July 23, 2023 1:02 PM

Today is National Broadcasting Day

Today is National Broadcasting Day. On this day in 1927, the first ever radio broadcast in the country went on air from the Bombay Station under a private company, the Indian Broadcasting Company. On the 8th of June, 1936, the Indian State Broadcasting Service became All India Radio (AIR). The Central News Organisation (CNO) came into existence in August 1937. In the same year, AIR came under the Department of Communications and four years later came under the Department of Information and Broad...