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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.
This is a list of when the first radio broadcasts to the public occurred in the mentioned countries and territories. Non-public field tests and closed circuit demonstrations are not referred to; neither are license dates or dates of the official opening. Basis for each entry is the time of introduction.
Azad Hind Radio (transl. Free India Radio) was a radio service that was started under the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose in 1942 to encourage Indians to fight against the British. Though initially based in Nazi Germany, its headquarters were shifted to Japanese occupied Singapore following the course of the war in Southeast Asia .
Although Australia's first officially recognised broadcast was made in 1906, some sources claim that there were transmissions in Australia in 1897, either conducted solely by Professor William Henry Bragg of the University of Adelaide [4] [5] or by Prof. Bragg in conjunction with G.W. Selby of Melbourne. [1] [List entry too long] n/a 1897 ...
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 ...
This is a list of radio stations that broadcast in Indian languages worldwide. India ... All India Radio: Nationwide AIR's home service comprises 479 stations, today ...
Shipping forecasts were first broadcast by telegraph in 1859 and the first radio broadcast in the current format was broadcast in 1924. [4] [5] Grand Ole Opry: 99 67 by Jimmy Dickens: WSM: 28 November 1925 Over 5,000 Live country music [6] Choral Evensong: 98 BBC: 7 October 1926 Longest running live outside broadcast programme in radio history.
1916: First regular broadcasts on 9XM (now WHA) – Wisconsin state weather, delivered in Morse Code; 1919: First clear transmission of human speech, (on 9XM) after experiments with voice (1918) and music (1917). 1920: Regular wireless broadcasts for entertainment began in Argentina, pioneered by the group around Enrique Telémaco Susini.