radio network in the world in terms of the number of languages broadcast, the socioeconomic diversity it serves, and the scale of its broadcasting organisation. AIR's domestic service includes 420 stations nationwide, covering nearly 92% of India's geographic area and 99.19% of its population, with programming ...
The history of film in India begins with the screening of Auguste and Louis Lumière moving pictures in Bombay during the July 1895. [37] Raja Harishchandra, a full-length feature film, was initiated in 1912 and completed later. [37] Alam Ara (released 14 March 1931), directed by Ardeshir Irani, was the first Indian movie with dialogues. [38]
Following India's independence in 1947, the first amateur radio organization, the Amateur Radio Club of India was inaugurated on 15 May 1948 at the School of Signals at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh. [5] The club headquarters was later moved to New Delhi , where it was renamed the Amateur Radio Society of India (ARSI) on 15 May 1954. [ 5 ]
The FM broadcasting in India began in 1977; growing popularity after 2001 when the privatisation of FM broadcasting began. AIR's FM LRS (Local Radio Station) was inaugurated on 1 July 2000 at 06:00 in Kodaikanal relaying Madurai programs in the frequency 100.5 MHz. 100.5 was so popular that LRS was upgraded to an FM Channel in just two months.
Amateur radio or ham radio is a hobby that is practised by over 16,000 licensed users in India. [1] Licences are granted by the Wireless and Planning and Coordination Wing (WPC), a branch of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. In addition, the WPC allocates frequency spectrum in India.
[3] [4] Times of India is the largest selling English newspaper in Karnataka. [5] Tabloids including Lankesh Patrike and Hai Bangalore Adi Jambava Jagruti emphasize controversial topics. [6] Sudharma, [7] the only daily newspaper published in Sanskrit in India, is printed and distributed from Mysore.
Congress Radio, also known as Azad Radio, was an underground radio station that operated for about three months during the Quit India Movement of 1942, a movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi against the British Raj for independence of India. Congress Radio was the broadcasting mouthpiece of the Indian National Congress and functioned from ...