History CH 5 - Mass Media and History — Social Studies STD 10 — Question
Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social StudiesHistory CH 5 - Mass Media and History3 Marks
Question
Write in detail 'History of Akashwani'.
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Answer
i. The Indian Broadcasting Company (IBC) was the first company to broadcast daily programmes. ii. On $23^{\text {rd }}$ July, 1927, the first English news bulletin was broadcasted from the Mumbai radio station of the IBC. The Kolkata radio station of IBC started a news bulletin in Bengali. iii. IBC was renamed as 'Indian State Broadcasting Service' (ISBS). Later, ISBS was renamed as All India Radio (AIR). On the suggestion of the famous poet Narendra Sharma, AIR was renamed as 'Akashvani'.
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