History of Mass Media - Radio (Akashvani)

Radio:    

• Radio is a form of sound transmission over radio waves that often involves the distribution of music, news, and other programming from a single broadcast station to a large audience of listeners with radio receivers. The use of radio waves for signalling and communication is known as radio technology.  
• Electromagnetic waves with a frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz are known as radio waves (GHz). They are produced by a radio transmitter, an electrical device that emits waves when attached to an antenna, and are picked up by a radio receiver, which is connected to a different antenna.  
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  Guglielmo Marconi

  In the 1890s, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi created the first radio or wireless telegraph. When he sent a wireless Morse Code message to a source more than a kilometre away in 1895, his concepts began to take shape.
  

All India Radio (Akashvani):

• The first private radio station to air daily programming was "Indian Broadcasting Company" (IBC).
• The Indian Broadcasting Company's Mumbai radio station delivered the first English newscast in British India on July 23, 1927 (IBC).
• Later, a Bengali news bulletin was introduced on the IBC radio station in Kolkata.
• Later, the British government took control of the same business and changed its name to 'Indian State Broadcasting Service' (ISBS). It changed its name to 'All India Radio (AIR)' on June 8th, 1936. 
• AIR was a crucial component of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after independence (India). It initially broadcast government initiatives and programmes.  
• According to the famous poet Pandit Narendra Sharma's recommendation, it was given the name 'Akashvani.' Akashvani airs a variety of literary, educational, and entertaining programmes. Additionally, it premieres specific programmes for women, youth, farmers, and labourers.  
• The 'Vividh Bharati' programmes are broadcast in 146 Indian dialects in addition to 24 regional languages. Radio services are now being offered by numerous new stations, including ' Radio Mirchi.'